There are also some surviving large American chestnuts, some of which have heritable blight resistance.
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Steve Strauss,
The Conversation,
22 July 2026
Mature trees donate an encyclopedia of species, including the regional pines and chestnuts planted on instruction of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in the 1700s.
These passages are called portages, a term derived from English and French trappers who, alongside Indigenous nations like the Ojibwe and the Dakota, collected pelts for the lucrative fur trade from the late 17th century to the early 19th.
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John Bowe,
Travel + Leisure,
11 June 2026
The beautiful array of their divergent sizes and pelts coalesced as oils on canvas and rendered their exploits almost dreamlike.
These skilled hunters stalk their prey in a variety of ways, from hydroplaning onto the sand to grab seals to corralling fish into big bait balls for a snack.
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Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
23 July 2026
Doing so helps lubricate seals and keeps refrigerant circulating through the system, reducing the chance that components dry out during long periods of inactivity.
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Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
20 July 2026
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