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The Connecticut Chapter Spring 2024 Newsletter includes the articles
- Celebrating the 40 years of TACF in Hamden
- Backcross Breeding Program Update
- Planting Chestnuts in a Colonial Setting
- Breeding Phytophthera cinamoni Resistance into our Chestnut Orchards
- Volunteer Opportunities
- And Charlie, the rowing chestnut!
The Connecticut Chapter Spring 2023 Newsletter includes the articles
- The Dawn of Darling 58
- Conservation & Community comes together for the American Chestnut
- Pollination Workshop at the Old Lyme Library
- A year in photo
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Early bird registration for the 2024 American Chestnut Symposium closes on Sunday, September 22. Take advantage of this special discounted rate before it's too late!
The event takes place the evening of Friday, October 25th and Saturday, October 26th, and will be jam-packed with speakers, tours, and special guests. Read about the entire event at the link: tacf.org/2024-american-chestnut-symposium/
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Carolina friends, want to help harvest hybrid American chestnuts? You'll have a chance this weekend! Visit the link for all the information and to RSVP. preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webview/1001266/132117206160901386
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Deer are harvesting our chestnuts this year (also in NC). We have 3 huge chestnut trees that were here when we bought our home over 20 years ago. I’ve never eaten one.
Bug is a polydactyl or Hemingway cat, which means he has an extra toe. He doesn't know how to use his extra toe (yet). He does know how to sit on command and enjoys sleeping, making his body really long, and observing nature.
He's very sociable and loves car rides (he even got into a neighbor's car and went on a school pickup run!) as well as walks around the neighborhood with his people.
He lives with Christine, TACF's Operations Specialist.
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Remember this beautiful painting by ME Chapter President Mark McCollough? He donated his time and talent to TACF last year, selling prints of this gorgeous piece to benefit the restoration of American chestnuts. He's using his skills to help more than just American chestnuts, though, and you can read all about the recent award he won for his efforts here: wildlife.org/mark-mccollough-receives-ding-darling-memorial-award/
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Beautiful painting
Join us on Friday, September 20, 2024, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat.
TOPIC: Assisting Evolution: The History of American Chestnut Breeding and New Innovations
Special guests Mike Aucott, John Scrivani, and Jared Westbrook will discuss American chestnut breeding from the 1950s to the present, exploring various methods, goals, and the results that have been achieved. Learn more and register here: tacf.org/event/chestnut-chat-american-chestnut-breeding-history-and-innovations/
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I have 6 trees
Can anyone tell by this pic if these are American or Chinese?