[canjobear]

What authority can enforce approval or disapproval to release something into the wild? Suppose I own land next to a national park. Then can’t I plant whatever I want on that land, trusting that it will spread into the park?

[robwwilliams]

These are not GMO plants—just selectively bred plants. This is similar to almost all domestic animals and most plants.

[julienchastang]

There are two parallel efforts going on at present for restoring the American chestnut, a backcross effort and a GMO-based approach. This sub-thread is concerned with the GMO strategy.