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2006 Calendar Summary

Below is the summary of events for 2006, archived as we start developing the calendar for 2007.

Click here to see the 2007 calendar of events.

April 9th Salem Land Trust. Come help erect 1100 feet of fence as we build a deer proof exclosure and plant our first CT-TACF Hybrid Orchard. Contact David Bingham for more information.

April 17th Test Site Planting at the Northern CT Land Trust Swann Farm in Ellington. Please contact Jim Gage or Gayle Kida for more information.

April 18th-20th The Stamford Museum and Nature Center will be doing a Chestnut tree planting during their “Take a Hike” promotion. Contact Pat van de Kamp for more information.

April 22nd Site Planting at the Woodbridge Land Trust in Woodbridge. This is a huge planting with over 200 trees and the larger Bluex tree shelter tubes. In addition, there will be some preparatory work so if you have an interest in participating, please contact Robert Gregg or Philip Arnold for more information.

April 27th Restoring the American Chestnut in Connecticut a lecture at the Oliver Wolcott Library on South Street in Litchfield, CT at 7:00PM. More information at the libraries calendar or contact Garrett Smith for more information.

May 9th Chapter Board Meeting to be held in Woodbridge, CT at 6:30PM. For more information contact Bill Adamsen. Members are encouraged to attend, though realizing this is a business meeting and strictly follows that approach. Map to the CT-TACF Board Meeting in Woodbridge meeting in either JPG [107kb] or PDF [119kb] formats.

May 26th Woodbridge Fence Erection For more information contact Philip Arnold

June 3rd Save the American chestnut! At Earthplace, see the article this would be a great event for parents and kids.

June 10th Deadline for Pollination Requests For more information contact Gayle Kida

June 17th Salem Orchard Maintenance For more information contact Bill Adamsen

June 21st Start of Pre-Bagging For more information contact Gayle Kida or Leila Pinchot

July 1st Start of Pollinations For more information contact Gayle Kida or Leila Pinchot

Aug 2nd Plant Science Day at CAES Wednesday, 10am-4pm Lockwood Farm, Hamden. For more information contact Leila Pinchot

Aug 19th Woodbridge Orchard Work Party Saturday, 10am on at the Woodbridge Orchard near the intersection of Center and Beecher Roads in Woodbridge. For more information contact Leila Pinchot or Philip Arnold

Sept 23rd CT-TACF Nominating Committee Meeting and CT-TACF Board Meeting Saturday, 10am-2pm location to be determined. For more information contact Bill Adamsen

Oct 20-22nd TACF Annual Meeting Abingdon, VA. For more information contact Bill Adamsen

Oct 28-29th NY-TACF Annual Meeting Poughkeepsie, NY. For more information contact Leila Pinchot Presenters include Dr. Bill Powell and Dr. Chuck Maynard from SUNY ESF who have done pioneering work in Transgenic Chestnut resistance.

Nov 11th CT-TACF Annual Meeting Annual Meeting, Yale University – Sage Hall. For more information contact Garrett Smith

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This summer, we’re aiming to produce 1,000 hand-pollinated nuts for our genomic-assisted breeding program, and each one is a vital step toward restoring the American chestnut.

Producing a single nut takes time, tools, and teamwork. From pollination to harvest, every step is a vital part of the process to ensure that each nut has the best chance possible to grow into a more blight-resistant tree.

Here’s what goes into a single $25 nut:

Pollination Bag: $5
Hand Pollination Process: $5
Harvesting the Nut: $5
Shucking & Storing: $5
Equipment & Fuel: $5
Total per Nut: $25

By supporting just one nut, you’re helping us bring the American chestnut back to our forests. Support a handful, and you’re helping to rebuild an entire ecosystem.

This nutty campaign only runs from June 3 to 23, and we’ve got 1,000 nuts to grow. Join us!
support.tacf.org/nuts
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Howdy. He have four American Chestnuts together, growing opposite of several Chinese. They are about 20 years old. An interesting study.

Can you advise on the percentage of success of these nuts to generating a nut producing tree? I’m working on restoring 80 acres and would like to attempt to have some American dominant gene trees on the property that produce nuts but don’t want to take the risk of $100 for four nuts to only find out the percentage of success is still relatively small. Sorry for the likely noob question

ive got a collection of them started will they really produce chestnuts by 5 years of age?

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There are two work opportunities on June 7, 2025 for members of the WV Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation.

The first is at the U.S. Forest Service property at 459 Nursery Bottom Road, Parsons. Work will begin at 10:00AM at the 'American Chestnut' sign. We will lay out spots for a 100-tree orchard that will be planted next spring. We also will weed the existing orchard and conduct other miscellaneous tasks. Bring gloves, water and lunch. A bathroom is available.

The second opportunity is at Jennings Randolph Lake north of Elk Garden in Mineral County. Forty American chestnut trees will be planted at the Roger Craig campground. Work will begin at 9:00 am. Bring gloves, water and a snack. This work is conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
If you are available to assist at either of these two work sites, it will be much appreciated.
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There are two work opportunities on June 7, 2025 for members of the WV Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. The first is at the U.S. Forest Service property at 459 Nursery Bottom Road, Parsons. Work will begin at 10:00AM at the American Chestnut sign. We will lay out spots for a 100-tree orchard that will be planted next spring. We also will weed the existing orchard and conduct other miscellaneous tasks. Bring gloves, water and lunch. A bathroom is available.The second opportunity is at Jennings Randolph Lake north of Elk Garden in Mineral County. Forty American chestnut trees will be planted at the Roger Craig campground. Work will begin at 9:00 am. Bring gloves, water and a snack. This work is conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.If you are available to assist at either of these two work sites, it will be much appreciated.

What an incredible tree the American chestnut was! As The American Chestnut Foundations continues its decades-long work to restore this species, we welcome you to join the cause!

Become a member, volunteer with your local chapter, or simply spread the word about this incredible tree. Visit support.tacf.org/membership to get started.
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They can bring back a dead wolf from hundreds of years ago but they won’t bring back something useful like the American chestnut

I still have the audubon society, saying my chestnut tree, horse chestnut, has the largest girth in the state of michigan... The tree is gone, but the stump is still standing there.Proud.

And they are all gone because of humans

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