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Restoring American Chestnut to Forest Lands
NPS Conference Proceedings 2004
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• Cover Pages

• Title Page

• Table of Contents

• Preface

Introduction

• Welcome and Introduction - James Sherald
• National Park Service Management Policy Guidance for Restoration of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) to National Park System Units - John Dennis

Ecology

• Historical Ecology Of American Chestnut (Castanea dentata) - Emily Russell Southgate

• Forest Health Impacts of the Loss of American Chestnut - Steve Oak

• Current Status Of Chestnut In Eastern US Forests - William McWilliams, Tonya Lister, Elizabeth LaPoint, Anita Rose, John Vissage

• Chestnut and Wildlife - Frederick Paillet

• Historical Significance of American Chestnut to Appalachian Culture and Ecology - Donald Davis
  

Blight Resistance Technology

• The Backcross Breeding Program of The American Chestnut Foundation - Fred Hebard

• Blight Resistance Technology: Transgenic Approaches - William Powell, Scott Merkle, Haiying Liang, Charles Maynard

• Hypovirulence: Use and Limitations as a Chestnut Blight Biological Control - William MacDonald and Mark Double

• Integrated Use of Resistance, Hypovirulence, and Forest Management to Control Blight on American Chestnut - Gary Griffin, John Elkins, Dave McCurdy, Lucille Griffin

Genetic Issues

• Genetic Structure of American Chestnut Populations Based upon Neutral DNA Markers - Thomas Kubisiak and James Roberds

• Regional Adaptation in American Chestnut - Kim Steiner

• Rate Of Recovery Of The American Chestnut Phenotype Through Backcross Breeding Of Hybrid Trees - Matthew Diskin and Kim Steiner

• Selection for Chinese vs. American Genetic Material in Blight- Resistant Backcross Progeny using Genomic DNA - Song Liu and John Carlson

• Biological Confinement of Genetically Engineered Organisms - John Carlson

• National Park Service Policies - Highlights From A Workshop On Genetically Modified Organisms In Park Lands - William Lellis

Practical Issues

• Planting Trials of American Chestnut in Central Appalachian Forests - Tim Phelps, Kim Steiner, Chien-Chi Chen, James Zaczek

• Planting Trials with American Chestnut in Southern Appalachian Forests - David Loftis

• Ecosystem Restoration and Federal Land Policy: Reexamination in Light of The American Chestnut Restoration Effort - Robert McKinstry, Jr.

• Feasibility of Large-Scale Reintroduction of Chestnut to National Park Service Lands: Some Thoughts - Scott Schlarbaum, Sunshine Brosi, Sandy Anagnostakis

• Effects of Past Landuse and Initial Treatment on Castanea dentata Seedlings - Jennifer Hewitt, Albert Meier, John Starnes, Priscilla Hamilton, Charles Rhoades

• Potential Extent of American Chestnut Restoration within the National Park System - William Lellis

Workshop

• Summary of Facilitated Workshop of Restoration of Chestnut to National Park System Lands - James Finley and Kim Steiner

Poster

• Host pathogen interactions in a segregating populations of BC2F2 hybrid Castanea dentata after exposure to hypovirus-containing and hypovirus-free strains of Cryphonectria parasitica
  -Steven Alexander, Mark Alexander, and Hill Craddock