The American Chestnut Foundation NC/SC Chapter was invited to participate at this event. Dr. Haiying Liang and students Jay, Stone, Roger from Clemson University, talked about American chestnut restoration with the public.
This is an annual event, with many nature organizations sharing information, and also with music and vendors.
South Carolina Hemlock Festival with the American Chestnut Foundation represented.
Clemson University students sharing information about the American chestnut.
Dr. Haiying Liang sharing pictures about the American chestnut, and the efforts to hybridize the trees by TACF to increase the resistance to the chestnut blight and Phytophthora root rot disease.
