by Jules Smith | Jan 14, 2019 | eSprout
Students from the Center for Technology, Essex – the Essex Junction, VT technical high school, are participating in American chestnut restoration. Their natural resources teacher, Brian Japp, has partnered with the VT/NH Chapter and VT Department of Forests,...
by Jules Smith | Jan 14, 2019 | eSprout
The Hermitage of the Holy Cross is an English-speaking monastery under the jurisdiction of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia in the Diocese of Eastern America and New York. Holy Cross is a growing monastery consisting of more than two dozen monks, novices,...
by Jules Smith | Jan 14, 2019 | eSprout
Students from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC planted 160 chestnuts at the campus on November 29 after delays due to cold weather and the first dusting of snow in the Asheville area. The seedlings are from 40 different genetic families from across the native...
by Jules Smith | Jan 14, 2019 | eSprout
Champion, written by Sally M. Walker, is The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree as the subtitle states. First published in 2018, the book is written in a narrative style at a middle-grade level. The eight chapters are well illustrated and contain helpful...
by Jules Smith | Nov 14, 2018 | eSprout
On April 22, 2016, The American Chestnut Regional Seed Orchard on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) was launched, in collaboration with the KY-TACF Chapter. The purpose of the orchard is to help restore the American chestnut to its native range by...
by Jules Smith | Nov 14, 2018 | eSprout
Thanks to members like you we not only met the $50,000 challenge grant from the Ballyshannon Fund in Charlottesville, VA, we exceeded it! The challenge grant leveraged a total of $136,050 raised from new members, individuals, foundations, and previously lapsed donors...
