2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun

2025 CT-TACF Planting Season has Begun Below is the current schedule for our spring plantings where we could use volunteer help.  Dates and times are tentative and may be rescheduled due to weather or other unforeseeable circumstances.  Check our website News...

340 Year Old Solid Chestnut Canoe

By Bill Adamsen [click for larger photo] Canoe at Mashantucket Pequot Museum While visiting the Mashantucket Pequot Museum, I was thrilled to see their exhibit of a large dugout canoe carved from solid American chestnut. I was visiting the museum with my daughter and...

A Brief Summary of Chestnut Canker Biocontrol

By Timothy McKechnie Since the Connecticut chapter would like to preserve mother trees long enough for breeding purposes, there has been some interest in biocontrol. Most people in TACF, especially Connecticut (home of Dr. Anagnostakis) are familiar with three forms...