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Chestnut Hike at Naugatuck State Forest

by Jack Swatt | Jun 1, 2018

June 23 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am Come for an educational walk at Naugatuck State Forest to look for flowering native American Chestnut trees. TACF is attempting to increase our search for native American chestnut trees for several upcoming projects including...

Chestnut Pollination Season

by TACF | Jun 11, 2009

by Bill Adamsen Achieving the goals set out in our regional adaptation program require finding native American chestnuts and capturing their genes. We do this by finding American chestnut that can be … a) validated as being pure American chestnut b) cooperate by...

Chestnut Poster and Frame

by TACF | Oct 30, 2008

A discussion with Sara Fitzsimmons got me thinking about creating this poster and frame. I'd been thinking about this for some time and had been limited by the ability to actually get the chestnut wood for the frame. Sara suggested she might be able to help find...

Chestnut Research Orchard for Middletown

by TACF | May 5, 2009

The Honorable Sebastian N. Giuliano, Mayor of Middletown, today signed land-use and germ-plasm agreements with the Connecticut Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. With these agreements in place, CT-TACF will collaborate with the Middletown Urban Forestry...

Chestnut’s Rot Resistance

by TACF | Feb 10, 2008

Article by Jason Young Despite the enthusiasm of members of TACF and of other Chestnuts, public knowledge of American Chestnut remains esoteric at best. Today it may be equally likely that one would be introduced to chestnut by seeing it in a building as opposed to...

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