New Chestnut Trees for Northern Michigan

In this video, we hear about efforts by researchers working on combating tree diseases, including the American Chestnut blight. Researchers at Michigan State University and elsewhere are developing new chestnut trees that may be valuable in replacing some of the trees now being lost in the northern forests.
Join the District Forester for Benzie, Grand Traverse and Leelanau Counties, Kama Ross for a short discussion with Dr. Carmen Medina Mora, a microbiologist working in the Sakalidis Lab at MSU. Dr. Medina Mora describes and illustrates some of the efforts being made by forest pathologists to identify disease resistant strains of chestnut trees and new methods for propagating large numbers of trees seedlings.
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