Tom Klak (geography & environmental restoration)

Maine Science Podcast · Sep 16, 2021 · 1h 2m

Tom Klak is a geographer who's recent work has focused on the restoration of the American chestnut tree. Tom is part of a team of researchers who are working on reviving the chestnut through a transgenic process, so that it can survive the fungus that decimated (and all but eradicated) chestnuts when it was discovered in the U.S. in 1904.

If you have information about a chestnut tree where you live or roam, please feel free to reach out to Tom via email (tklak@une.edu). You can also learn more about the project(s) to restore the American chestnut tree at the American Chestnut Foundation…