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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)...
CT-TACF Begins Backcross Breeding Program in Enfield and Woodbridge
On June 11, CT-TACF met at White Memorial Foundation in Litchfield. Dr. Philip Arnold, Dr. Robert Gregg and Town Selectman Joe Callistro, active also in the Woodbridge Land Trust, shared their plans to work with Dr. Charlotte Zampini of MATACF to pollinate two 8-9...
Connecticut Orchard Road Trip with Sara Fitzsimmons
White Memorial (WM) has been the focus of Chestnut Hybrid since Arthur Graves established a planting in 1944. That original plantation was extended by Hans Nienstadt in 1953. This site was a source of F1 pollen from the early 1990s for the ACF, from which great...
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Officers and Directors
CT State Chapter Officers for the list of Officers and Directors in the state, click on the "more" link to the right ... or click here for the current Organization Chart Executive Committee Bill Adamsen - President bill.adamsen 'at' gmail 'dot' com...
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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.