In The News
When people see my work, they usually ask me about the woods I use for carving. They want to know...
In winter 2019 CBS News produced and aired a feature story about TACF and American chestnut restoration on their morning...
It is hard to overstate the value and cultural importance of the American chestnut tree for those who came before...
On a cool and rainy fall day in mid-October, members of the Lyon Park Community in Arlington County planted a...
The PA/NJ-TACF Chapter was happy to sponsor a hike in the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania on October 6. ...
The 2019 HemlockFest (November 1-3) was a huge success for everyone involved! The event is a three-day outdoor music festival...
The Associated Press released an article this week about the scientific research at SUNY’s College of Environmental Science and...
Several TACF scientists and collaborators published a paper on using genomics to speed up selection of the 1% most blight-resistant...
Over the last few years The American Chestnut Foundation’s (TACF) range-wide search for surviving American chestnut trees has led to...
On July 8, TACF staff and volunteers from the southwest branch of the TACF-VA Chapter braved the heat and humidity...
Over four billion American chestnut trees have been killed as a result of an introduced pathogen, the chestnut blight. But...
Growing up I was fortunate enough to experience wild surviving American chestnut trees. I can recall with great clarity helping...