The papers in this document were presented
at a conference and workshop that was held at the North
Carolina Arboretum in Asheville, NC, May 4-6,
2004. The purpose of the conference was to discuss issues
surrounding the restoration of American chestnut to forest
lands. The audience members were primarily employees of
USDI National
Park Service (NPS), and interest focused on the
question of restoring chestnut to NPS lands, but most presentations
were selected to address restoration from the broadest perspective
possible. The organizers of the conference were Drs. Kim
Steiner and John Carlson of the School
of Forest Resources at The
Pennsylvania State University,
and the sponsors were the Chesapeake
Watershed Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit
(CESU) (NPS), the Southern
Appalachian Mountains CESU (NPS), and The Pennsylvania
State University.
The conference
covered the current status of chestnut blight research and
objectives, opportunities, and potential directions for American
chestnut restoration programs on NPS lands. Topics discussed
at the meeting included policy issues, the current status
of chestnut, chestnut ecology, breeding programs, blight resistance
technologies, genetic issues, potential impacts on forest
ecology, design of restoration programs, and knowledge gaps
related to restoration within the National Park System. The
conference ended with half-day workshop facilitated by Dr.
James Finley of the School of Forest Resources at The Pennsylvania
State University. Attendees remarked that the scope and quality
of presentations established the meeting as a benchmark event
in the history of chestnut restoration. As a result of the
meeting, a summary of issues and recommendations for National
Park Service administrators is being prepared. This collection
of papers represents the most comprehensive and current information
available at this time on the biology of American chestnut
and the blight fungus and the potential for restoring chestnut
to its native range.
John E. Carlson and Kim C. Steiner, August 4, 2005
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| COVER
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| TITLE
PAGE |
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- 97 KB |
| TABLE
OF CONTENTS |
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- 140 KB |
| PREFACE |
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- 123 KB |
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| Welcome and Introduction
- James Sherald |
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- 129 KB |
| National Park Service
Management Policy Guidance for Restoration of American Chestnut
(Castanea dentata)
to National Park System Units -
John Dennis |
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- 176 KB |
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| ECOLOGY |
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Historical Ecology
Of American Chestnut (Castanea
dentata) -
Emily
Russell Southgate |
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- 191KB |
| Forest Health Impacts
of the Loss of American Chestnut - Steve
Oak ~TRANSCRIPT ONLY~
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- 568 KB |
| Current Status Of
Chestnut In Eastern US Forests - William
McWilliams, Tonya Lister, Elizabeth LaPoint, Anita Rose, John
Vissage |
PDF
- 254 KB |
| Chestnut and
Wildlife - Frederick Paillet |
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- 1.1 MB |
| Historical Significance
of American Chestnut to Appalachian Culture and Ecology
- Donald Davis |
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- 152 KB |
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| BLIGHT RESISTANCE TECHNOLOGY |
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| The Backcross Breeding
Program of The American Chestnut Foundation - Fred
Hebard |
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- 3.1 MB |
| Blight Resistance Technology:
Transgenic Approaches - William
Powell, Scott Merkle, Haiying Liang, Charles Maynard |
PDF
- 465 KB |
| Hypovirulence:
Use and Limitations as a Chestnut Blight Biological Control
- William MacDonald and Mark Double
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- 181 KB |
| Integrated
Use of Resistance, Hypovirulence, and Forest Management to
Control Blight on American Chestnut - Gary
Griffin, John Elkins, Dave McCurdy, Lucille Griffin |
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- 3.2 MB |
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| GENETIC ISSUES |
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| Genetic Structure
of American Chestnut Populations Based upon Neutral DNA Markers
- Thomas Kubisiak and James Roberds |
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- 221 KB |
| Regional Adaptation
in American Chestnut - Kim
Steiner |
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- 144 KB |
| Rate Of Recovery
Of The American Chestnut Phenotype Through Backcross Breeding
Of Hybrid Trees - Matthew
Diskin and Kim Steiner |
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- 134 KB |
| Selection
for Chinese vs. American Genetic Material in Blight- Resistant
Backcross Progeny using Genomic DNA - Song
Liu and John Carlson |
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- 872 KB |
| Biological Confinement
of Genetically Engineered Organisms - John
Carlson |
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- 410 KB |
| National Park Service
Policies – Highlights From A Workshop On Genetically Modified
Organisms In Park Lands - William
Lellis |
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- 129 KB |
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| PRACTICAL ISSUES |
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| Planting Trials of
American Chestnut in Central Appalachian Forests -
Tim Phelps, Kim Steiner, Chien-Chi Chen, James Zaczek |
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- 162 KB |
| Planting Trials with
American Chestnut in Southern Appalachian Forests -
David Loftis ~TRANSCRIPT
ONLY~ |
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- 2.3 MB |
| Ecosystem Restoration
and Federal Land Policy: Reexamination in Light of The American
Chestnut Restoration Effort - Robert
McKinstry, Jr. |
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- 293 KB |
| Feasibility of Large-Scale
Reintroduction of Chestnut to National Park Service Lands: Some
Thoughts - Scott Schlarbaum,
Sunshine Brosi, Sandy Anagnostakis |
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- 175 KB |
| Effects of Past Landuse
and Initial Treatment on Castanea dentata Seedlings
- Jennifer Hewitt, Albert Meier,
John Starnes, Priscilla Hamilton, Charles Rhoades |
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- 211 KB |
| Potential Extent
of American Chestnut Restoration within the National Park System
- William Lellis |
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- 1.6 MB
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| WORKSHOP |
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| Summary of
Facilitated Workshop of Restoration of Chestnut to National
Park System Lands - James Finley and Kim Steiner |
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- 108 KB |
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| Conference
Participants |
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| POSTER |
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| Host pathogen
interactions in a segregating populations of BC2F2 hybrid Castanea
dentata after exposure to hypovirus-containing and
hypovirus-free strains of Cryphonectria
parasitica
-Steven Alexander, Mark Alexander, and Hill Craddock
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