Let’s bring back the incredible American Chestnut! TACF.ORG 🌳 The American Chestnut Tragedy: A Forest Giant Lost to Blight 🌳 Once towering over the eastern forests of the U.S., the majestic American chestnut tree was the backbone of ecosystems, providing food, shelter, and beauty. Tragically, in the early 1900s, a deadly fungal blight—accidentally introduced through imported chestnuts—devastated this iconic species. The blight, caused by the fungus Cryphonectria parasitica, was unknowingly spr