Chestnut Beer on Tap at Southern Brewing in Athens on April 27
GA-TACF is hosting a chestnut-themed event at Southern Brewing Company in Athens on Saturday, April 27, from 3-7 pm. All are welcome, including dogs and kids! Please spread the word and bring your fun friends! Head brewer Jon Doss is brewing a special release chestnut beer for this event and there will be live music, a food truck, cool American chestnut merch, and a silent auction.
Last week under the leadership of Karrie Ann Fadroski and Jack Rogers, another orchard work day was held at UNG's Hurricane Creek chestnut orchard. This is the site where about 100 trees were planted via direct-seeding in March. This relatively new project is a site where trees are being evaluated for their resistance to Phytophthora root rot (PRR), a devastating root rot disease sometimes called black root rot or black ink disease. Part of this round of work included weed control and part was maintenance of the electric deer fence.
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Saturday's annual GA-TACF meeting at KSU was a great success! Please check out some of the photos from the day which included several presentations on the campus followed by lunch and a field tour at KSU's Field Station.
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Thanks for allowing the public to attend ~ this was super interesting!
Come to this weekend's meeting and get a chance to meet Dr. Scott Merkle, the winner of UGA's 2025 Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award based partly on his work with American chestnut. See our separate post about the meeting.
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NEWS Scott Merkle Posted on Mar 21, 2025 by akatki 0 Likes Lamar Dodd Creative Research Award 2025 Scott Merkle, professor in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, is a leading researc...0 CommentsComment on Facebook