by Jules Smith | May 15, 2017 | eSprout
National Arbor Day, April 28, was celebrated in TN by certifying the Governor’s Residence as a level 2 arboretum by the TN Urban Forest Council. A level 2 arboretum requires 60 different species of trees, labeled with common name and scientific name and a map...
by Jules Smith | May 15, 2017 | eSprout
On a sunny Sunday morning in April, fourteen volunteers showed up to help ME-TACF orchard manager Larry Totten and Maine Chapter Board members plant 600 seeds in our chestnut seed orchard in Phippsburg, ME. The orchard consists of two blocks of Clapper-resistance B3F2...
by Jules Smith | May 12, 2017 | eSprout
Much of conservation work is a long-term effort requiring forethought and patience. It also depends on one generation inspiring the next to take up the torch and carry the dream forward to success. “As a young man, my father was broken-hearted watching the chestnut...
by Jules Smith | May 11, 2017 | eSprout
TACF’s Maryland Chapter is making great strides in its backcross breeding program, and has established two seed orchards with two excellent partner organizations. One orchard is on land belonging to the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission (WSSC), which is...
by Jules Smith | May 8, 2017 | External News
Ralph Billow, a former longtime employee at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, OH, was recently honored at an American chestnut planting at Spiegel Grove – the same area where President Hayes, in 1873, had planted five, which...
