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Videos from the 2016 Annual Meeting

Many thanks to everyone who attended our 2016 Annual Meeting! We had a great turnout and a fantastic set of speakers.

Thanks to the UGA Forestry and Natural Resources School, the presentations given at the meeting were recorded. So if you couldn’t make the meeting, you can get caught up on chestnut research by checking out the presentations below!

Martin Cipollini – Breeding Program Update

https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_y29gm6fw

 

Nathan Klaus – Wild Chestnuts in Georgia

https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_7sep3xbw

 

Bill Powell – Transgenics in Restoration (Keynote presentation)

https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_1a4kaoir

 

Scott Merkle – Somatic Embryogenesis

https://kaltura.uga.edu/media/t/1_j1h73ql7

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Sorry for the late notice, but please consider volunteering for Wednesday's small stem assays at UT Chattanooga. Read here for details. tacf.org/event/2026-utc-small-stem-assay-inoculation/ ... See MoreSee Less

Sorry for the late notice, but please consider volunteering for Wednesdays small stem assays at UT Chattanooga.  Read here for details. https://tacf.org/event/2026-utc-small-stem-assay-inoculation/

Imagine restoring this view up through the canopy throughout the native range of American chestnut. If you share that vision, please join us in our efforts! See www.tacf.org/ga

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Imagine restoring this view up through the canopy throughout the native range of American chestnut. If you share that vision, please join us in our efforts!  See www.tacf.org/gaThe American Chestnut Foundation

Did you know that private landowners - even homeowners with a big backyard - can help support GA-TACF by planting trees on our behalf? Here are just two examples, one a two year old tree planted in Paul Burks' backyard in Atlanta and one a 6 year old tree planted in Scott Frazier's Bottomlands orchard near Taylorsville. Looking good guys!

Read more about planting trees with us here: tacf.org/ga-news/so-you-want-to-plant-some-chestnuts/

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Did you know that private landowners - even homeowners with a big backyard - can help support GA-TACF by planting trees on our behalf? Here are just two examples, one a two year old tree planted in Paul Burks backyard in Atlanta and one a 6 year old tree planted in Scott Fraziers Bottomlands orchard near Taylorsville. Looking good guys!Read more about planting trees with us here: https://tacf.org/ga-news/so-you-want-to-plant-some-chestnuts/The American Chestnut Foundation Berry CollegeImage attachment

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Beautiful form on that second tree

I have room to plant American Chestnut trees! I would definitely plant them, just tell me how to get them.

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