The 2022 edition of “The New Leaf” is out

The 2022 edition of “The New Leaf”, CT-TACF Chapter annual newsletter, is now available online here! A printed version is currently making its way to the mailboxes of all the CT members. This Winter/Spring 2022 Newsletter focuses on our Chestnut...
The CT chapter now has a Facebook group!

The CT chapter now has a Facebook group!

To help all the members of the CT chapter keeping touch with our activities, we have created a Facebook group where members and anyone interested in our work can post and interact. The group is linked the the Facebook page of the Foundation....

The Needle in a Haystack

Or … how to improve our chances of finding native American chestnut by Christine Cadigan It's that time of year when we pull out all stops trying to find native American chestnut trees to pollinate across the native range. A recent suggestion by CT-TACF...

The Prospect of Loss

by Bill Adamsen Against the new fungus enemy, scientists at the Botanical Gardens, and at the Laboratory of Forest Pathology at Washington, will muster their forces in the interest of the lovers of chestnut parks and woodlands. the New York Times – May 1908 As...

Time for Sighting Chestnuts

There are certain routes I frequently drive in Connecticut based on certain chores or repetitive tasks … meetings, work, chauffering kids to their sports. One frequent drive is up Route 8 from Bridgeport to Winsted. I was a little shocked last weekend while...