by Jules Smith | May 17, 2019 | eSprout
On April 27, 2019, Cian Evans and Doug Gillis of the Carolinas Chapter greeted folks visiting a TACF display at the Montreat Native Plant Sale in Montreat, NC to talk and learn about the American chestnut and its restoration. Many had some knowledge of the tree though...
by Jules Smith | Apr 11, 2019 | eSprout
Have you taken a photograph that should be highlighted on the cover of TACF’s award-winning Chestnut magazine? We want to see it! Send us your best chestnut-themed photo(s) by September 2, 2019 to enter the contest. The winner will receive a complimentary...
by Jules Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | eSprout
On February 26 and March 7, volunteers from the Southwest branch of the VA-TACF Chapter came out to the Price Research Farm in Meadowview, VA to help with spring seed sowing. Over 7,500 BC3F3 seeds, harvested in the fall, were sown for a variety of projects, including...
by Jules Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | eSprout
On February 9, about 30 MD-TACF Chapter members and volunteers planted 4,000 5th generation hybrid chestnuts in a greenhouse located on the property of the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park. This was the first large chestnut planting...
by Jules Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | eSprout
On March 7, Dr. Jennifer Koslow, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at EKU, volunteered 15 students in her “Chestnuts and Change in Appalachia” class to plant 426 chestnut seeds. The course is comprised of students in EKU’s Honor’s College who are not science...
by Jules Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | eSprout
At the beginning of this year, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) released a report entitled Forest Health and Biotechnology: Possibilities and Considerations. The report was the culmination of more than one year’s worth of public...
