{"id":10875,"date":"2020-03-28T11:22:50","date_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/?p=10875"},"modified":"2020-03-28T11:43:41","modified_gmt":"2020-03-28T15:43:41","slug":"castanea-dentata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/castanea-dentata\/","title":{"rendered":"Castanea dentata"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_10876\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10876\" style=\"width: 1028px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200327-Castanea-dentata-bw.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200327-Castanea-dentata-bw.jpg\" alt=\"Castanea dentata seedling\" width=\"1028\" height=\"687\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200327-Castanea-dentata-bw.jpg 1028w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200327-Castanea-dentata-bw-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200327-Castanea-dentata-bw-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/200327-Castanea-dentata-bw-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10876\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fortunately, there are not too many parallels between COVID19 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_chestnut\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American Chestnut<\/a> blight. But in common there is awareness and awakening. Minimize death, be careful. The awakening part&#8230; Have you planted a tree during this life? What are you waiting for? It is a rehabilitative and blessed thing to do. Plant. Now. #growingtowardthelight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10877\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10877\" style=\"width: 815px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-Shelton-Family-w-large-Chestnut-Tremont-Falls-TN-c1920.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-Shelton-Family-w-large-Chestnut-Tremont-Falls-TN-c1920.jpg\" alt=\"large dead chestnut tree\" width=\"815\" height=\"1028\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-Shelton-Family-w-large-Chestnut-Tremont-Falls-TN-c1920.jpg 815w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-Shelton-Family-w-large-Chestnut-Tremont-Falls-TN-c1920-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-Shelton-Family-w-large-Chestnut-Tremont-Falls-TN-c1920-812x1024.jpg 812w, https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/12-Shelton-Family-w-large-Chestnut-Tremont-Falls-TN-c1920-768x969.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Family of James and Caroline Shelton pose by a large dead American chestnut tree in Tremont Falls, Tennessee, circa 1920. Courtesy of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park Library<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Greatest forest loss in history<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WYHQDLCmgyg\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><small>The American chestnut is an historic and beloved part of America\u2019s landscape. Its extinction would be the loss of a symbol of American strength, endurance and resourcefulness. Saving the chestnut and restoring it to its native range at scale could also help give other endangered tree species a new lease on life and directly offset the effects of climate change and deforestation. While no single intervention can completely eradicate chestnut blight, together the science of breeding, biotechnology, and biocontrol (3BUR) offer our best hope for rescuing the American chestnut tree.\u2014The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acf.org\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">American Chestnut Foundation<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greatest forest loss in history The American chestnut is an historic and beloved part of America\u2019s landscape. Its extinction would be the loss of a symbol of American strength, endurance and resourcefulness. Saving the chestnut and restoring it to its native range at scale could also help give other endangered tree species a new lease &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/billemory.com\/blog\/2020\/03\/castanea-dentata\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Castanea dentata&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Have you planted a tree during this life? What are you waiting for? It is a rehabilitative and blessed thing to do. Plant. 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