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Georgia Chapter Request for Volunteer Roles

Georgia Chapter Request for Volunteer Roles

GA-TACF members, collaborators, and other “chestnut” people! For many years, the Georgia chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation has relied on our general membership primarily for volunteer work in the field (pollinations, harvests, plantings, orchard care). But...

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More Chestnut Seedlings for the Roy Richards Seed Orchard!

More Chestnut Seedlings for the Roy Richards Seed Orchard!

The weather was fantastic (~50 degrees and sunny) for our chestnut planting at the Roy Richards “Southern Road” seed orchard this past Saturday!  We want to thank everyone who participated for the enthusiastic help (see list below).  Altogether, we added ~115 hybrid...

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Flint PRR Orchard Expansion Completed

Flint PRR Orchard Expansion Completed

Great news!  The long-sought after expansion of the Austin Flint Phytophthora screening orchard has been completed.  This is a critically important project many years in the making.  Many thanks to all who have been involved with this project since its inception. The...

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Lake Allatoona Orchard Maintenance 2020

Lake Allatoona Orchard Maintenance 2020

Georgia Chestnut Enthusiasts, We just wanted to give you a quick update showing some work being done on behalf of GA-TACF in Georgia.  The series of photos below show groups of U.S. Army Corps staff and public volunteers engaging in major orchard maintenance work at...

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Chestnuts and the HemlockFest Virtual Festival 2020

Chestnuts and the HemlockFest Virtual Festival 2020

Chestnut Enthusiasts! Check out this video "thank you" to Lumpkin Coalition and Hemlockfest music festival for their past support of GA-TACF's American chestnut restoration program. It features long-time TACF supporter and master keyboardist Chuck Leavell, as well as...

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GA-TACF Spring 2020 Member meeting via Zoom

Hello Georgia chapter members! I hope you’re doing well, staying safe, and managing your way through the pandemic. Please join us via Zoom for the Georgia chapter business meeting June 9, at 7pm.  The meeting will be held via Zoom, and links to various ways of...

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A good number of trees at this EKU site in KY originated in the GA-TACF breeding program! So, they are "our" trees, too! ... See MoreSee Less

A good number of trees at this EKU site in KY originated in the GA-TACF breeding program! So, they are our trees, too!Image attachmentImage attachment

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That's awesome!

Got to love the reversed picture T-shirt.

Nice looking orchard

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