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2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun

2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun

Below is the current schedule for our spring plantings where we could use volunteer help.  Dates and times are tentative and may be rescheduled due to weather or other unforeseeable circumstances.  Check our website News Feed, https://tacf.org/ct/connecticut-news/, for the most up to date listing.  We are also utilizing a new volunteer activity website to track volunteer hours and obtain photo consent and waivers.  If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up for each event at https://theamericanchestnutfoundation.volunteerlocal.com/volunteer/# under the CT Chapter listing (Click on the “Sign Up Now” button).

5/20, 1:00 PM, Kern Park Bristol – A demonstration planting of up to 6 nuts or seedlings originating from wild American chestnut trees found within the city of Bristol.  Meet at Kern Park behind the Ivy School, 160 Ivy Drive, Bristol

5/23, 9:00 AM Bush Hill Preserve Manchester – Additional Plot being added to the Bush Hill Chestnut Orchard, 330 Bush Hill Rd. Manchester.  Drive down the driveway to the large garage area and you will see the chestnut orchard.

5/30, 9:00 AM Litchfield Hills Audubon Wigwam Brook Preserve Orchard
We will be adding wild American chestnut trees to the current selected Backcross orchard for germplasm conservation.  Meet at the parking area on Lipeka Rd., Litchfield

6/1, 1:00 PM McKeon Farm Ridgefield – Tentative, pending Town Board Approval for the orchard. Parking area on Old Stagecoach Rd.

RESCHEDULED TO: SATURDAY, 6/7, 1:00 PM – Wilton Land Trust GCO.  183 Ridgefield Rd, Wilton – We will be adding 2 more plots to the Chestnut Meadows GCO

 

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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 strategic executive with more than 25 years of leadership in the forest products and climate sectors, Michael has driven innovation, sustainability, and transformative partnerships throughout his career.

To learn more about him, visit tacf.org/michael-goergen-named-president-ceo-of-the-american-chestnut-foundation/
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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 strategic executive with more than 25 years of leadership in the forest products and climate sectors, Michael has driven innovation, sustainability, and transformative partnerships throughout his career. To learn more about him, visit https://tacf.org/michael-goergen-named-president-ceo-of-the-american-chestnut-foundation/

Lucinda’s got a tree to introduce you to 🌳👋
Meet even more trees at tacf.org/meet-the-trees/
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This is D2-19-136 if you'd like to view it on our webpage!

Great video, keep them coming.

Thanks. I have one from OIKOS that was advertised as 95% American. Here's the trunk -- alittle blight on the lowest branch at left, but that's been yrs ago and has healed over. It's been putting out male pollen racemes, but they don't open (become fuzzy) -- don't know why.

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Reminder! TACF's 2025 American Chestnut Photo Contest is going on now, with a new, extended deadline!

The first-place winner will have their photo featured on the cover of a future issue of Chestnut magazine and receive a one-year TACF membership, along with a T-shirt and hat. The second-place winner will receive a T-shirt and sticker, and the third-place winner will receive a sticker. All winners will be recognized in a future issue of Chestnut.

Visit tacf.org/2025-photo-contest/ for all the details.
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Reminder! TACFs 2025 American Chestnut Photo Contest is going on now, with a new, extended deadline! The first-place winner will have their photo featured on the cover of a future issue of Chestnut magazine and receive a one-year TACF membership, along with a T-shirt and hat. The second-place winner will receive a T-shirt and sticker, and the third-place winner will receive a sticker. All winners will be recognized in a future issue of Chestnut.Visit https://tacf.org/2025-photo-contest/ for all the details.

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who has chestnut seeds? i want to grow some.

Celebrate the legacy of Rex Mann—forester, storyteller, and passionate champion for the American chestnut—with this limited edition Leave Tracks t-shirt.

Rex devoted his life to restoring forests and inspiring others to care for the land. Now, you can honor his memory and help carry his mission forward.

🌳 100% of the proceeds from every shirt go to The American Chestnut Foundation (THANK YOU!), supporting the work Rex believed in so deeply.

👉 Pre-order now through August 2: scottmann.com/store/Leave-Tracks-In-Honor-of-Rex-Mann-PREORDER-p768130686

Let’s keep walking the trail Rex helped blaze.
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Celebrate the legacy of Rex Mann—forester, storyteller, and passionate champion for the American chestnut—with this limited edition Leave Tracks t-shirt.Rex devoted his life to restoring forests and inspiring others to care for the land. Now, you can honor his memory and help carry his mission forward.🌳 100% of the proceeds from every shirt go to The American Chestnut Foundation (THANK YOU!), supporting the work Rex believed in so deeply.👉 Pre-order now through August 2: https://scottmann.com/store/Leave-Tracks-In-Honor-of-Rex-Mann-PREORDER-p768130686Let’s keep walking the trail Rex helped blaze.

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Transgenic American Chestnuts are still a much better option. The product of this method will always be a hybrid and that should not be the goal.

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