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2023 Nominations for Officers and Board Members

The CT-TACF Nominating Committee of Jane Harris, Ginny Patsun and John Baker are recommending the following candidates for the Board of Directors and Chapter Officers for 2023.

  1. Nominations for the Board of Directors with a term ending in 2025:

Jack Ostroff

Jack Swatt

Philip McInerney

Florian Carle

Michael Gaffey

Woods Sinclair

Lindsay Rush

Fred Behringer

  1. Nominations for Officers for 2023:

President            Jack Swatt

Vice President   Fred Behringer

Treasurer            Jack Ostroff

Secretary             Florian Carle

  1. The Nominating Committee of John Baker and Ginny Patsun are willing to stay on for another year and looking forward to another member volunteering as a third member of the Nominating Committee.

Please be advised accordingly.

Thank you. Best Regards,

Very Truly Yours,

John Baker

      Election of Officers and Board Members will take place at our Annual Meeting on April 15th at the CT Forest and Parks Headquarters, 16 Meriden Rd., Rockfall, CT

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Im hoping to see this in my lifetime

Chestnuts look so beautiful during pollination season, their catkins (the yellow fuzzy blossoms) are often described as fireworks. 🌰 🎇

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Chestnuts look so beautiful during pollination season, their catkins (the yellow fuzzy blossoms) are often described as fireworks. 🌰 🎇 Which image is your favorite?#americanchestnut #fieldwork #nature #pollination #exploreImage attachmentImage attachment+5Image attachment

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Catkins in my yard are buzzing with bees!

Wow. Way more explosive looking than the European chestnuts. Beekeepers should be all over that. It’s the most distinct honey I’ve ever had.  As for the aroma… Well… Enough said.

I have tended those trees. MD TACF, join us!

Watch this quick video to learn how we conduct controlled pollinations for our breeding program.

Learn more about our breeding program and our use of the recurrent genomic selection model: tacf.org/tree-breeding/

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❤️ The original farmstead my property used to be a part of, grew chestnut trees and Hickory trees. The last two American Chestnut trees died about 6 years ago, they were right on the shoreline of a lake and unfortunately all their nuts fell in the water. They died cause they were both girdled by a beaver that had taken up residence on the lake. I would've done something to protect the two trees but unfortunately were not part of my property and all I could do was watch in horror. I wouldn't dare mess with trees that don't belong to me. I would however love to add some if it's possible to purchase American Chestnut back to our property, our parcel had the Shagbark Hickory trees on it.

Big tree - Asian chestnut ?

Did you know that Allegheny chinquapins can get chestnut blight?

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Would it get a lot bigger if it didn't get the blight? If so, how much?

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