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Production
Establishing a chestnut orchard, by Carolyn Young. Good review of the costs of establishment for a chestnut orchard in the Pacific Northwest.

J. Hill Craddock's chestnut links, James Craddock, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the biggest group of links on chestnuts, from a University researcher.

Nursery stock
Burnt Ridge Nursery and Orchards, Onalaska, WA. west coast supplier of chestnut nursery stock.

Sources for chestnut nursery stock, from James Craddock, University of Tennessee.

Pest management
The Shothole Borer: An Ambrosia beetle of concern for chestnut orcharding in the Pacific Northwest. H. Omroa Bhagwandin, Jr., Northwest Chestnuts, Onalaska, WA. Very thorough discussion of this pest.

Marketing
Chestnut Association Growing in Recent Years, Nov. 2, 2001, John Schmitz, The Capital Press. Good update on the state of the Northwest's industry.

 
                         
                         
                         
 

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