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Gene Editing Could Revive a Nearly Lost Tree Featured Image

Gene Editing Could Revive a Nearly Lost Tree

In a recent article by The Washington Post, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) in partnership with the State University...
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TACF presents the Chestnut Conservation Champion Award to Dolly Parton on behalf of her late uncle, Bill Owens Featured Image

TACF presents the Chestnut Conservation Champion Award to Dolly Parton on behalf of her late uncle, Bill Owens

Chestnut Conservation Champion Award presented to Dolly Parton in honor of her uncle, Bill Owens by TACF President &...
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Volunteer efforts ensure a new American chestnut forest on Earth Day 2022 Featured Image

Volunteer efforts ensure a new American chestnut forest on Earth Day 2022

For as long as many of us can remember, the folks at Amica Insurance have volunteered their time to...
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Wormy Chestnut Wood Used for TACF National Office Orchard Sign Featured Image

Wormy Chestnut Wood Used for TACF National Office Orchard Sign

Carolinas Chapter President Doug Gillis crafted the frame and posts for an orchard sign installed outside TACF’s Asheville office...
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TACF’s 2022 American Chestnut Photo Contest Featured Image

TACF’s 2022 American Chestnut Photo Contest

Sunbeams on wild chestnuts Have you taken a photograph of an American chestnut or American chestnut hybrid that deserves...
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Monitoring Demonstration Plantings in the Carolinas Featured Image

Monitoring Demonstration Plantings in the Carolinas

The success of B3F3 demonstration plantings varies at a number of sites in the Carolinas. Some trees survive after...
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KY-TACF Partners with Berea College for GCOs and In-Situ Orchards Featured Image

KY-TACF Partners with Berea College for GCOs and In-Situ Orchards

The KY Chapter is fortunate to partner with Berea College in restoring the American chestnut. The college owns a...
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Productive Collaboration Continues Between PA/NJ Chapter and PSU Featured Image

Productive Collaboration Continues Between PA/NJ Chapter and PSU

In late January, chapter volunteers met at Pennsylvania State University’s Forest Resources Laboratory complex to sow the 2021 crop...
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Nature Finds: Ice Flowers Featured Image

Nature Finds: Ice Flowers

TACF chapter members are a crucial asset toward our mission to rescue the American chestnut tree. In addition to...
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A Tribute to E.O. Wilson Featured Image

A Tribute to E.O. Wilson

“You teach me, I forget.  You show me, I remember.  You involve me, I understand” ~E.O. “Ed” Wilson, 1929-2021,...
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Boy Scout-Led Restoration Project in Burke County, NC Featured in Morganton News Herald Featured Image

Boy Scout-Led Restoration Project in Burke County, NC Featured in Morganton News Herald

In partnership with TACF, the Foothills Conservancy of North Carolina (FCNC) joined the American chestnut rescue mission in December...
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Holiday ice cream helps shed light on American chestnut restoration at UNE Featured Image

Holiday ice cream helps shed light on American chestnut restoration at UNE

ME-TACF Chapter’s Tom Klak, professor in the School of Marine and Environmental Programs at the University of New England...
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