New York Chapter

Contacts

Officers

Allen Nichols, President
Email: Allen Nichols

John Dougherty, Vice President for Science
Email: John Dougherty

John Neumann, Vice President for Education and Secretary
Email: John Neumann

Emmett Hoops, Vice President for Outreach
Email: Emmett Hoops

Fran Nichols, Treasurer
Email: Fran Nichols

District Contacts

If you would like to find out more about helping with activities in your area, contact the New York district representative listed below.

DISTRICT 1 – Nassau & Suffolk Counties
Niko Nantsis
Email: Niko Nantsis

Frank Piccinnini
Email: Frank Piccinnini

DISTRICT 2 – New York City
Dale L. Travis
Email: Dale Travis

DISTRICT 3 – Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, & Westchester Counties
Tim Termini
Email: Tim Termini

DISTRICT 4 – Albany, Columbia, Delaware, Greene, Montgomery, Otsego, Rensselear, Schenectady, &: Schoharie Counties
Allen Nichols
Email: Allen Nichols

DISTRICT 5 – Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton, Saratoga, Warren, & Washington Counties
Emmett Hoops
Email: Emmett Hoops

DISTRICT 6 – Jefferson, Herkimer, Lewis, Oneida, & St. Lawrence Counties
Tom Bryant
Email: Tom Bryant

DISTRICT 7 – Broome, Cayuga, Chenago, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego, Tioga, & Tompkins Counties
Roy Hopke
Email: Roy Hopke

DISTRICT 8 – Chemung, Genesee, Livingston, Monroe, Ontario, Orleans, Schuyler, Seneca, Stueben, Wayne, & Yates Counties
Paul Ackerman
Email: Paul Ackerman

DISTRICT 9 – Allegany, Cattaraugus, Chautauqu, Erie, Niagara, & Wyoming Counties
William A. Snyder
Email: William Snyder

ESF Contacts

American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project
1 Forestry Drive
Syracuse, NY 13210
chestnut@esf.edu

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What wonderful work you are doing.

When you guys want volunteers to plant 🌱 baby chestnut 🌰 trees let me know. I will plant in my area and have friends that would love to volunteer

I pray they all will be successfully planted

Which campus?

What do you do with them after you harvest them? I love to eat them but the worms bear me to them most of the time

Wish I was closer I would love to help .

Where can I get established American chestnut seedlings 🌱 for my property?

We want some seedlings to plant in Bedford pa

Send me a few, I've got 5 Acers in Ga.

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The American Chestnut Foundation

Great news: a special Chestnut Chat featuring student flash talks and a virtual poster session is taking place on October 20, 2023. This Chat will provide opportunities for students and professionals alike to share cutting-edge research, explore partnerships, and discuss the many facets of American chestnut restoration through a series of flash talks and a poster presentation. All are welcome to participate – student and professional alike.
There will be special opportunities for students to give flash talks, as well as participate in a student poster competition. This year, students participating in the poster competition must also present a flash talk. We hope you will join us!

Submissions are due by Friday, September 29, 2023. Please visit the link in comments for detailed information.

We encourage you to share this post with any colleagues who may be interested.
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Great news: a special Chestnut Chat featuring student flash talks and a virtual poster session is taking place on October 20, 2023. This Chat will provide opportunities for students and professionals alike to share cutting-edge research, explore partnerships, and discuss the many facets of American chestnut restoration through a series of flash talks and a poster presentation. All are welcome to participate – student and professional alike.
There will be special opportunities for students to give flash talks, as well as participate in a student poster competition. This year, students participating in the poster competition must also present a flash talk. We hope you will join us!

Submissions are due by Friday, September 29, 2023. Please visit the link in comments for detailed information.

We encourage you to share this post with any colleagues who may be interested.

Watch a recording of the live September 15,
2023 Chestnut Chat webinar about Darling
58 regulatory updates.
TACF's Chief Conservation Officer Sara Fitzsimmons and SUNY ESF’s American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project Director Andy Newhouse, along with others, shared the latest updates about the current status of the Darling 58 transgenic American chestnut.

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