MA/RI-TACF Summer 2024 Quarterly Meeting
All are welcome! July 20, 2024 9:30am-2pm Bemis Hall, 15 Bedford Rd, Lincoln, MA 01773 (HYBRID) Join Zoom Meeting – https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89694091173 Meeting ID: 896 9409 1173 Passcode: 1904 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbXpe58Ttg...
Pollination at Pryor Orchard – Edneyville, NC
Please join us at the beautiful Pryor Orchard for a one-day pollination workshop to learn the basics of chestnut breeding. The workshop is a hands-on opportunity to learn and practice the techniques we use for controlled crosses in the TACF breeding program....
The Problem With Darling 58: the fight to save America’s iconic tree
In a recent article by New York magazine’s Intelligencer, journalist Kate Morgan details the history of the development of the Darling 58 transgenic American chestnut tree, the discovery that it was, in fact, Darling 54, and how that impacted the partnership...
VA- Inoculations at Banshee Reeks, day 2
2024 Virginia Chestnut Orchard Inoculation Program Volunteers are needed for a citizen scientist task – inoculating chestnut trees to test their resistance to blight. A three-person crew, or crews, are required over three weekends, working from 9 am to 3 pm....
VA- Inoculations at Banshee Reeks, day 1
2024 Virginia Chestnut Orchard Inoculation Program Volunteers are needed for a citizen scientist task – inoculating chestnut trees to test their resistance to blight. A three-person crew, or crews, are required over three weekends, working from 9 am to 3 pm....VT- Planting Seedlings in Williston
Come help us plant American chestnut seedlings at the Catamount Ourdoor Family Center in Williston, VT! We will meet on Tuesday morning at the Forestry Sciences Building at 7 am to load up the seedlings. USFS Northern Research Station UVM Aiken Forestry Sciences...
VA- Inoculations at Sky Meadows, day 2
2024 Virginia Chestnut Orchard Inoculation Program Volunteers are needed for a citizen scientist task – inoculating chestnut trees to test their resistance to blight. A three-person crew, or crews, are required over three weekends, working from 9 am to 3 pm....
VA- Inoculations at Sky Meadows, day 1
2024 Virginia Chestnut Orchard Inoculation Program Volunteers are needed for a citizen scientist task – inoculating chestnut trees to test their resistance to blight. A three-person crew, or crews, are required over three weekends, working from 9 am to 3 pm....