Seed Planting in the Germplasm Conservation Orchard at the Pryor Farm, Edneyville, NC, May 3, 2025

Installing landscape fabric for weed control in the Germplasm Conservation Orchard by Jamie Van Clief and volunteers.

Planting American chestnut seeds in the Germplasm Conservation Orchard after the landscape cloth was installed.

American chestnut seed planting in the GCO. Note the two-year-old American chestnut trees on the right.

More seed planting in the Germplasm Conservation Orchard. Many thanks to The Pryor Family, Jon Taylor, Jamie Van Clief, Paul Sisco, and the hard-working volunteers who make this work possible.

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What an incredible tree the American chestnut was! As The American Chestnut Foundations continues its decades-long work to restore this species, we welcome you to join the cause!

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"Arrived and displaced native peoples" had to throw that in didn't you?

They can bring back a dead wolf from hundreds of years ago but they won’t bring back something useful like the American chestnut

And then the Europeans came.

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The American Chestnut Foundation

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Join us on Friday, May 16, 2025, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat.

Special guests Duane McKenna and Michael Charles will discuss beetle evolution and the rediscovery of a lost species, the greater chestnut weevil.

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The American Chestnut Foundation

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Huge thanks to our amazing Bonner Scholars, Maddy, our dedicated Farm Assistant, and Gabbie, our creative Social Media Intern for all their hard work this semester! We’re so grateful for their contributions and can’t wait to welcome them back in August for another season of collaboration.

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