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Annual Member Meeting Saturday, April 13, 10am to noon, at The Atlanta History Center
Final announcement: Members and non-members are welcome!! Please register for GA-TACF's Annual Meeting Atlanta History Center Saturday April 13, 10 am - 12 noon. Register Here! Please join us at the Atlanta History Center on Saturday April 13 (10 am - 12 noon) to...
Southern Brewing Company Supports GA-TACF!
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...
TWO NIGHTS OF EXHIBIT EVENTS CELEBRATING ARBOR DAY AND WOODTURNING AT OAK HILL MUSEUM, BERRY COLLEGE
ROME, Ga. -- Oak Hill & the Martha Berry Museum will offer a lecture March 4 and a woodturning demonstration March 5 to celebrate the exhibition, “From Tree to Treasure: Woodturnings by Al Christopher.” Berry College Dana Professor of Biology Martin Cipollini will...
Ambrosia beetle time is upon us!
Chestnut enthusiasts, Ambrosia beetles may soon appear in our chestnut orchards. These beetles normally start wood boring activity as soon as we get three 70oF days in a row in the early spring (usually early March in Georgia). Boring activity lasts until the trees...
American Chestnuts planted at the Chestnut Oak Baptist Church In Grayson, GA
Jet Toney, a member of the Chestnut Oak Baptist Church in Grayson, GA, wanted to replant the area along Rosebud Road where oak trees had once lived. In September, 2018 he contacted GA-TACF board member Lynne Womack, who works for the Georgia Forestry Commission, and...
Southbound and Down (But Not For Long!)
This short film (~20 min) highlights the story of the American chestnut cabin at Many Streams Ranch, near Rome, GA. This cabin, a former VFW lodge built in 1936 in Camp Hill, PA, was relocated to GA about 20 yrs ago by Dr. Matt Mumber and his family. This film is...
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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