This is a reminder to mark Saturday March 14th on your calendar for the annual meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. The meeting will be held in Guilford, CT. The program is free for both members and non-members, as is lunch for those who advance register. To advance register simply call, or preferably e-mail to indicate your interest in attending.
We'll be presenting 2 1/2 hours of scientific lectures about the American chestnut. We'll also provide an update on both TACF's, and the CT Chapter of TACF's progress toward growing blight resistant trees. Those members collecting credits for the CT Arborists License can earn 2.5 CEUs for attending the program. The necessary paperwork will be available when you check in in person.
The presentations will be followed by operational meetings attended by those of you with an interest or business in attending. We hope you'll take advantage of this fantastic opportunity to hear Dr. Dane and find out more about the The American Chestnut Foundation vision and success. You are welcome to attend just those sections of the meeting that interest you as outlined in the agenda below.
Agenda
9:30am Opening Reception
10:00am Introduction – Chapter President Bill Adamsen
10:15am Keynote – Dr. Fenny Dane – Evolutionary history of American Castanea species
11:15am Sara Fitzsimmons – TACF Goes to China and propagation techniques used by TACF
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Kendra Gurney – Cold Tolerance for American chestnut. Plus TACF Operational Updates.
1:30pm Chapter Business (Bylaws, Elections, and then close of Annual Meeting)
2:00pm CT-TACF Board Meeting – Open to All!
4:00pm Expected close of Chapter business
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About Our Keynote Speaker Dr. Fenny Dane earned her B.S. at Wageningen in the Netherlands, her M.S. at New Mexico State University and Ph.D. at Colorado State University. Dr. Dane's research program is geared toward unraveling stress tolerance mechanisms in plant species, and to the investigation of the phylogeny and biogeography of Castanea species. Dr. Dane discovered that chloroplast (cp) DNA sequence data set patterns were geographically structured, and has used cpDNA patterns to explain hypothesized migration and dispersion for chestnut and chinkapin. |
Meeting Location
Nathanael B Greene Community Center — 32 Church Street, Guilford
Driving Directions
I-95 northbound: Take exit 58 — Keep right off the ramp and turn right onto Church Street/CT-77 southbound. Follow for .7 miles, through one traffic light. The Community Center will be on your right.
1-95 southbound: Take exit 58 — Turn left onto Church Street/CT-77 and follow for .8 miles, through one traffic light. The Community Center will be on your right.
Parking
There is parking at the community center. For directions day of the event (in case you're lost) call the Community Center at — 203.453.8068
Reservations
E-mail or call 917.796.4284 to reserve (for the free) lunch.
