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Gary Carver, TACF’s Maryland chapter president, won second place for his “Chestnut Sided Nuthatches” sculpture at this year’s Frederick County Art Association Members Exhibit. If you live in the area, […]
Clemson forestry students visited Dr. Joe James at Chestnut Return Farm in Upstate South Carolina. This story covers everything from the blight to Phytophthora cinnamomi, the deadly root rot that […]
Minnesota Public Radio interviews TACF founding President Phil Rutter and current President and CEO Lisa Thomson in a recent story covering the current research and hybridization of the American chestnut. […]
UNE students plant American chestnut trees to bring back the decimated species…Read More
More than 50 years after nearly being wiped out in eastern U.S. forests by a deadly imported fungus, the American chestnut may be on the comeback trail. American Chestnut Foundation scientists say they have bred the U.S. tree with a blight-resistant Asian chestnut to produce a hardy variety that retains about 94 percent...
Glen Rea and Al Faust speak with The Banger Daily News in “Revival of forest giant: Mainers work to bring back American chestnut.” Read the full story here»