Chestnut Challenge

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Blame the blight.
Before the emergence of chestnut blight, among the most abundant and productive trees in North America was the chestnut tree. The fungal disease kills the trees’ inner bark, thwarting the flow of nutrients and water to the leaves, flowers, and stems. Scientists estimate there were roughly four billion chestnut trees in the Eastern United States before the blight hit in the early twentieth century, making its di