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Restoring The King of the Forest to Guilford
Written By Jason Young A group of dedicated individuals, representing the American Chestnut Foundation and the Guilford Conservation commission, gathered on behalf of the American Chestnut on Saturday, May 5th at Nut Plains Park. The group planted a test orchard,...
Greenwich Land Trust Starts Test Orchard
Regional Science Coordinator Leila Pinchot, working with Greenwich Land Trust Environmental Director Dan Barrett and Board Member Dick Lane, as well as other volunteers, have planted a test orchard in a field off Stanwich Road. If all works as expected, we hope to use...
Take a Hike at Stamford Museum and Nature Center
Stamford Museum & Nature Center continued their special partnership with the American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) during "Take a Hike" week. On Wednesday, April 18, TACF Regional Science Coordinator, Leila Pinchot and Volunteer Pat van de Kamp assisted Nature...
Development of Nut Plains Park Orchard
A view of a beautiful new American chestnut seedling emerging from its nut as viewed down a Bluex Tree Tube Shelter. Photographer Leila Pinchot [click on photo to see larger version] A group of dedicated individuals, representing the American Chestnut Foundation and...
Step it Up in Salem
Our Work Party on Saturday the 14th in Salem was a total success. Great weather, great crowd, good fun! Saturday was "Step It Up Day" a "National Day of Climate Action" and some of us felt that we were key potential participants, since this is a real hands-on...
Earth Day Work Parties
As Earth Day approaches, do something significant for the earth! Volunteer a few hours of your time locally to help make a difference. Help us restore the American Chestnut to Connecticut, by volunteering a few hours of your time towards planting our crop of CT...
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Have a great photo of an American chestnut tree, bloom, bur, leaf, restoration planting, volunteer event, or wildlife interaction? We'd love to see it! (Photo pictured taken by 2025 2rd place winner Eric Sizemore)
First Place receives:
- Their photo featured on the cover of a future issue of Chestnut magazine
- A one-year TACF Seed Level Membership (a $300 value!)
- TACF merchandise
Second and Third Place winners will receive:
- TACF swag
- Recognition alongside the first-place winner in the 2027 Spring/Summer issue of Chestnut.
Submit your entries by December 31, 2026.
Visit the following link for more information and complete submission details: tacf.org/2026-photo-contest/
#AmericanChestnut #PhotoContest #TACF #ChestnutMagazine #ConservationPhotography #ForestRestoration #NaturePhotography
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Josh Roudebush win it all bro I might know a few big boys for the shot
A bee enjoying a well deserved break after the chestnut pollination period. The tree it rests on is a hybrid castanea pumila x alabamensis (dwarf chestnut x Alabama chinquapin).
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Voles got my chestnut, planted spring 2025
August Events! Double check with your states Chapter about events in your area.
Visit the following link for more information on the events: tacf.org/events/category/tacf/
#americanchestnut #Connecticut #NorthCarolina #SouthCarolina #getinvolved
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In a recent article for The Conversation, Dr. Steve Strauss discusses how advances in genomics and biotechnology are creating new opportunities to support chestnut restoration.
We're pleased to see perspectives from a longtime TACF collaborator. Steve served on our Science Advisory Review Committee in 2018 and currently has a pending proposal with TACF to improve genetic transformation methods for chestnut.
Give the article a read and let us know what part of chestnut restoration you're most excited about: theconversation.com/new-genetic-approaches-raise-hopes-for-restoring-the-american-chestnut-to-its...
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Somewhere, waiting discovery deep inside the remote part of a forest towers a thriving blight resistant nut filled American Chestnut (surrounded by dead ones just so we know it was exposed and surviving). We can hope. Taking inspiration from the Dogwood saga.
Professors at S.U.N.Y E.S.F put a wheat gene in to Chestnuts years ago and have growing them
I thought the blight only killed the tree above the ground and not the root system that's why the chestnut resprouts and grows until it gets a scar on it and the blight kills the sprouted tree back down to the ground leaving more viable root system to sprout again in the future.
Unlike most forest trees that rely mostly on wind, American chestnuts recruit insects too.
#americanchestnut #EnvironmentalEducation #pollinator #nativetrees #dronefootage
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Okay, who was in our Monocacy Orchard. MDTACF.