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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 […]
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 […]
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...
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” […]
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 […]
Trumbull County, located in the northeast corner of Ohio, is located in the native range of the American chestnut tree. Earlier this spring, a great crew from the U.S. Army […]
TACF volunteers in the southern region have been busy with some early spring plantings. On March 18, volunteers from Georgia and Tennessee banded together to add plantings to the Phytophthora orchard […]
In the quest to create a population of blight resistant American chestnut trees through backcross breeding, large numbers of trees have been planted and screened for resistance to chestnut blight. […]
A student at the University of New England (UNE) recently wrote a brief story about all the activities taking place on campus that are part of the wider restoration project involving the American chestnut. Read about this amazing educational initiative that's allowing students in the Environmental Studies Department at UNE to gain hands-on research and restoration...
The American Chestnut Foundation loves Women in Science, a new series by the USFS’s Southern Research Station. This month, Stacy Clark is featured for her amazing research in hardwood forests […]
Dalton State College is the home to 10 new American chestnut trees after volunteers planted them along College Drive last week. For several years, employees at Dalton State have been involved in efforts to reintroduce a blight-resistant American chestnut tree to the area. The American chestnut was once an important resource for people...
CLEMSON, South Carolina – In the eastern United States, wherever you see a pine or an oak tree today there likely was a chestnut tree in the 19th century. American […]