Connecticut Forest Forum

Helene Flounders, Connecticut DEP Forester and Planning Coordinator for the Connecticut Statewide Forest Resource Plan, called to remind us of the upcoming meeting of the Connecticut Forest Forum on November 30th at the University of Connecticut Greater Hartford...

Connecticut Forests in a Changing World? from Global to Local

So is titled Connecticut's fifth Statewide Forest Forum. Be sure to look at the agenda and list of speakers – there's not a session you'd want to miss. Hope to see you there! The 5th annual Connecticut Statewide Forest Forum will be held on...

Connecticut Orchard Road Trip with Sara Fitzsimmons

White Memorial (WM) has been the focus of Chestnut Hybrid since Arthur Graves established a planting in 1944. That original plantation was extended by Hans Nienstadt in 1953. This site was a source of F1 pollen from the early 1990s for the ACF, from which great...

Contact Your Representative

I recently read the below letter from Louis A. Magnarelli, the Director of the CT Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES) describing concerns about funding. There is a general concern that President Bush's 2006 budget recommends changing or disbanding the Hatch...

Controlled Pollination of American Chestnuts Completed

This spring we have been busy performing controlled crosses of  wild American chestnuts that were found the previous year.  The trees had produced sterile nuts in the fall since there was not another American chestnut nearby to pollinate the female flowers.  Thanks to...