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Annual Meeting
Saturday November 12th This year our Annual Meeting is being held at Yale University in New Haven, co-sponsored by the Global Institute of Sustainable Forestry, the Yale Student Chapter of Society of American Foresters, and the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut...
A Visit to CT Agricultural Experiment Station
I had the opportunity to visit Dr. Sandy Anagnostakis on a morning tour of the Connecticut Agriculture Experiment Station (CAES) in Hamden. With their new half mile long deer fence, CAES cutting edge research, and thousands of chestnuts heavy with nuts, I had pleanty...
New Web Site
You are looking at the new web site of the CT-TACF. This site was designed to provide the local membership, and potential membership with timely information about past and future events, and documents relevant to their work with the American Chestnut foundation, the...
Report of the Nominating Committee
The Nominations Committee met Saturday September 17th and made the recommendations for Directors, Officers, and the Nominating Committee presented for the Connecticut Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation for election in year 2005. These Nominees will be voted...
September Board of Director's Meeting Recap
The Board of Directors met Saturday September 17th Present: Marshal Case, Rod Longley, Pat Van de Kamp, Bill Adamsen, Gayle Kida, Charles Dobos Not Present: Paul Wagner, John Anderson, Garrett Smith, Nancy Cebik Draft Minutes (await acceptance at next board meeting)...
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Selecting the best and roguing the rest 🌱🌳These trees were planted 8 years ago, and by carefully choosing which trees to keep and which to remove, we’re creating space for stronger growth and healthier stands. Selected trees will be genotyped for our Recurrent Genomic Selection (RGS) program and could play a key role in future breeding efforts.
#AmericanChestnut #RestorationInProgress #ChestnutResearch #ForestRestoration #MeadowviewResearchFarms #Castanetum #ScienceInTheField
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Of the 25 first gen Chinese chestnut tress I planted, two survive to produce here in western Pennsylvania. That was ~35-years ago.
I love American Chestnut trees. I am hoping I will more trees over the years. We need them.
Pershendetje po qe se shikoni te arsyshme mund te bashkpunoim ne fushën e pyltaris. Kam gjitha mundesit dhe kam fjith dokometacionin e nevojshem
🌰 "The evolving story of New Jersey’s chestnuts" by Alison Mitchell
Check out this article that features insights from our North Central Regional Science Coordinator, Lake Graboski, and also highlights New Jersey Nut Farms’ separate hybridization efforts—showing the range of work underway to bring back the American chestnut.
Click the following link to view the full story: www.newsbreak.com/south-jersey-media-302714994/4444458578919-the-evolving-story-of-new-jersey-s-c...
#americanchestnuts #nature #chestnuts #restoration #conservation #quote #article #explorepage
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I have one of the original American chestnuts growing on my land.. it grows to about 12 feet tall and it dies. it comes back from the root and does the cycle again. it's done this for the last 63 years.
I've got a half dozen proven American chestnut trees in the country park across the street. 60 + feet and bear nuts every year by the ton. the nuts seem to be sterile. no saplings ever. .
How far our we from a chestnut that grows past 20 years
Learn more about this remarkable standing American chestnut in the article “We The People: How Iowa Is Part of the Effort to Save the Rare American Chestnut Tree.” Courtesy of Grace Vance and KCRG.
Visit: www.ktiv.com/2026/01/12/we-people-how-iowa-is-part-effort-save-rare-american-chestnut-tree/
#americanchestnut #chestnuts #restoration #conservation #explorepage
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Georgia has a stand of chestnut trees in a secret location. Can they borrow some pollen from this tree to add to their breeding collection? They need a varied gene pool for the future.
A guy named Bill Deeter has just recently observed that trees that have crown gall seem to be warding off the blight. Im really hoping that this will bring back the longevity of the American Chestnut
My Neighbors have a vet old chestnut tree - they have contacted several conservation groups about getting a sapling of a second . So it would produce chestnuts once again-
A month ago, our President and CEO, Michael Goergen, got to visit the New York Botanical Garden and see the original documentation of chestnut blight taken from a tree in the Bronx Zoo. Feeling a sense of inspiration from the experience, Michael wrote, "Holding that bark brings both grief and resolve. Grief for what was lost. Resolve for the work ahead.
Because for the first time since 1905, we are no longer documenting decline.
We are documenting return.
The American chestnut is not a memory. It is a restoration mission and The American Chestnut Foundation is building the tools and partnerships to finish what Merkel, Murrill, and others could not.
Seeing the original blight records didn’t make the work feel more challenging. It made it feel inevitable.
Restoration is the next chapter. We get to write it."
#explorepage #americanchestnut #history #chestnuts #learn #nature #forestry #trees #blight #restoration #conservation
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Whoo hoo! Sorry, you were not the first to know this. The Chestnut Lady.
Our New England Regional Science Coordinator, Deni Ranguelova, made an appearance on the podcast "Across the Fence" to discuss the American chestnut tree and why we are working to restore them.
Check out the podcast on Youtube at youtu.be/c9EeOc5WIaE?si=80CQtoY4-qeQhjtI
#americanchestnut #chestnuts #podcast #history #restoration #conservation #nature #forestry #explorepage
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So like Covid?
This was all because someone in upstate Delaware thought it would be a good idea to grow a Chinese chestnut in their yard so they could show it off to their friends.
😂