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2016 Annual Meeting
The CT Stormwise Program is the topic of our 2016 Annual Meeting Meeting Location - deKoven House, Middletown, CT Join us on Saturday April 23rd for the Annual Meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at the Rockfall Foundation's deKoven...
Spring Gallery
Chestnuts typically flower in late June or early July ... with the Chinese chestnut flowering a week or so earlier than the American chestnut, and those further north slightly delayed from the flowering of those further south or along the coast. Chestnut flowering is...
Flowering Season is Now!
The showy flowers of the chestnut attracts pollinators galore, a feast for birds. Flowering Season in CT High summer is chestnut flowering season. Chestnut is one of the last of the northeastern native hardwoods to flower each year. If you'd like to see a chestnut in...
Restoration Nuts Planted at Middlesex Community College
The weekend of May 16th, CT Chapter Board Member Jane Harris worked with students from the Student Environmental Association for Sustainability (SEAS), and their adviser, Dr. Christine Witkowski, to plant four of the B3F3 nuts she'd been sent from the TACF Meadowview...
Leadership Change
Former President John Anderson holds framed photo honoring his contributions to the Chapter At our April 19th Annual Meeting the Chapter elected new Board Members and a new slate of Officers. Having served on the board for over a decade, and as Chapter President for...
Norcross Seed Orchard Site
By Bill Adamsen CT-TACF Board Member Jim Gage participates in several Forestry related forums - the Mass/Conn Sustainable Forest Partnership and the NEFF - both of which have been hosted at the Norcross Wildlife Sanctuary in Wales, Massachusetts. At one of the...
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If you’ve ever wondered why we keep planting wild‑type American chestnuts, even though they eventually succumb to blight, this is why.
Any other questions we can answer? Drop them in the comments!
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Maybe one will mutate and not get the blight .
I had a co-worker who was experimenting with this 20 or 30 years ago. He dug up the soil from the base of the tree and made a poultice. At the time, I didn't know a Chestnut from a ham sandwich. Now I have a dozen of my own stump sprouts and am planting four of their genetically selected trees this year.
The Canadian chestnut council initiated the blight resistance breeding program and planted out these trees in 2020. We fortunately have collected seeds and propagation of these seedlings are available at the Little Otter Tree Farm Tillsonburg Ont
Rogueing has officially begun! Late last year, Meadowview Research Farm staff selected the best trees in our 2018 progeny test to be genetically tested this year, and now our Director of Land Management, Dan McKinnon, is removing the trees that weren’t selected. The 2017 progeny test is also being cleared to make way for future plantings. Removing undesirable trees on a regular basis provides space for the trees of tomorrow.
#AmericanChestnut #RestorationInProgress #ChestnutResearch #ForestRestoration #MeadowviewResearchFarms #ConservationScience
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if you dug them I am sure some of us could plant them.. i mean if there is a chance they make it
Can't you replant the "undesirable " trees else where as they're important to the earth breathing.
Thanks, Dan!
The PA/NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation is having a Spring Growers meeting on March 28, 2026 from 9:30am - 3:30pm
Expert speakers: Michael Goergen, Allen Dietrich-Ward, Noah Vincent, and Lake Graboski
$30 ticket price includes breakfast and lunch!
All are welcome! Learn more at PANJTACF.org
It will be held at The Centennial Barn at Fort Hunter Mansion
5395 N. Front St, Harrisburg, PA 17110
#americanchestnut #meeting #getinvolved #Nonprofit #explorepage
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Sorry I will miss this! I have to be at our SAWN-PA forest workshop.
In collaboration with us, the off-road park, Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area (AOAA), has participated in planting American chestnut trees across their property.
"Off-road parks do not always have a reputation for environmental stewardship, which makes AOAA’s conservation work genuinely surprising and worth highlighting."
Check out the article "This Rugged Pennsylvania Off-Roading Playground Sits In The Heart Of Coal Country" to learn more about the AOAA: everafterinthewoods.com/this-rugged-pennsylvania-off-roading-playground-sits-in-the-heart-of-coal...
Images from AOAA socials.
#americanchestnut #chestnuts #conservation #outdoorrecreation #explorepage
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TACF’s Director of Development, John, and Director of Communications, Jules, had a great time tabling at an event for the one-year anniversary Tree Museum Birthday Gala. Despite the rainy weather, the gala planted trees, roasted chestnuts, and hosted a ticketed “Tree Walk” that sold out.
#americanchestnut #trees #explorepage #chestnuts #nature
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