Norman Borlaug, a plant scientist who in the 20th Century was perhaps the person most responsible for teaching the world how to feed itself died Saturday. He was 95 and lived in Dallas. NYTimes Obit Borlaug was often called the father of the Green Revolution. He was...

We've completed our predictive model for finding American chestnut trees in Litchfield County and now need your help determining whether this model works! Do you live in or visit Litchfield County? Print out one of these maps and tell us if you find an American...

by Bill Adamsen Achieving the goals set out in our regional adaptation program require finding native American chestnuts and capturing their genes. We do this by finding American chestnut that can be ... a) validated as being pure American chestnut b) cooperate by...

by Christine Cadigan After a day of testing the hypothesis suggested in A Needle in a Haystack, I think our geospatial predictor hypothesis for chestnut may have merit. Those of you who read the article will recall that we used soil type, road proximity, sun aspect...

Or ... how to improve our chances of finding native American chestnut by Christine Cadigan It's that time of year when we pull out all stops trying to find native American chestnut trees to pollinate across the native range. A recent suggestion by CT-TACF member...

by Jane Harris Phase One of the collaboration between Middletown Connecticut's Urban Forestry Commission, Water & Sewer Department, AIC, Middletown Garden Club and the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (CT-TACF) is off to a roaring start! The new...