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Northern Indiana Volunteer Opportunity: IN State Champion Tree and Natural Regeneration
When: Monday, May 23: 9am – 3pm Where: Across from 10041 558 East, Roselawn, IN This is the site of the Indiana State Champion American chestnut tree. Measuring over 40” DBH, this tree is growing about 0.75” per year. One of the most exciting aspects of this site is...
Southern Indiana Volunteer Opportunity: Measurements and Genetic Sequencing
When: Sunday, May 22: 9am – 5pm Where: Jackson-Washington State Forest Behind 7785 IN-135 Salem, IN 47167 There are two plantings at this location: a BC3F1 breeding orchard planted in 2003 and a BC3F3 progeny test planted in 2014. Our focus for this event will be the...
April planting of pure American Chestnuts
On April 30, 2022 volunteers from the Indiana chapter of TACF planted an additional 24 pure American chestnut seedlings at the chapter’s germplasm conservation orchard (GCO) in Clinton county Indiana. This is the second year in which seedlings have been added to the...
Volunteer Opportunity for Indiana TACF Chapter Members
When: Saturday, April 30, 2022. Work will start around 9:30 AM and last until 1:00 or 2:00 PM What: Planting of 50 new pure American chestnut seedlings in the Indiana chapter’s germplasm conservation orchard near Kirklin, Indiana Where: 3562 CR 730 S Kirklin, IN...
Visiting backcross planting
On March 9, 2022 Indiana Chapter science officer Jim McKenna and other volunteers visited a backcross chestnut planting which was done in 2011 by the chapter at Hoosier National Forest just north of the Ohio river. One tree in particular has proven to be quite...
Pulling Chestnut seedlings to be used for grafting
On March 4, 2022 Caleb Kell, who works on chestnut breeding at Purdue’s Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, pulled and packaged American chestnut seedlings at the Indiana DNR state tree nursery at Vallonia Indiana. These robust seedlings are one year...
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Reminder: This year's American Chestnut Photo Contest goes all the way through the end of the year, so when you're out hiking or harvesting chestnuts, take some photos and submit them to us!
To learn more about the rules and prizes, visit tacf.org/2025-photo-contest/
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Distinguishing features between American and European chestnut would be welcome. I'm sure some American chestnut must have been planted in England before the Boston Tea Party but the species leaves look very similar.
Restoring Trees, Inspiring Hope 🌱 TACF staff Lucinda Wigfield, Jim Tolton, and Brian Henrich joined monitoring efforts for Virginia round-leaf birch (Betula uber) progeny in the Washington & Jefferson National Forest. Led since the 1970s by Dr. Terry Sharik, this collaboration offers valuable lessons from a native tree restoration program well along in reintroduction and long-term monitoring. 🌳
#Restoration #americanchestnut #castaneadentata #americanchestnutfoundation #ChestnutResearch #meadowviewresearchfarms
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Growing the Future of Restoration 🌱 Nursery Manager Brian Henrich and Emory & Henry University Bonner Scholar Maddy Rossi-Dupas prepare Large Surviving American (LSA) progeny seedlings—harvested from Lesesne State Forest and grown at Meadowview Research Farms—for Chapter plantings. Meadowview’s efforts extend far beyond its own fields, strengthening TACF Chapters and fueling chestnut restoration across our range.
#americanchestnut #castaneadentata #americanchestnutfoundation #ChestnutResearch #meadowviewresearchfarms
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The TACF and local state chapters do an annual seed sale if you are a member. You can look at this page for more info tacf.org/american-chestnut-seeds-and-seedlings/
Bless you all for doing this critical work. Blight resistant American Chestnut trees in my lifetime would be a dream realized.
Love it!!!
Have you visited our events calendar lately? Fall is prime time for chestnuts, so get out into your community and go on a hike, visit an orchard, or purchase a seedling!
Visit tacf.org/events/category/tacf/ for more information about upcoming events in the American chestnut's native range.
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The amazing Bette Midler on why she started the New York Restoration Project--and at the 3:15 mark, watch her talk about and plant a chestnut!
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What a wonderful person ! Go Bette !!!!
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