Editor's Note:

Our colleague, Con Schallau, who has been an Evergreen Foundation board member for many years, sent us a report the other day concerning American Chestnut Blight.  Con was a leading forest economist with the Forest Service for many years. New retired, he lives in Spokane, Washington.

This tidy and interesting history of American Chestnut Blight was written by the late Perry Hagenstein. While we never met Mr. Hagenstein, we know his work very well and we are close friends of his cousin, Bill, who at 95 remains a giant in American forestry.  Click here to read the report.