Everyone has an agenda, including Tony Avent. He makes a lot of points, many of them weak.
Here is another one by Allen Armitage:
https://gardenrant.com/2023/08...
I don't exactly understand the reference to chestnuts, Sally. Penn State has crossed the native Chestnut tree with the Asian counterpart for resistance to blight. That hybrid is proving successful after many, many years of trying. Now the same process is being applied to Elms. Is that what you are referring to?