Learn more. BRIDGTON — Join us for a special screening of Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut, an award-winning documentary that sheds light on the remarkable history and ongoing ...

A startup called American Castanea has joined the quest to revive the American chestnut tree, the first step in its plan to give forests a genetic upgrade. Under a slice-of-heaven sky, 150 acres ...

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WOWK) — American chestnut trees once covered the state of West Virginia, providing essential materials and feeding its residents, but in the early 20th century, they were nearly ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. King Conker David Jakins takes part in the annual World Conker Championships at the Shuckburgh Arms in ...

The series, set to premiere on Jan 26 on the CBS Television Network, sees “Reasonable Doubt” star Morris Chestnut as the iconic Dr. John Watson in a Sherlock Holmes spin focusing on Watson’s ...

The professional circuit for the game of conkers — in which contestants swing a chestnut attached to a string in a bid to crack their opponent’s nut — was thrust into the spotlight over the ...

The winner of a world championship tournament for the children’s game “conker” is being accused of cheating his way to the title — with a steel chestnut found stashed in his pocket.

David Jakins has been competing at the World Conker Championships since 1977, but has never won in his 47-year chestnut battling career — until this past weekend. Jakins, known as “King Conker ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. King Conker David Jakins takes part in the annual World Conker Championships at the Shuckburgh Arms in ...

A conker is a chestnut that falls from trees and can be found all over Britain and Ireland in the fall. (For the sake of simplicity we will be using the English term throughout this story ...