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After Decades of Blight, Mainers Could Help Save the American Chestnut Tree Featured Image

After Decades of Blight, Mainers Could Help Save the American Chestnut Tree

TACF Maine Chapter member and University of New England (UNE) Professor, Dr. Thomas Klak is featured in this article about...
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Join TACF in South Portland, ME for Our Annual Fall Meeting Featured Image

Join TACF in South Portland, ME for Our Annual Fall Meeting

TACF’s 34th Annual Fall Meeting in early October will take place in the charming New England town of South Portland, Maine,...
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Ceremonial Tree Planting in Grafton, WV Featured Image

Ceremonial Tree Planting in Grafton, WV

On August 11, 2017, a ceremonial planting of six B3F3s and one American chestnut (from TACF board member, Jack Lamonica)...
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My First Days as TACF’s New Southern Regional Science Coordinator Featured Image

My First Days as TACF’s New Southern Regional Science Coordinator

Hello Chestnut Enthusiasts! I joined the TACF team on July 10 as the new Southern Regional Science Coordinator. I hold...
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8th Annual Restoration Celebration in Meadowview, VA Featured Image

8th Annual Restoration Celebration in Meadowview, VA

The 8th Annual Chestnut Restoration Celebration take place on Saturday, October 14 from 1:00-5:00PM at the Glenn C. Price Research...
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Reflections on Two Summers with TACF Featured Image

Reflections on Two Summers with TACF

Growing up thirty minutes from the coast of California, I didn’t exactly come from a place where people knew what...
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American Chestnut Returns to Portland, ME Featured Image

American Chestnut Returns to Portland, ME

Students at the University of New England’s (UNE) Maine campus grew American chestnut hybrid seedlings this spring in the campus...
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Crossing the Best with the Best to Establish a New Legacy Tree Orchard at Meadowview Featured Image

Crossing the Best with the Best to Establish a New Legacy Tree Orchard at Meadowview

For the past three breeding seasons, TACF’s Meadowview staff has been performing controlled crosses between American chestnut backcross trees...
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Maine Part of National Effort to Restore American Chestnut Tree

Watch this great news story from WABI, the CBS affiliate in Bangor, Maine, about why the state is a breeding...
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$200 Reward for the Largest American Chestnut Tree Featured Image

$200 Reward for the Largest American Chestnut Tree

TACF is offering a $200 reward for the largest American chestnut tree found in the trees native range in 2017....
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Memorandum of Understanding Benefits Species and Ecosystems Featured Image

Memorandum of Understanding Benefits Species and Ecosystems

In December of 2016, TACF renewed its Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Office of...
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Spare Seedlings Improve the Breeding Program in Maryland Featured Image

Spare Seedlings Improve the Breeding Program in Maryland

Plant breeding is a numbers game. The more trees you have, the better your chances of finding one that has...
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