Over the past five months the Board of the Connecticut Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (CT-TACF) has been involved with drafting a long-term Strategic Plan with the goal of helping us focus our efforts on productive activities and provide a means to...

Invitation to a New Jersey American Chestnut Meeting Saturday March 11, 2006 Prallsville Mills, Stockton, NJ The Pennsylvania Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (PA-TACF) invites you to a general informational meeting for those who would like to assist in...

Bill Adamsen, President of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will lecture and host a discussion on the natural history of the chestnut, and the Foundation's efforts to capture the diverse genetics of local trees in their breeding efforts. This...

(This lecture date has passed) All but eliminated from New England forests by the chestnut blight of 1908-13, the stately American Chestnut is making a comeback thanks to a cross-breeding program that soon hopes to produce blight-resistant trees. In a Pequot Museum...

By Timothy McKechnie Since the Connecticut chapter would like to preserve mother trees long enough for breeding purposes, there has been some interest in biocontrol. Most people in TACF, especially Connecticut (home of Dr. Anagnostakis) are familiar with three forms...

By Sara Fitzsimmons In mid-November of 2005, I had the pleasure of visiting the Connecticut Chapter and presenting at their Annual Meeting. Being sponsored by Yale, most specifically the School of Forestry and Environmental Resources, the meeting was held in New...