Planting the newest CT Seed Orchard in Hurlbut Field, in partnership with the Winchester Land Trust on May 15, 2021
The American Chestnut Foundation announced today a gift by the Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation, Inc to support our chapter for continued planting and monitoring of the American Chestnuts in Connecticut.
Given the tremendous American chestnut harvest we had last fall in Connecticut, this gift will go toward the creation of a new combined chestnut and apple orchard at the Denison Homestead Farm, create new and maintain our existing germplasm conservation orchards in Connecticut, and support the work of our New England Regional Science Coordinator Kendra Collins and her team during the inoculations and grading the CT backcross orchards this Spring and Summer.
The Nancy Spofford Yerkes Foundation supports organizations that nurture the health or the environment, society, and the arts.
