In The News
Dr. William Powell, TACF committee member and Co-Director of the American Chestnut Research & Restoration Project at the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), […]
Members and volunteers in the OH Chapter kicked off spring by diving into some plantings in their region. The first planting took place on April 11 at Hocking State Forest. […]
What were your Memorial Day weekend plans this year? Many of us likely participated in activities such as hiking, visiting friends and family, or spending time on the water, but what about going on a quest for American chestnut trees as part of that long weekend? When I was asked about my plans...
Send your best chestnut-related photos to TACF. The winning photo will be featured on an upcoming cover of Chestnut magazine and the winning photographer will receive a complimentary one-year membership. […]
Marty Cipollini, TACF's GA-Chapter science coordinator and professor of biology at Berry College in Rome, GA is working diligently with the help of others to revive the American chestnut through painstaking development of potentially blight-resistant trees. The late Ralph Henry, who lived on a mountain between Rome and Summerville, used to love to...
At the College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, a team of researchers are using the tools of biotechnology to produce fully American chestnut trees that successfully tolerate […]
More than 100 Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) students, faculty, and staff celebrated Arbor Day 2018 by helping plant more than 400 chestnut seedlings at EKU’s TACF seed orchard. In addition, Honors students in an experimental […]
A number of years ago, Cory Woods, a teacher at Blue Ridge School in Saint George, VA, reached out to TACF’s VA Chapter in an effort to get his students […]
On April 28, I attended the Native Plant Sale and Arbor Day Celebration at Montreat College, near Asheville, NC to talk about the American chestnut and its restoration, and to learn about other’s interests. I decided to “jack up” my conversations with […]
This past Arbor Day, April 27, 125 Kanawha County, WV students from Mary Ingles Elementary School and DuPont Middle School participated in an Arbor Day celebration at the Blue Creek Mining operation […]
This year, TACF is initiating a range-wide search for surviving American chestnuts in the forest. From Maine to Alabama, our chapters are working on plans to capture thousands of new sources of American chestnut never used in our breeding programs. New American chestnuts will be beneficial to TACF as it will help with...
On April 7, a snowy Saturday in northeastern Ohio, TACF’s Ohio Chapter hosted a Chestnut Growers’ Workshop at the Trumbull County Ohio State University (OSU) Extension Office along the shores […]