by TACF | Apr 28, 2009
PBS has put out a series, Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People, which features American chestnut in the final segment. This segment, Power and Place, is airing this weekend, though from what I found, at some inopportune times. Thought members might be...
by TACF | Apr 24, 2006
Discussion on an interesting pest popped up on the Chestnut (TACF) Growers List this past week. We're fortunate not to have seen this pest (yet) here in Connecticut. Hill Craddock of Hamilton County Tennessee describes it as “by far the most damaging pest...
by TACF | Aug 18, 2008
From UMass Extension: Asian Longhorned Beetle found in Massachusetts The Asian Longhorned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) has been positively identified in an infestation in the Greendale section (northeast sector) of Worcester, MA. Personnel from the USDA PPQ and...
by TACF | Oct 16, 2005
Saturday sunshine peaked out from behind the clouds for the first time in ages. I had planned on visiting the Aton Forest open house in Norfolk, CT. CT-TACF Director John Anderson is the Aton Forest Executive Director, and he'd kindly invited me to attend (it...
by TACF | Oct 15, 2005
After a tumultuous two weeks of editing, rewriting and scrambling to get approvals, we finalized the newsletter and sent it to print. Much thanks and gratitude go out to Linda Bowen of Computer Marketing Services in New Milford, who walked us through this process of...
