--- author: Eric Wagoner date: '2000-12-08T04:15:35' draft: false title: The American Chestnut, wiped out --- The American Chestnut, wiped out by a fungus early this century, may [return within ten years](http://www.cnn.com/2000/NATURE/12/08/chestnut.trees.enn/index.html). Just in time to get cut down to make room for more strip malls, I reckon.