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Chestnuts Find a New Home on a Popular Trail in Michigan Featured Image

Chestnuts Find a New Home on a Popular Trail in Michigan

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TACF Staff Visits USFS Southern Region Staff Featured Image

TACF Staff Visits USFS Southern Region Staff

by Samantha Bowers, TACF Grants Manager In January, TACF staff met with U.S. Forest Service – Southern Region staff to discuss the long time partnership between the two organizations.  At […]
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2017 Boy Scout Jamboree Featured Image

2017 Boy Scout Jamboree

By Robert Sypolt, TACF West Virginia Chapter President The West Virginia chapter of TACF is actively planning an exhibit at the 2017 Boy Scout Jamboree happening July 19 to July 28. […]
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Using dentataBase to Help Prepare for Spring Planting Featured Image

Using dentataBase to Help Prepare for Spring Planting

By Kendra Collins, New England Regional Science Coordinator Winter is often a quieter time for those of us working with American chestnuts.  It is also a great time to start […]
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150-Year-Old Chestnut Posts – Strong as Ever Featured Image

150-Year-Old Chestnut Posts – Strong as Ever

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Chestnut Restoration May Be Happening Featured Image

Chestnut Restoration May Be Happening

Chestnut Restoration May Be Happening
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Force Multipliers Enter the Scene at Meadowview Research Farms Featured Image

Force Multipliers Enter the Scene at Meadowview Research Farms

The American Chestnut Foundation’s Meadowview Research Farms is facing a daunting task: the removal of several thousand trees from the Price, Duncan and Wagner farms. The decision to remove the […]
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TACF’s Pure American Program Featured Image

TACF’s Pure American Program

Pure American seedlings are sold out for 2017! We appreciate your orders! The American Chestnut Foundation has a limited supply of pure American seedlings available to members. These trees will eventually […]
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Largest Community Tree Planting in Tennessee History Featured Image

Largest Community Tree Planting in Tennessee History

TACF’s TN chapter president, Vicki Turner, was quoted in this article about the largest community tree planting in TN history, slated for February 25, 2017. A number of conservation organizations […]
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The American chestnut tree has a good shot at making a comeback Featured Image

The American chestnut tree has a good shot at making a comeback

Check out this great article by Cici Zhang at ScienceLine about the two sophisticated techniques that could rescue the beloved American chestnut tree. TACF thanks its partners, Board members, and […]
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LandTrust Starts New Youth Conservation Program Featured Image

LandTrust Starts New Youth Conservation Program

The LandTrust for Central North Carolina has announced a new youth initiative aimed at sponsoring outdoors activities and conservation education. In a news release, the Land Trust said the program — called […]
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E.O. Wilson on Half-Earth, Donald Trump, and Hope Featured Image

E.O. Wilson on Half-Earth, Donald Trump, and Hope

At 87, E.O. Wilson has lost none of his intellectual rigor. His sentences are long, rolling, full of enough parentheticals to make Proust smile, and delivered in a wonderfully soothing, […]
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