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The Connecticut Chapter Spring Newsletter 2026 features a brand new look, matching TACF new branding, and includes the articles:
- Welcome to… the Chestnut City!
- Essex Land Trust & Chestnut Orchard at Cross Lots Preserve
- Chestnut Breeding Program Update
- A Lifelong Passion for The American Chestnut
- CT Chapter’s 2025 Intern, Odeth Sandoval
- TACF Honors the Winners of the 2025 Volunteer Service Awards
- Volunteer Opportunities
The Connecticut Chapter Spring 2025 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!
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- CT-TACF Spring 2024 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2023 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2022 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2021 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2020 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2018 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2009 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2008 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Autumn 2006 Newsletter
- CT-TACF Spring 2006 Newsletter
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I have two massive chestnut trees in my backyard and I’ve tried to get someone to look at them to see what kind they are. Who can I contact?
Thank you to our long time Partner, Army Corps of Engineers, Green River Lake. * * * You all do much to educate and serve the thousands of Visitors who enjoy Green River Lake in Central Kentucky. Ken Darnell, KY TACF Chapter President
Last week, the Clemson Facilities Landscape team planted nine Allegheny chinkapin trees (Castanea pumila) at Clemson University in honor of National Arbor Day. These trees came from Chestnut Returns Farm, operated by Joe James in Seneca, South Carolina.
Joe is a longtime member of The Foundation who has worked tirelessly on Phytophthora resistance in American chestnuts and has been working with chinkapins for several years.
#chinkapin #americanchestnut #explorepage #ArborDay #conservation
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Question: How often would you expect to find surviving American Chestnut trees in the wild?
Are the Allegheny chinkapin trees (Castanea pumila) part of a group of Chestnut Trees developed to prevent the Phytophthora disease that decimated the American Chestnut trees in America?
Interesting. I live seasonally in Seneca (up north in Pennsylvania the rest of the year). My farm in Pennsylvania had a VERY large American chestnut on it that I had to harvest when it died from the blight a few years ago. I do have a house full of furniture that was made from the lumber, which I'm very thankful for, but I'd rather have the tree back. There are still a few other living American chestnuts on the property near/around my farm, but none are as big as mine was (at least not documented, I've been told about a big one that I haven't been able to see yet). I'd like to talk to Mr. James at some point and see his operation.
Tissue sampling for recurrent genomic selection is no small task, but thanks to an incredible group of volunteers, we made it happen! Leaf samples were collected, placed in a small tube, and then a wraparound tag with a unique ID was placed on the tree; each unique ID corresponded with the tube the sample was put in. We had volunteers from the Washington County Master Gardeners, Washington County Master Naturalists, Emory and Henry University, and King University. Tissue collection is a key step towards advancing our breeding program, and we are incredibly grateful for everyone who showed up, worked hard, and supported the process. Science moves forward because of people like you! #americanchestnut #RestorationInProgress
#chestnutresearch #forestrestoration #meadowviewresearchfarms #conservationscience
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From far away, it looks okay. Up close, and inside, it’s clear these barns can no longer protect the work of restoration. This Earth Day and throughout our Spring Appeal, help us raise the barn that supports the return of the American chestnut.
Click the following link to donate: support.tacf.org/2026SpringAppeal
#earthday #donate #springappeal #americanchestnut #explorepage
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