By Bill Adamsen [click for larger photo] In December of 2008, John Baker, a member of long standing in both Litchfield Hills Audubon (LHA) and the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) called to chat about a new property Litchfield Hills Audubon had recently acquired....
The Woodbridge Land Trust planted their Calistro tree harvest at the Town's Fitzgerald property on Beecher Road. The Amity Observer captured the event in this fantastic article appearing April 26th. At the Tuesday May 9th May meeting of the TACF-CT Board, Robert...
The Woodbridge orchard is now 4 years from conception, 3 years since ground preparation and the pollination of the local American chestnut (the Calistro tree), 2 years since the first 168 nut planting, 1 year since the second planting (Manchester tree nuts). Our...
I would like to appeal to residents of CT to support two specific on-going orchard projects. This should be of interest to Landowners and Foresters, or really anyone who supports return to the forest a tree of such ecological significance as the American chestnut. If...
By Bill Adamsen President, CT Chapter TACF Year Over Year Growth Several of our orchards have limited space for additional planting – they are essentially full – with all the trees we expect to plant for the back-cross program. The trees in these orchards...
