In The News
Recently, I had the honor of presenting two American chestnut wood carvings to brothers Remus and Howard Lyles. The carvings were made by past president and TACF board member emeritus […]
On February 1, 40 MD-TACF Chapter members and volunteers planted about 2,000 5th-generation hybrid chestnuts in the greenhouse located at the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park. […]
In 2015 the Leominster Sportsmen’s Assoc., Inc. (LSA) in Leominster, MA had four forest management/wildlife habitat improvement clearcuts conducted totaling 20+ acres. Three of the clearcuts are near the top […]
Have you taken a photograph of an American chestnut or American chestnut hybrid that should be displayed on the cover of Chestnut magazine? Enter it in TACF’s 2020 American Chestnut […]
When people see my work, they usually ask me about the woods I use for carving. They want to know which wood is my favorite. I tell them my favorite […]
In winter 2019 CBS News produced and aired a feature story about TACF and American chestnut restoration on their morning show, CBS This Morning. Crews from the network visited our […]
It is hard to overstate the value and cultural importance of the American chestnut tree for those who came before us. The native hardwood was once so ubiquitous, it has […]
On a cool and rainy fall day in mid-October, members of the Lyon Park Community in Arlington County planted a pair of American chestnuts, donated by the VA-TACF Chapter. These […]
The PA/NJ-TACF Chapter was happy to sponsor a hike in the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania on October 6. This hike was part of the statewide “Walk in Penn’s […]
The 2019 HemlockFest (November 1-3) was a huge success for everyone involved! The event is a three-day outdoor music festival organized by the Lumpkin Coalition that includes camping and fun […]
The Associated Press released an article this week about the scientific research at SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to develop a blight-tolerant American chestnut tree using genetic engineering. The article covers the purpose of the research, the government regulatory process, questions about introducing the tree into the wild, and the...
Several TACF scientists and collaborators published a paper on using genomics to speed up selection of the 1% most blight-resistant backcross trees in seed orchards at the foundation’s Meadowview Research […]