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2025 CT-TACF Chestnut Harvest Schedule
Fall is quickly approaching and it's time to go out and collect the burs from the trees we pollinated this year as well as harvesting nuts from some wild American trees. This schedule can change at any time depending on weather, so this page may be updated...
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...
Nominations Report for 2025
The Nominating Committee will present the following nominations at the upcoming Annual Member Meeting. All nominees have agreed to their nominations. For Officer Positions: For President: Jack Swatt For Vice President: Fred Behringer For Secretary:...
2024 CT-TACF Chestnut Harvest Schedule
2024 Chestnut Harvest Schedule All dates and times are subject to change due to weather or unforeseen circumstances. The schedule will be posted and updated on our website News feed here:https://tacf.org/ct/connecticut-news/. Bring thick gloves or a couple of pair...
Spring 2024 Orchard Maintenance and Planting Schedule
Orchard Plantings - The Final Update Norcross Seed Orchard - Friday, May 31st, 8:00 AM - 5 Lamb Rd Stafford Springs. We will be planting up to 60 potentially Phytophthera resistant backcross nuts. Bring workgloves and plenty of water to stay hydrated. Winchester Seed...
Agenda for the 2024 Annual Meeting
This is the agenda for the upcoming 2024 CT Chapter Annual Meeting, held on Sunday, March 24th, 2024 10:00 am - Annual Meeting Minutes of prior annual meeting Treasurer's Report President's Report Committee Reports: Outreach and Education Committee ...
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🌰 "The evolving story of New Jersey’s chestnuts" by Alison Mitchell
Check out this article that features insights from our North Central Regional Science Coordinator, Lake Graboski, and also highlights New Jersey Nut Farms’ separate hybridization efforts—showing the range of work underway to bring back the American chestnut.
Click the following link to view the full story: www.newsbreak.com/south-jersey-media-302714994/4444458578919-the-evolving-story-of-new-jersey-s-c...
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I hope to add chestnuts to a rocky ridge in Dutchess County at some point in the future.
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Learn more about this remarkable standing American chestnut in the article “We The People: How Iowa Is Part of the Effort to Save the Rare American Chestnut Tree.” Courtesy of Grace Vance and KCRG.
Visit: www.ktiv.com/2026/01/12/we-people-how-iowa-is-part-effort-save-rare-american-chestnut-tree/
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Georgia has a stand of chestnut trees in a secret location. Can they borrow some pollen from this tree to add to their breeding collection? They need a varied gene pool for the future.
A guy named Bill Deeter has just recently observed that trees that have crown gall seem to be warding off the blight. Im really hoping that this will bring back the longevity of the American Chestnut
My Neighbors have a vet old chestnut tree - they have contacted several conservation groups about getting a sapling of a second . So it would produce chestnuts once again-
A month ago, our President and CEO, Michael Goergen, got to visit the New York Botanical Garden and see the original documentation of chestnut blight taken from a tree in the Bronx Zoo. Feeling a sense of inspiration from the experience, Michael wrote, "Holding that bark brings both grief and resolve. Grief for what was lost. Resolve for the work ahead.
Because for the first time since 1905, we are no longer documenting decline.
We are documenting return.
The American chestnut is not a memory. It is a restoration mission and The American Chestnut Foundation is building the tools and partnerships to finish what Merkel, Murrill, and others could not.
Seeing the original blight records didn’t make the work feel more challenging. It made it feel inevitable.
Restoration is the next chapter. We get to write it."
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Whoo hoo! Sorry, you were not the first to know this. The Chestnut Lady.
Our New England Regional Science Coordinator, Deni Ranguelova, made an appearance on the podcast "Across the Fence" to discuss the American chestnut tree and why we are working to restore them.
Check out the podcast on Youtube at youtu.be/c9EeOc5WIaE?si=80CQtoY4-qeQhjtI
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So like Covid?
This was all because someone in upstate Delaware thought it would be a good idea to grow a Chinese chestnut in their yard so they could show it off to their friends.
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New year, new opportunities! Now’s the perfect time to get involved with the American chestnut. 🌱
Check out our January & February events and join the movement!
Visit out events calendar for more info on each event
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