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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF 2025 Annual Meeting
DESCRIPTION:All are welcome to the \n26th Annual Meeting of the\nMA/RI Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation\nSunday\, December 7\, 2025\n11am-3pm (hybrid)  \nChapter elections (10am) will precede the Public Annual Meeting \nAGENDA \n11:00 Welcome & introductions:Yvonne & Deni\n\n11:10 MA/RI & CT Chapter Pollination 2025 Highlights – Roundtable\n\n11:25 URI Fellowship Lightning Talk –  Haylee Balme\nRestoring the American Chestnut Tree in Rhode Island: Developing Blight-Resistant Hybrids for Forest Resilience\n\n11:30 Deni Ranguelova\nRGS plantings: requirements  \nIntro to Volunteer Local software \n12:00  Chestnut Potluck Luncheon \n1:00 Tour of CAES facilities & trees \n1:15 Nut grafting: David Marinelli    \n1:30 Keynote:  Lake Graboski \nThe Nuts and Bolts of Chestnut Breeding  \nGrowing and evaluating chestnuts for the breeding program\, including seedling production\, grafting\, and small stem assays\, and explore how these advance the mission of restoring the American chestnut. \n2:15 Deni Ranguelova \nCurrent orchards:  updating status of each; determining knowledge gaps are (some are missing a lot of info); what we can do moving forward \nAnnouncements:\n– dentatabase trainings this winter\n– genotyping trees in the spring\n– intern posting coming up\n– scheduling site visits \n3:00pm Meeting concludes \nZoom Link:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/2818213656?omn=85043766636\nPasscode 1904
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-2025-annual-meeting/
LOCATION:CAES Griswold Research Center\, 190 Sheldon Road\, Griswold\, CT\, 06351\, United States
CATEGORIES:Massachusetts / Rhode Island,The American Chestnut Foundation
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ORGANIZER;CN="Yvonne Federowicz":MAILTO:yvonne.federowicz@gmail.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190428T150000
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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF Spring 2019 Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MA/RI CHAPTER SPRING QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING \nSunday 4/28/19 \nNorfolk County Agricultural High School\n400 Main Street\, Walpole\, MA  02081\nAll are welcome! \n8:00am:  Please arrive early if you can\, to help with the new Norfolk Aggie Seed Orchard fence!\n10:00am-3:00pm:  Board Meeting; bring a bag lunch
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-spring-2019-quarterly-meeting/
LOCATION:Norfolk County Agricultural School\, 400 Main Street\, Walpole\, MA\, 02081\, United States
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF Spring 2019 Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:MA/RI CHAPTER SPRING QUARTERLY BOARD MEETING \nSunday 4/28/19 \nNorfolk County Agricultural High School\n400 Main Street\, Walpole\, MA  02081\nAll are welcome! \n8:00am:  Please arrive early if you can\, to help with the new Norfolk Aggie Seed Orchard fence!\n10:00am-3:00pm:  Board Meeting; bring a bag lunch
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-spring-2019-quarterly-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Norfolk County Agricultural School\, 400 Main Street\, Walpole\, MA\, 02081\, United States
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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CREATED:20190411T205950Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190411T205950Z
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SUMMARY:MA/RI Chapter Spring Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-chapter-spring-quarterly-meeting/
LOCATION:Norfolk County Agricultural School\, 400 Main Street\, Walpole\, MA\, 02081\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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SUMMARY:MA/RI Chapter Spring Quarterly Meeting
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-chapter-spring-quarterly-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Norfolk County Agricultural School\, 400 Main Street\, Walpole\, MA\, 02081\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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SUMMARY:Presentation at Townsend Public Library
DESCRIPTION:You’ll hear a little chestnut history on why the American chestnut tree was so important. Learn about the efforts of the foundation and its 16 state chapters\, especially what is going in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Find out how you can become involved with The American Chestnut Foundation. Perhaps you’d like to volunteer\, visit an orchard or other interesting chestnut site. TACF  has many opportunities for citizen science. \nPlease register in advance: \nTownsend Public Library \nSubscribe to the MA/RI Chapter Volunteer List
URL:https://tacf.org/event/presentation-at-townsend-public-library/
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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SUMMARY:Presentation at Townsend Public Library
DESCRIPTION:You’ll hear a little chestnut history on why the American chestnut tree was so important. Learn about the efforts of the foundation and its 16 state chapters\, especially what is going in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Find out how you can become involved with The American Chestnut Foundation. Perhaps you’d like to volunteer\, visit an orchard or other interesting chestnut site. TACF  has many opportunities for citizen science. \nPlease register in advance: \nTownsend Public Library \nSubscribe to the MA/RI Chapter Volunteer List
URL:https://tacf.org/event/presentation-at-townsend-public-library-2/
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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CREATED:20180806T030009Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180926T204557Z
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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF  FALL 2018 QUARTERLY MEETING
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URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-fall-2018-quarterly-meeting/
LOCATION:Leominster Sportsmen’s Association\, 1455 Elm Street\, Leominster\, 01453\, United States
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181014T150000
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SUMMARY:MA/RI-TACF  FALL 2018 QUARTERLY MEETING
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://tacf.org/event/ma-ri-tacf-fall-2018-quarterly-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Leominster Sportsmen’s Association\, 1455 Elm Street\, Leominster\, 01453\, United States
CATEGORIES:The American Chestnut Foundation
ORGANIZER;CN="Kathy Desjardin":MAILTO:kathydesjardin@verizon.net
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