Professor Fenny Dane, PhD Department of Horticulture Auburn University [click to enlarge] Figure 1. Distribution of vegetation on US continent 18,000 years ago during the last ice age The geographical range and distribution of a plant species is dependent on its...

The Honorable Sebastian N. Giuliano, Mayor of Middletown, today signed land-use and germ-plasm agreements with the Connecticut Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation. With these agreements in place, CT-TACF will collaborate with the Middletown Urban Forestry...

By Sara Fitzsimmons Regional Science Coordinator The American Chestnut Foundation On Saturday, April 25, several representatives from The American Chestnut Foundations (TACF) met at Aton Forest to discuss details of a summer project that is to be taken on by the...

PBS has put out a series, Appalachia: A History of Mountains and People, which features American chestnut in the final segment. This segment, Power and Place, is airing this weekend, though from what I found, at some inopportune times. Thought members might be...

by Bill Adamsen Against the new fungus enemy, scientists at the Botanical Gardens, and at the Laboratory of Forest Pathology at Washington, will muster their forces in the interest of the lovers of chestnut parks and woodlands. the New York Times - May 1908 As we age,...

Illustrations by Dr. Fred Paillet about American chestnut Some of you may be aware that Dr. Paillet has been a major contributor to the training for the Appalachian Mountain Club Mega Transect project. Anyone who has read Dr. Paiilet's papers is aware that he is...