KY TACF Partnership with USFS Daniel Boone National Forest

The American Chestnut Foundation - Kentucky Chapter

2 days ago

Call for Volunteers to Help Plant Full American "Wild Type" Seedlings at Kentucky Division of Forestry's Morgan County Tree Nursery Tuesday April 29, 2025 Beginning 9:00 am

These photos show last year's Partnership Planting of KDF and KY TACF on May 2, 2024 in the full American Germplasm Conservation Orchard at 326 Tree Nursery Rd, West Liberty, KY.

We will be planting another 40 full American Chestnuts this year. KDF has a couple of Forest Rangers coming out to help....... we could use a couple of KY TACF Members or Volunteers as well, hopefully those who would not have to drive far to get to KDF's Tree Nursery * * * * * You will also enjoy seeing the amazing work that KDF conducts in their huge Tree Nursery to grow several other species of tree seedlings for distribution across all of Kentucky.

If you are interested in joining us, please email: moc.rennurdaor@llenradkd Ken Darnell, Mt. Sterling, KY KY TACF Chapter President or text: 859 585 9520 (No calls please) ... See MoreSee Less

The American Chestnut Foundation - Kentucky Chapter

1 week ago

Full American Seedlings for KY Germplasm Conservation Orchards Productive day Thursday April 17, 2025 😊

KY Chapter President Ken Darnell met with Dr. Jennifer Koslow, EKU Biology Professor and Vice President KY TACF Chapter. Picked up the 75 full American seedlings potted in the EKU Biology Greenhouse February 12, 2025 and nurtured by Jennifer and her Team. (8 Berea Forest, 20 Hartman, 40 Morgan County.... and 7 EKU hybrid nuts). We achieved a high per centage of germination ****

Ken brought most of the seedlings home to "harden off", before planting at the end of April. Also delivered two Berea Forest full American seedlings to Clint Patterson and Phil Vogel, to be planted in the deer caged area in their in situ orchard, Berea Forest. Ken kept five to be planted Morgan County. In appreciation of Partnership, donated five EKU hybrid seedlings to be planted at Clint's Office/Berea Forestry Outreach Center for public education. ****

The best of the 40 full American Morgan County seedlings will be planted at Kentucky Division of Forestry's Morgan County Tree Nursery, filling in "holes" in their full American Orchard.

The best of the 20 full American Hartman X Hartman seedlings will be planted with Lead Ranger Larry Lemmon at Corps of Engineers Green River Lake Germplasm Conservation Orchard.

@Kentucky Division of Forestry Hannah Leeper TACF Clint Patterson @Berea College Forestry Outreach Center ... See MoreSee Less

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The American Chestnut Foundation - Kentucky Chapter

2 weeks ago

JOIN US *** KENTUCKY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION

Thank you KY Members and Volunteers, and national TACF Staff * * * * * * Work is Play when we have other "Chestnutters" lending a hand.

Support US. Join US. support.tacf.org/membership Choose the Kentucky Chapter.

Or contact KY Chapter President, Ken Darnell, Mt. Sterling, KY moc.rennurdaor@llenradkd

Patti Darnell Clint Patterson @Luke Amis@Kentucky Division of Forestry ... See MoreSee Less