Nominations Report for 2025

The Nominating Committee will present the following nominations at the upcoming Annual Member Meeting. All nominees have agreed to their nominations. For Officer Positions: For President:             Jack Swatt For Vice President:     Fred Behringer For Secretary:...
Norcross Seed Orchard Site

Norcross Seed Orchard Site

By Bill Adamsen CT-TACF Board Member Jim Gage participates in several Forestry related forums – the Mass/Conn Sustainable Forest Partnership and the NEFF – both of which have been hosted at the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Wales, Massachusetts. At one of...

Norman Borlaug, Nobel Laureate, TACF Director, Dies at 95

Norman Borlaug, a plant scientist who in the 20th Century was perhaps the person most responsible for teaching the world how to feed itself died Saturday. He was 95 and lived in Dallas. NYTimes Obit Borlaug was often called the father of the Green Revolution. He was...

Northeast Utilities Helps Support Restoring the American Chestnut

Northeast Utilities' paper reduction program has once again made The American Chestnut Foundation beneficiary of a shareholder “challenge” grant opportunity. Northeast Utilities, with 50,000 registered shareholders, raised $8500 in 2008 for TACF and...