Hemlockfest 2018 Nov. 2-4!!

The 14th annual HemlockFest music festival will be held on November 2-4 2018 in Dahlonega, Georgia. This environmental fundraising event features three days of live music, camping, children’s activities, canoeing, local arts and crafts, nature walks and information sessions, and much more. In addition to supporting research to preserve Eastern Hemlocks, Hemlockfest also supports restoration of the American Chestnut. The Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation has received donations of $39,000 in HemlockFest proceeds over the last two years. GATACF volunteers will be present at the event to increase public awareness and recruit new chapter members.

HemlockFest is an all volunteer event sponsored by the Lumpkin Coalition, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in Dahlonega. GATACF members are encouraged to volunteer at HemlockFest. There are a variety of ways to help out. Volunteers may sign up for shift times through the HemlockFest website on the volunteer page, link below. For anyone interested getting involved with the planning and organizing HemlockFest, there are several areas where our members could contribute. For more information, contact Jack Rogers at moc.liamg@731rsprpj.

To sign up for a volunteer shift and more details about volunteering, please go to http://hemlockfest.org/blog/

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The Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation

1 week ago

The Georgia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (GA-TACF) Annual Meeting

GA-TACF will hold its annual meeting on May 2, starting at 9:30 AM at Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford, GA. The meeting is open to both chapter members and the general public.

Although we willl briefly address some business matters, most of the meeting will be devoted to presentations related to our work helping to restore American chestnuts in GA. Among the business items is the election of directors for the board. The board hereby invites nominations for director positions which should include the candidate’s contact information, a brief biographical sketch, and a summary of why the candidate appears well-suited for board service.

Please register your attendance by reserving admission via the Eventbrite link below. More details about the meeting will be added there. Pre-registration is free, however, lunch orders ($15 + tax) must be made using the Eventbrite site (no later than April 30). Lunch will be at nearby Cloudland Vineyards + Winery

To register, click on the Eventbrite Link www.eventbrite.com/e/georgia-chapter-of-the-american-chestnut-foundation-annual-meeting-tickets-1...

Agenda:

9:30 am Doors open, Coffee and Meet-and-Greet in Founders Hall

Morning session, 10 AM – NOON

1) 10:00 am. Welcome and Introduction by Chapter President Dr. Martin Cipollini )

2) 10:15 am. Chapter business meeting:

a) Election of chapter directors, Scott Laseter (Governance Committee chair)
b) Budget report, Vince Payne (Treasurer)

3) 10:45 am. An update from TACF's CEO Michael Goergen and introduction of Zach Anderson as our new Southern Regional Science Coordinator.

4) 11:15 am. Science updates, Dr. Martin Cipollini (President and Science Coordinator)

a) A Brief Overview of the American Chestnut and GA-TACF's work

b) Recurrent Genomic Selection (RGS): What is it?

c) Selection for Phytophthora root rot (PRR) resistance in Georgia.

5) 12:00 noon. Lunch directions

Lunch break and Afternoon Session, 12:30 - ? at Cloudland Vineyards

1) Pre-ordered box lunches will be delivered to nearby Cloudland Vineyards. Tickets for box lunches must be purchased via this Eventbrite site by April 30. Select type of box lunch after completing payment during checkout. See details below. *

2) Tour of Cloudland Vineyards and recently planted chestnuts. Overview of how to grow and maintain chestnuts.

3) GA-TACF board members will meet at the end of the day to hold a brief in-person meeting.

We hope to see you there! Please help spread the word.

Dr. Martin Cipollini

GA-TACF President

Bistro Box sandwiches, cold, come with chips and freshly baked cookie:

a) Chicken salad croissant
b) Turkey and Provolone Sandwich
c) Chicken, Swiss, and Pesto Sandwich
d) Pesto Caprese Sandwich

Salad box lunches, served with a mini sea salt baguette and freshly baked cookie

a) Cranberry Pecan Salad with Balsamic dressing
b) Spinach Salad with strawberries, feta, bacon, pecans and a French Vinaigrette dressing
c) Classic Caesar Salad with croutons, Caesar dressing, and Parmesan

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The Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation

3 weeks ago

On Friday March 6 faculty and staff at the University of North Georgia (UNG) added about 70 chestnuts by direct seeding to the Hurricane Creek orchard near Dahlonega. Karrie Ann Fadroski, Outreach and Engagement Coordinator for UNG’s Environmental Leadership Center (ELC) and Stacie James, Program Coordinator for the ELC, were assisted by Dr. Martin Cipollini, President and Science Coordinator for GA-TACF as well as several UNG student volunteers. Student participants included Chestnut student intern Lillian McGinnis, Hurricane Creek student intern Jason Richardson, Conservation student intern Reece Maxwell, Kylee Melton, Ava Minor, Mary Alice Olewicz, and Jack Nicholas.

This orchard is designed to screen hybrid chestnuts for Phytophthora Root Rot (PRR) resistance (pure American chestnuts are entirely susceptible to PRR). Seeds selected for this orchard come from trees known or suspected to carry PRR resistance, in this case from two trees at the Berry College backcross orchard. Read elsewhere on our Facebook page about how to protect chestnuts from this lethal disease if you have planted susceptible trees.

To learn more about this work and what you can do to become involved, please come to our annual meeting on May 2 at the Gwinnett Environmental & Heritage Center in Buford. Details are forthcoming, but the meeting will be held in the morning with lunch and a tour at Cloudland Vineyards in the early afternoon.
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Hard to believe these students are in their late 30s now...

Coincidentally, exactly 17 years ago on March 6, 2009, Berry College students planted the parents of the seeds planted at UNG. Here are just a couple pictures from that day.

The Georgia Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation

4 weeks ago

Dr. Martin Cipollini, President and Science Coordinator of The Georgia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation, presented an overview of the organization's Recurrent Genomic Selection (RGS) chestnut breeding program during the Tennessee chapter's annual meeting at Tennessee Tech, subsequently chairing the Southern Regional Science meeting held in conjunction with the TN-TACF meeting. At the latter meeting, chapter leaders discussed how to cooperate to implement RGS regionally and initiated plans for the coming breeding season. They also welcomed newly hired TACF Regional Science Coordinator Zach Anderson who has been working with Dr. Hill Craddock at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. Zach's office will be located in Chattanooga. The American Chestnut Foundation ... See MoreSee Less

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