American chestnut returns to Bronx Zoo more than 120 years after blight was first documented; 25 hybrid saplings planted on 265-acre grounds; NYC expands 1,000-tree restoration drive after disease killed nearly 4 billion trees
- American chestnut trees are returning to the Bronx Zoo more than 120 years after the blight was first documented.
- (Photo: TACF.org)More than 120 years after the American chestnut blight was first documented at the Bronx Zoo, the iconic tree is making a historic return to the same grounds where its devastating decline was first recorded.
- On Monday, October 5, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo and the New York Restoration Project planted the first of 25 hybrid American chestnut saplings at the zoo.
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- American chestnut trees are returning to the Bronx Zoo more than 120 years after the blight was first documented.
- (Photo: TACF.org)More than 120 years after the American chestnut blight was first documented at the Bronx Zoo, the iconic tree is making a historic return to the same grounds where its devastating decline was first recorded.
- On Monday, October 5, the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo and the New York Restoration Project planted the first of 25 hybrid American chestnut saplings at the zoo.
Sources: Times of India