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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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...