• American Chestnut History
• Native Range Map
• TACF Science Strategies
• TACF Resources
• Student Program
• American Chestnut Tree Identification Resources
• How to Plant Chestnuts
• Penn State Listserv – TACF Grower’s List
• Backcross Breeding Chart
• American Chestnut Cooperator’s Foundation
• Grafting Resources
• History of Chestnuts at Sugarloaf Mountain

Is this an American chestnut tree?

TACF chestnut identification resources

Appalachian Trail MEGA-Transect American Chestnut Project Resources:

• American Chestnut Tree I.D. Resources for Onscreen Viewing
• Booklet Version for printing 20 pp on 5 sheets (both sides)
• Pack Along Version – for printing 8 double sided cards on 2 sheets of cardstock

The above pdf files are based on materials from TACF Southern Appalachian Regional Science Coordinator Paul Sisco’s web site and the TACF Field Guide.

Hypovirulence Treatment of Blight Cankers

Hypovirulence treatment outline prepared by Dr. Donald L. Nuss. (C. parasitica strains for tailored biocontrol of chestnut blight on individual trees)
Protocol for treatment of Sugarloaf East Field Trees August 4, 2007
Map of Sugarloaf East Field Trees treated August 4, 2007
TACF Biocontrol information

Grafting Resources

Nut-grafting!

January and February are the best times to cut scions from American chestnut trees and graft them onto American chestnut nuts. If they grow, you will have a clone of your scion wood tree that can be planted in a new location. Carl Mayfield, shown above, is an expert on this method of propagation. He graciously allowed us to take video at his nut-grafting clinic last winter, and he wrote out detailed instructions for every step of preparation and nurture, which can be found here:

Instructions for nut grafting from Carl Mayfield

American Chestnut Learning Materials

Links to materials available for download at no charge.

American Chestnut Educational Resources
A list of information provided by The American Chestnut Foundation.

The Legend of the American Chestnut Tree
A book written by students of the Poolesville High School, Kirby Carmack & Nicole Rodriguez, with Illustrations by Michael Torres.

The American Chestnut video by Thomas Nassif
An 18 minute video that tell the story of the chestnut and TACF, documents controlled pollination and shows the basics of hypo virulence.

American Chestnut Loaner Lab (University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute and Towson University)
Download the teacher’s manual for the Chestnut Tree Lab. Loaner Lab kits made available to MD schools at no cost. A model for a national package to meet technology SOLs along with teaching chestnut science

Penn State Chestnut Growers Website
Everything a chestnut grower needs to know and much more, including back issues of the TACF Journal and other publications in pdf format.

Hypovirulence information (MDTACF)
This information covers the procedures volunteers can use to treat blight on surviving American chestnut trees.

American Chestnut Foundation – links to media resources