Lees-McRae College.

• Position: Gets grant to study American chestnut - Brief Article - Statistical Data Included

It was once the nation's leading source of high-quality lumber, Before it was decimated by blight in the early 1900s, the American chestnut dominated Eastern Forests. Now, Lees-McRae College in Banner Elk has received $450,000 to try to develop a blight-resistant strain. A $430,000 federal grant and another for $20,000 from a Raleigh...