In The News
Students from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, NC planted 160 chestnuts at the campus on November 29 after delays due to cold weather and the first dusting of snow in […]
Champion, written by Sally M. Walker, is The Comeback Tale of the American Chestnut Tree as the subtitle states. First published in 2018, the book is written in a narrative […]
“To do something that has never been done before, to bring a species back from oblivion, is the result of research and teamwork by partners who want to restore the […]
This news article out of central New Jersey explains the efforts being made in that area to restore the American chestnut. The New Hopewell Environmental Commission has teamed up with […]
Two new studies on the environmental impact of transgenic American chestnut trees provide evidence that the trees have no harmful effects on germinating seeds, beneficial fungi, or larval frogs that […]
A university campus in West Virginia is doing its part to help bring back the American chestnut tree. In mid-October, West Liberty University held a ceremonial tree planting to mark the […]
On April 22, 2016, The American Chestnut Regional Seed Orchard on the campus of Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) was launched, in collaboration with the KY-TACF Chapter. The purpose of the […]
Thanks to members like you we not only met the $50,000 challenge grant from the Ballyshannon Fund in Charlottesville, VA, we exceeded it! The challenge grant leveraged a total of […]
Boxerwood is a nonprofit nature center and woodland garden in Lexington, VA whose mission is to “educate and inspire people of all ages to become environmentally responsible stewards of the […]
The 11th Annual West Virginia Chestnut Festival took place Sunday, October 7 in Rowlesburg, drawing a good crowd and some media attention as well. The purpose of the festival is […]
Gillette Stadium, home of the New England Patriots, located in Foxborough, Massachusetts is approximately 45 minutes from the center of Boston, MA and 30 minutes from Providence, RI. Anyone who […]
Science Magazine, one of the world’s top academic journals, recently published an article about scientific research involving the transgenic American chestnut tree. Journalist Gabriel Popkin interviewed Dr. Jared Westbrook, TACF’s director of science, […]