In The News
Chestnut Supporters Unite! Kevin Stankiewicz with the Pittsburg Post-Gazette wrote a great article this week on the current progress and restoration of the American chestnut. Both Kim Steiner and Sara […]
By the 1950s, two non-native pathogens had killed almost all American chestnut trees. “There’s a lot of interest in breeding a chestnut that looks like American chestnut, but has the […]
The first of multiple unsuccessful efforts to restore the American chestnut tree began in the 1920s, barely two decades after the tree was decimated by an invasive fungus. In the […]
Outdoor Education staff and students at Green Chimneys’ Clearpool Campusin Carmel, NY got their hands dirty – as they often do – with a hands-on lesson in sustainability and forestry. In […]
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The nearly century-old effort to employ selective breeding to rescue the American chestnut, which has been rendered functionally extinct by an introduced disease — Chestnut blight, […]
On April 21 and 25, high school students at the Tidioute Community Charter School in Tidioute, Pennsylvania, dug into forest research by volunteering to plant backcross American chestnut seedlings on […]
National Arbor Day, April 28, was celebrated in TN by certifying the Governor’s Residence as a level 2 arboretum by the TN Urban Forest Council. A level 2 arboretum requires 60 […]
On a sunny Sunday morning in April, fourteen volunteers showed up to help ME-TACF orchard manager Larry Totten and Maine Chapter Board members plant 600 seeds in our chestnut seed […]
Much of conservation work is a long-term effort requiring forethought and patience. It also depends on one generation inspiring the next to take up the torch and carry the dream […]
TACF’s Maryland Chapter is making great strides in its backcross breeding program, and has established two seed orchards with two excellent partner organizations. One orchard is on land belonging to the […]
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. […]
Ralph Billow, a former longtime employee at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museums in Fremont, OH, was recently honored at an American chestnut planting at Spiegel Grove – the […]