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Passing the Baton of Conservation Featured Image

Passing the Baton of Conservation

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 […]
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TACF’s Maryland Chapter Enjoys Two Successful Plantings Featured Image

TACF’s Maryland Chapter Enjoys Two Successful Plantings

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 […]
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Enter to Win TACF’s 2017 Chestnut Photo Contest Featured Image

Enter to Win TACF’s 2017 Chestnut Photo Contest

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. […]
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Ceremonial Chestnut Planting at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums Featured Image

Ceremonial Chestnut Planting at the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums

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 […]
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Rebirth of the American chestnut tree Featured Image

Rebirth of the American chestnut tree

Most of the U.S. population is too young to have ever seen the grandeur of the American chestnut in the forests of southern Ohio and throughout the Appalachian mountains. These […]
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Hamilton Volunteers Plant Dozens of Trees Featured Image

Hamilton Volunteers Plant Dozens of Trees

On Arbor Day in April, Volunteers in Hamilton, Ohio planted dozens of native trees in the city. Some of the plantings were made possible using a grant from the Ohio […]
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Bringing Back the American Chestnut Featured Image

Bringing Back the American Chestnut

The functionally extinct American chestnut tree is making a comeback in the Virginia Piedmont. A small group of nature-minded individuals, including TACF’s Virginia Chapter president Catherine Mayes, gathered recently in […]
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Was the American chestnut completely wiped out? Featured Image

Was the American chestnut completely wiped out?

An Arbor Day observance would seem incomplete without a celebration of the majestic American chestnut. The tree is ingrained in our heritage, from the sweet, nutritious nuts “roasting on an […]
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Artistic Community Joins Green Forests Work on Earth Day to Plant 2 Millionth Tree on Reclaimed Coal Mine Featured Image

Artistic Community Joins Green Forests Work on Earth Day to Plant 2 Millionth Tree on Reclaimed Coal Mine

CONTACT Dr. Christopher Barton President, Green Forests Work ude.yku@notrab (859) 619-1532 WHAT: Earth Day Tree Planting on a Reclaimed Surface Mine WHEN: Saturday, April 22, 2017 at 10:30am WHERE: Breathitt […]
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TACF’s Dr. Paul Sisco Spreads the Word about the American Chestnut Featured Image

TACF’s Dr. Paul Sisco Spreads the Word about the American Chestnut

On Thursday, March 30, former TACF Scientist Dr. Paul Sisco gave an invited talk to about 150 students and faculty at North Carolina State University. The Mason Pharr Seminar, given annually, is funded by an endowment and administered by graduate students in several departments in the College of Agriculture. It included tours of...
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Boy Scout Jamboree: Volunteers Still Needed Featured Image

Boy Scout Jamboree: Volunteers Still Needed

What: National Boy Scout Jamboree When: July 19-28, 2017 Where: Glen Jean, WV Needed: VOLUNTEERS SIGN UP HERE TACF’s West Virginia Chapter is hosting a booth along the “Conservation Trail” […]
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Thwarting Deer Browsing: Testing Three Shelter Techniques Featured Image

Thwarting Deer Browsing: Testing Three Shelter Techniques

Whitetail deer love to eat the leaves and branches of small chestnut trees. Other smaller nut-eating predators like to ingest the planted seeds. Several protection methods have been tried. The […]
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