On September 22, 1870, Henry Ward Beecher — a clergyman and social reformer as well as the brother of Uncle Tom’s Cabin author Harriet Beecher Stowe — took to the Pittsfield Sun newspaper to write of ...

FAUQUIER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Did you know that an estimated 4 billion American chestnut trees, a species native to Virginia and other states, were wiped out by a fungus? The American Chestnut ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — Virginia Tech researchers have collaborated with the American Chestnut Foundation to examine the genome of American chestnut trees, which may help restoration of the ...

A photo of water chestnut trapa bispinosa, a now invasive species potentially linked to Canada geese traversing northern Virginia. (Courtesy, USGS/Dept. of the Interior) Efforts are ramping up to root ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Forestry is asking for help from Virginians in its effort to replant oak, walnut and chestnut trees in the Commonwealth. Virginians who are interested ...