by TACF | May 28, 2024
Have you ever wanted to be a chestnut breeder? Please join us at the beautiful Tennessee Tech University 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...
by TACF | May 17, 2024
It’s the 50th Episode Spectacular! Join us on Friday, July 19, 2024, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat. Inspiring Next Gen Conservationists Dancing chestnuts, fireworks, Hollywood celebrities, free beer, and a special musical...
by TACF | May 15, 2024
Join us for TrailsFest on June 1st, National Trails Day! Come for morning hikes and trail work, stay for a festival to celebrate trails, getting outdoors, and connecting our community members with organizations supporting our land, trails, and outdoor activities....
by TACF | May 14, 2024
The American Chestnut tree was almost extinct. Blight had all but eradicated this native tree until dedicated scientists, volunteers, and some insightful celebrities like Dolly Parton, President Jimmy Carter and musician Chuck Leavell banded together to bring the...
by TACF | May 7, 2024
Spend a day surrounded by chestnut trees and friendly people as we inoculate chestnut trees with blight to test their blight resistance at the Penn State Arboretum orchard in State College, Pennsylvania. If you enjoy outdoor work then this is for you! The PSU...
by TACF | May 7, 2024
Join TACF at the chestnut orchard at Penn State Arboretum in State College on Friday, June 14th to learn all about the controlled pollination process, and see the many different types of chestnuts at this large backcross chestnut orchard. Controlled pollination is...
by TACF | Apr 25, 2024
NOTICE: This hike has been canceled due to weather. We hope to try again at some point in the future! Join TACF Chief Conservation Officer Sara Fitzsimmons to see a large surviving American chestnut at Devil’s Marbleyard in Glasgow, VA! Come out to Glasgow, VA...
by TACF | Apr 25, 2024
Please join us for the Annual Meeting of the VT/NH Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation on Saturday, May 11, 2024, from 9-1 at the Tracy Memorial Library, 304 Main Street, New London, NH. Annual business meeting is 9-10 (all members welcome). The program is...
by TACF | Apr 25, 2024
On Thursday, April 25th at 6pm, the RIHS will be screening a new documentary film from The American Chestnut Foundation:Clear Day Thunder, a documentary about the efforts of passionate citizen scientists and researchers working to restore this ecologically and...
by TACF | Apr 23, 2024
European Chestnut: Impressions of Natural Stands Before and After Blight Join us on May 17, 2024, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat. A stand of old-growth European chestnuts in the Caucasus Mountains of Europe before chestnut blight in the...
