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On May 15, “Chestnut Day” at the Butler Montessori School in Darnstown, Maryland, MD-TACF Chapter member Gary Carver led a program to plant American chestnut trees and talk with young […]
It is the Fourth of July as I write this article about George Washington Bush and the two largest American chestnut trees in North America. He was a free black […]
The Drake Outdoor Leadership Club (DOLC) is an organization at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa whose mission is to allow students the opportunity to explore the outdoors and nature […]
On March 23, 2019, a long-dreamed-of and long-planned-for day finally arrived – the opening of the Children’s Garden at the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens. Designated the Alice […]
On April 27, 2019, Cian Evans and Doug Gillis of the Carolinas Chapter greeted folks visiting a TACF display at the Montreat Native Plant Sale in Montreat, NC to talk […]
This article by the U.S. Forest Service stresses the ecological role American chestnut played in the forest and the importance of its return. The disappearance of the chestnut launched a profound change in the structure and composition of eastern forests. Now, because of scientific advancements and pure determination by those of us passionate...
Have you taken a photograph that should be highlighted on the cover of TACF’s award-winning Chestnut magazine? We want to see it! Send us your best chestnut-themed photo(s) by September […]
On February 26 and March 7, volunteers from the Southwest branch of the VA-TACF Chapter came out to the Price Research Farm in Meadowview, VA to help with spring seed […]
On February 9, about 30 MD-TACF Chapter members and volunteers planted 4,000 5th generation hybrid chestnuts in a greenhouse located on the property of the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park. This was the first large chestnut planting project in Baltimore County. Many of the volunteers were recruited from the...
On March 7, Dr. Jennifer Koslow, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at EKU, volunteered 15 students in her “Chestnuts and Change in Appalachia” class to plant 426 chestnut seeds. The […]
At the beginning of this year, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) released a report entitled Forest Health and Biotechnology: Possibilities and Considerations. The report was the […]
“The loss of the nuts ended a way of life and brought economic hardship to many. ‘The blight was hard on people for chestnuts were used as money at the […]