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Lecture – Rise and Fall of Two Great American Trees
By Bill Adamsen President, CT Chapter TACF A lecture at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, by author and historian Eric Rutkow, Jan. 28 at 2 p.m. The talk explores the histories of the American chestnut and the American elm, two of the nation's...
American Chestnut Foundation – New England Region Chapters Meeting
Join us for the 2011 American Chestnut Foundation New England Regional Chapters Meeting! TACF Regional Science Coordinator Kendra Gurney will host a regional chapters meeting on Saturday, November 5th at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, NH. We hope you can...
Spring Planting with CTACF!
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2011 CT CHAPTER ANNUAL MEETING
Saturday March 26th we'll be hosting the annual meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, Yale University in New Haven, CT. We have interesting presenters and a fantastic venue – and hope you'll mark you calendar...
2011 CT Chapter Annual Meeting
Saturday March 26th we'll be hosting the annual meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, Yale University in New Haven, CT. We have interesting presenters and a fantastic venue - and hope you'll mark you...
Encountering Chestnut in Corsica
In the summer of 2010 I received an extraordinary invitation to - with my family - visit a friend and family of long-standing during their annual summer sojourn to Corsica. At breakfast, the morning following our arrival, I was most surprised that the flower...
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A wild American chestnut is always a sight to see, especially one with a healed canker.
Have you found any wild American chestnuts?
#americanchestnut #nature #envrionment #blight #explore
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Quite a few around us in CT, but none that big. I assume what we are seeing are stump sprouts.
God, I hope it has developed genetic resistance and passes that on. I want to live in a world full of American Chestnuts and Elms again
At my art residency in WV there was an American chestnut tree in their yard! I cried! I collected some of the seed pods
Every season tells a story… 🌰
Maybe it’s a chipmunk on the run, a chestnut sprouting new life, or snow dusting winter leaves. However you see it, we want you to capture it. The 2026 American Chestnut Photo Contest is open!
📸 Submit up to 5 photos
🏆 Chance to win TACF gear + a feature in Chestnut magazine + Seed Level membership
🗓️ Entries due December 31, 2026
Your next hike could lead to the winning shot.
Submit photos to: gro.fcat@snoitacinummoc
Visit the following link for more information: tacf.org/2026-photo-contest/
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Visit www.williamsondailynews.com/opinion/appalachian-bluebird-when-the-forests-were-brought-down-the-m... to explore this article on the historic logging industry, the significance of American chestnuts within it, and the methods used to transport logs from the mountains.
#americanchestnut #news #logging #history #explore
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Raping the earth really noble 🤬
Check out this reel by the Seed Crown Company! They are testing whether Seed Crown shelters can help with direct seeding chestnuts in a forest setting.
In this video, Scott Laseter heads out to a montane longleaf restoration area on Georgia's Pine Mountain for the first tally of a direct seeding trial for American chestnuts.
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Check out this informative short video by the Georgia Chapter! It shows you how we process catkins and store pollen for chestnut breeding.
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