BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The American Chestnut Foundation - ECPv6.15.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:The American Chestnut Foundation X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://tacf.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for The American Chestnut Foundation REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20250113T212443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250113T212949Z UID:10002023-1737205200-1737216000@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA-Banshee Reeks Research Symposium DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Chapter will present a poster at the 2025 Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve Research Symposium. Chapter citizen scientists will be there to discuss our work and to give tours of the chestnut seed orchard located at the Preserve. \n  URL:https://tacf.org/event/banshee-reeks-research-symposium/ LOCATION:Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve – Education Complex\, 21085 The Woods Rd\, Leesburg\, VA\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Banshee-Reeks-Nature-Preserve-VA.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240601T120000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20240528T174001Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240528T174348Z UID:10001974-1717236000-1717243200@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA- Chestnut pollination demo & training DESCRIPTION:Come to Lesesne State Forest for a demonstration of controlled pollination of American chestnuts as part of our breeding program. In the two hours\, you will have the opportunity to see the process hands-on and also see the results of over 50 years of chestnut research. Come prepared for outdoor conditions and hazards. Bring water and sturdy shoes. Dependent on decent weather. \nPlease email John Scrivani at vachestnut@gmail.com to reserve a spot. URL:https://tacf.org/event/chestnut-pollination-demo-training/ LOCATION:Lesesne State Forest\, Lesesne State Forest Trailhead\, State Rt 680\, Roseland\, VA\, 22967\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/pollination-by-hand-with-catkin-900.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com GEO:37.842068;-78.964072 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Lesesne State Forest Lesesne State Forest Trailhead State Rt 680 Roseland VA 22967 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=Lesesne State Forest Trailhead\, State Rt 680:geo:-78.964072,37.842068 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231011T160000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20231011T153530Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231011T153845Z UID:10001875-1697014800-1697040000@tacf.org SUMMARY:Virginia Bur Shucking Party DESCRIPTION:Come help the Virginia Chapter shuck chestnut burs. The chestnuts we collected will be used in breeding\, research\, and distribution for planting.\n \n9 am – 4 pm\, Virginia Department of Forestry\, 908 Natural Resources Dr\, Charlottesville VA 22903 URL:https://tacf.org/event/virginia-bur-shucking-party/ LOCATION:Virginia Department of Forestry\, 900 Natural Resources Drive\, Charlottesville\, VA\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/VA-bur-shucking-party-scrivani.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231111T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231111T150000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20230810T150843Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T143503Z UID:10001853-1699707600-1699714800@tacf.org SUMMARY:VA- 40th Anniversary Celebration & Orchard Tour - Leesburg\, VA DESCRIPTION:Please join us for our annual general membership meeting and a special screening of the exciting new documentary Clear Day Thunder – Rescuing the American Chestnut. After the film we will have a Q&A session and a site visit to our chestnut seed orchard\,\n \n \n \n \n \n Help us celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The American Chestnut Foundation! URL:https://tacf.org/event/va-annual-meeting-virginia-chapter-clear-day-thunder-documentary/ LOCATION:Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve\, 21085 The Woods Rd\, Leesburg\, VA\, 20175\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Young-burs-from-762.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20191006T170552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T170552Z UID:10001510-1573909200-1573923600@tacf.org SUMMARY:VATACF Annual Membership Meeting\, Bedford\, VA DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will conduct its annual membership meeting on Saturday\, November 16\, 2019\, at Claytor Nature Center in Bedford.  The meeting is open to the public and members are especially invited to attend. \nThe meeting begins at 1:00.  Our special guest is Dr. Jason Holliday\, Associate Professor\, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation\, Virginia Tech.  Dr. Holiday’s topic is Genomic Tools to Accelerate Chestnut Restoration.  Following his talk\, we will tour the chestnut Germplasm Conservation orchard maintained by Claytor Nature Center. \nThe technological changes in environmental sciences are coming so fast\, and are so dramatic\, that the breeding program of The American Chestnut Foundation can hardly keep up.  And yet\, keep up we must. \nIn addition to Dr. Holliday’s presentation\, chapter president John Scrivani will report on the status of the Virginia chestnut breeding program and related activities during the year. \nA germplasm conservation orchard is an orchard containing only wild-type American chestnuts.  While it is still possible to see wild American chestnut in our forests\, the numbers continue to decline\, so conserving the genetic material becomes increasingly important.  With proper care\, American chestnuts can live to sexual maturity and produce fertile nuts.  The Virginia chapter has four of these orchards now: this is your chance to see one of them. \nThe Virginia Chapter Board of Directors will be conducting its fall board of directors meeting at Claytor Nature Center before the public program.  This meeting is also open to all members. \nThe Claytor Nature Center is part of the University of Lynchburg.  It serves as an education and research center for environmental study and to preserve the land for future generations.  The 18th century farm and plantation house were given to the University by A. Boyd Claytor\, III;  an additional 21 acres were donated by alumnus Bob Kibler. \nThe GPS address of the Center is 1844 Woods Road\, Bedford\, VA 24523. \n  URL:https://tacf.org/event/vatacf-annual-membership-meeting-bedford-va/ LOCATION:Claytor Nature Center\, 1844 Woods Road\, Bedford\, Virginia\, 24523\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WEB-open-burs-and-nuts-from-harvest_feature.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191116T170000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20191006T170552Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191006T170552Z UID:10001511-1573909200-1573923600@tacf.org SUMMARY:VATACF Annual Membership Meeting\, Bedford\, VA DESCRIPTION:The Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation will conduct its annual membership meeting on Saturday\, November 16\, 2019\, at Claytor Nature Center in Bedford.  The meeting is open to the public and members are especially invited to attend. \nThe meeting begins at 1:00.  Our special guest is Dr. Jason Holliday\, Associate Professor\, Department of Forest Resources and Environmental Conservation\, Virginia Tech.  Dr. Holiday’s topic is Genomic Tools to Accelerate Chestnut Restoration.  Following his talk\, we will tour the chestnut Germplasm Conservation orchard maintained by Claytor Nature Center. \nThe technological changes in environmental sciences are coming so fast\, and are so dramatic\, that the breeding program of The American Chestnut Foundation can hardly keep up.  And yet\, keep up we must. \nIn addition to Dr. Holliday’s presentation\, chapter president John Scrivani will report on the status of the Virginia chestnut breeding program and related activities during the year. \nA germplasm conservation orchard is an orchard containing only wild-type American chestnuts.  While it is still possible to see wild American chestnut in our forests\, the numbers continue to decline\, so conserving the genetic material becomes increasingly important.  With proper care\, American chestnuts can live to sexual maturity and produce fertile nuts.  The Virginia chapter has four of these orchards now: this is your chance to see one of them. \nThe Virginia Chapter Board of Directors will be conducting its fall board of directors meeting at Claytor Nature Center before the public program.  This meeting is also open to all members. \nThe Claytor Nature Center is part of the University of Lynchburg.  It serves as an education and research center for environmental study and to preserve the land for future generations.  The 18th century farm and plantation house were given to the University by A. Boyd Claytor\, III;  an additional 21 acres were donated by alumnus Bob Kibler. \nThe GPS address of the Center is 1844 Woods Road\, Bedford\, VA 24523. \n  URL:https://tacf.org/event/vatacf-annual-membership-meeting-bedford-va-2/ LOCATION:Claytor Nature Center\, 1844 Woods Road\, Bedford\, Virginia\, 24523\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/WEB-open-burs-and-nuts-from-harvest_feature.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T140000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20181213T065943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T070044Z UID:10001370-1547200800-1547215200@tacf.org SUMMARY:Virginia Chapter Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Virginia Chapter will hold a board meeting on Friday\, January 11\, 2019\, from 10 am – 2 pm.  The meeting will be held at the Virginia Department of Forestry\, 900 Natural Resources Drive\, Charlottesville\, VA. URL:https://tacf.org/event/virginia-chapter-board-meeting/ LOCATION:Virginia Department of Forestry\, 900 Natural Resources Drive\, Charlottesville\, VA\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Chestnut-Leaves-VA-Chapter.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190111T140000 DTSTAMP:20260604T005445 CREATED:20181213T065943Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T065943Z UID:10001371-1547200800-1547215200@tacf.org SUMMARY:Virginia Chapter Board Meeting DESCRIPTION:  \nThe Virginia Chapter will hold a board meeting on Friday\, January 11\, 2019\, from 10 am – 2 pm.  The meeting will be held at the Virginia Department of Forestry\, 900 Natural Resources Drive\, Charlottesville\, VA. URL:https://tacf.org/event/virginia-chapter-board-meeting-2/ LOCATION:Virginia Department of Forestry\, 900 Natural Resources Drive\, Charlottesville\, VA\, United States CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation,Virginia ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://tacf.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Chestnut-Leaves-VA-Chapter.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="John Scrivani":MAILTO:vachestnut@gmail.com END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR