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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...
Priviledges of Membership
The American Chestnut Foundation depends primarily upon its members to support research to develop a blight-resistant American chestnut tree. Over 5,000 members nationwide, and 250 in the State of Connecticut are helping to bring this important tree back from the...
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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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We love helping students get excited about, and involved in, the American chestnut tree!
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Save this for when you plant your chestnuts! All you need is a deep pot, well-draining soil, and proper seed orientation for success. 🌱
Want to learn more about growing chestnuts? Visit this link to learn more: tacf.org/growing-chestnuts/
#planting #growing #americanchestnut #plantingseason #explore
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I appreciate the effort, but you’re just planting a tree that will die young.
Another way is put out a bunch of chestnuts, walnuts, acorns etc and let the squirrels plant them (they won't eat them all)!
Where do you get the American chestnuts?
I highly recommend checking out this article by Robert Foster, in which he reminisces about the time he helped save a large, standing American chestnut tree. He also shares an older article that tells the full story of the tree and the effort to preserve it. The original piece, published in American Forests magazine, is titled “Saving Something of Value” by Herbert E. McLean and is copied below his introduction.
Click the following link to check it out: rfoster.substack.com/p/one-big-tree
#americanchestnut #nature #explore #fighttosave #story
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