by TACF | Aug 4, 2026 | Press Release, Uncategorized
The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) Secures $135,000 Foxwynd Foundation Fellowship Grant to Modernize ‘dentataBase’ Infrastructure. The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced today that its “dentataBase” modernization project has...
by TACF | Feb 12, 2026 | Press Release
For more than a century, the American chestnut, once a dominant tree across eastern North American forests, has been devastated by an invasive fungal disease that killed billions of trees in the early 1900s. A new study published in Science shows that modern genomic...
by TACF | Feb 12, 2026 | Press Release
A New Era in Conservation: Healthy Genomes Accelerate the Next 30 Years of American Chestnut Restoration The American Chestnut Foundation adopts recurrent genomic selection as the long-term engine of species restoration. [Asheville, NC] — A major new paper...
by TACF | Aug 19, 2025 | Press Release
The American Chestnut Foundation’s (TACF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Michael Goergen has been appointed as the organization’s new President & CEO and will begin in mid-September 2025. He will succeed interim President & CEO Bruce Levine. A...
by TACF | Apr 2, 2025 | Press Release
Asheville, NC – The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is proud to announce a new partnership with Stella-Jones, a leading manufacturer of products focused on supporting infrastructure that are essential to the delivery of electrical distribution and transmission,...
by TACF | Sep 5, 2024 | Press Release
TACF Unveils New Brand to Celebrate 40+ Years of American Chestnut Restoration Asheville, NC 9/5/2024 The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is thrilled to announce the launch of its new brand, marking a significant milestone in its more than 40-year journey...
