Lecture on Restoring the American Chestnut

(This lecture date has passed) All but eliminated from New England forests by the chestnut blight of 1908-13, the stately American Chestnut is making a comeback thanks to a cross-breeding program that soon hopes to produce blight-resistant trees. In a Pequot Museum...

Lecture on Restoring the American Chestnut in Connecticut

Bill Adamsen, President of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will lecture and host a discussion on the natural history of the chestnut, and the Foundation's efforts to capture the diverse genetics of local trees in their breeding efforts. This...

Like Manna from God

That was the title of an article published in 2004 by Professor Ralph H. Lutts, a member of the Goddard College faculty, where he coordinates an M.A. concentration in interdisciplinary environmental studies. Some of you may recall reading an excerpt of this same story...

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Local Chapter Annual Meetings

Just a Reminder that the Connecticut and Massachusetts Annual Meetings are on back-to-back weekends this year, November 12th (CT) and November 19th (MA). Click here to see the Connecticut announcement, and here to see the announcement for the Massachusetts...