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The American Chestnut Foundation depends primarily upon its members to support research to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut tree.

Over 5,000 members nationwide, and 250 in the State of Connecticut are helping to bring this important tree back from the brink of extinction.

As a member you will . . .

  • help ensure the future health of the eastern American forest ecosystem
  • receive our quarterly newsletter, The Bark, to keep in touch with membership and staff
  • be a member of a state chapter if you live in AL, CT, GA, IN, KY, MD, ME, NC, SC, NY, OH, PA, TN
  • be invited to attend TACF national and chapter meetings to learn about local projects and meet scientists working on chestnut research
  • be welcome to visit, tour, and/or volunteer on our research
    farms in Meadowview, Virginia

  • have access to expert advice on growing chestnuts
  • receive our bi-annual scientific publication, The Journal of The American Chestnut Foundation, for updates on the progress of chestnut research

    Click here to join TACF or renew your membership online. Click here to print out a form that you can complete and mail in.

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Did you know some plants actually benefit from fire? Recently burned areas often provide the sunlight and reduced competition that species like blueberries and American chestnuts need to flourish.

#americanchestnut #nativeplants #ForestEcology #conservation #NatureEducation
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Yes! Across the Eastern US, almost all of our most important keystone , overstory trees are fire adapted (pyrophytic 🔥). (Except in bottomlands/riparian/wetland zones, for the most part). This includes Hickories, the upland Oaks, certain pines, especially Longleaf, and Chestnuts. Many Oaks in particular are struggling with recruitment now due to fire suppression, among many other issues. This process is called mesophycation btw. Mesophytic natives like Maples 're-engineer' forests through their dense, moist leaf litter to retard-fires. Invasives make it worse. This is important because Oaks are THE top keystone plants here, hosting more species of Lepidoptera (Moths and Butterflies) than any other plant genus in the US: 500-900 species. Most of these caterpillars will become inconspicuous "little brown moths" , but they form an important massive bottom-tier of the food pyramid. After all, even though birds can source berries from a variety of plants , it takes 6-9000 caterpillars to raise a single clutch of songbirds.

I really appreciate what you are doing.

Thank you!

PICA, the Printing Industry of the Carolinas Awards, is celebrating its 60th year as the ultimate showcase of excellence in printing, and TACF has something to celebrate too.

Our partner in printing (BP Solutions Group) has entered Chestnut magazine in this competition for nearly 10 years and of those, TACF, BP, and designer Lisa Alford have received an award nearly every year, some of which included multiple awards within the same year!

Chestnut once again received a PICA Award for the 2025 competition, winning “Best of Category” for its “Sheetfed Magazine Series.” TACF is thrilled to have received this honor and to celebrate it with you!

Want to see what this award-winning magazine is all about? Become a member!

#americanchestnut #magazine #science #forestecology #explore
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PICA, the Printing Industry of the Carolinas Awards, is celebrating its 60th year as the ultimate showcase of excellence in printing, and TACF has something to celebrate too. Our partner in printing (BP Solutions Group) has entered Chestnut magazine in this competition for nearly 10 years and of those, TACF, BP, and designer Lisa Alford have received an award nearly every year, some of which included multiple awards within the same year! Chestnut once again received a PICA Award for the 2025 competition, winning “Best of Category” for its “Sheetfed Magazine Series.” TACF is thrilled to have received this honor and to celebrate it with you!Want to see what this award-winning magazine is all about? Become a member!#americanchestnut #magazine #science #forestecology  #exploreImage attachmentImage attachment

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Big congratulations to you Jules! 🎉🎉 This is a well-deserved honor.

We've prepared a completely legitimate and highly scientific quiz.

Take the quiz, then drop your results in the comments:

🤓 Confidently Wrong
🌱 Chestnut Curious
🌰 Chestnut Expert

#AmericanChestnut #TreeID #ForestEducation #ChestnutTrees #NativeTrees
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Weve prepared a completely legitimate and highly scientific quiz.Take the quiz, then drop your results in the comments:🤓 Confidently Wrong 🌱 Chestnut Curious 🌰 Chestnut Expert#AmericanChestnut #TreeID #ForestEducation #ChestnutTrees #NativeTreesImage attachmentImage attachment+7Image attachment

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I got 3 out of 4!

I got a 4 on this.

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Just a few years apart: the same wild American chestnut tree before and after chestnut blight took its toll.

Enter our 2026 Photo Contest from now until the end of December!

#americanchestnut #chestnutblight #ForestEcology #NativeSpecies #ForestConservation
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Just a few years apart: the same wild American chestnut tree before and after chestnut blight took its toll. Enter our 2026 Photo Contest from now until the end of December! #AmericanChestnut #ChestnutBlight #ForestEcology #NativeSpecies #ForestConservationImage attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

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