by TACF | Mar 16, 2017 | eSprout
The forest may be sleeping but the volunteers of The American Chestnut Foundation continue to move our restoration mission forward through the long winter months. Just in the PA/NJ Chapter alone, we have seen volunteers multiply the efforts of staff on both the...
by TACF | Mar 6, 2017 | External News
A blight-resistant American chestnut tree. The next step. SUNY-ESF is working in collaboration with The American Chestnut Foundation to restore the American chestnut tree to its former prominence in the forests, ecology and economy of the United States. The next step...
by TACF | Mar 6, 2017 | External News
The American chestnut may get a do-over. With a significant new round of grants, The American Chestnut Foundation, based in North Carolina, plans to develop ways to predict chestnut trees’ resistance to diseases that cause chestnut blight and root rot. This method,...
by TACF | Mar 3, 2017 | Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE UNITY, Maine — Students in the Conservation Biology program at Unity College will conduct a large planting of chestnut seeds as part of an ongoing restoration experiment this week. It’s the latest phase in a long-term partnership Unity...
by TACF | Mar 3, 2017 | Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Samantha Bowers, The American Chestnut Foundation, Grants Manager 828.281.0047, gro.fca@srewob.ahtnamas ASHEVILLE, N.C. 3/1/17 – Asheville-based conservation nonprofit, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF), is pleased to announce it has...
