by Jules Smith | Mar 15, 2018 | eSprout
Mark Stoakes, GA Chapter board member, marshaled the Georgia Chapter forces on February 20 to plant about 16 American chestnut and six Ozark and Allegheny chinkapin seedlings along the Confluence Trail in Atlanta. Joining the crew was Sally Sears, a local newscaster...
by Jules Smith | Mar 1, 2018 | External News
When it comes to biodiversity, humans have been about as good for life on Earth as a giant asteroid slamming into it. Many leading scientists contend that we are in the midst of a mass extinction, not dissimilar to the one that wiped out dinosaurs and countless other...
by Jules Smith | Feb 15, 2018 | eSprout
Over the years, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) has grown from a small and somewhat relaxed organization, into a relatively large and more professional one. While we appreciate having a bigger role in the world of conservation organizations, we must also...
by Jules Smith | Feb 15, 2018 | eSprout
The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) was invited to participate in McCullough Fellows program at the University of North Carolina-Asheville (UNCA). The McCullough Fellowship Program offers intensive mentoring to undergraduate students at UNCA engaged in...
by Jules Smith | Feb 15, 2018 | eSprout
Abraham Lincoln, the rail splitter, who spent his early years growing up in Kentucky, is also well known in the Carolinas. His mother, Nancy Hanks married Tom Lincoln of North Carolina and soon after moved to Kentucky, first settling near Hodgen’s Mill, where...
