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CT-TACF 2025 Fall Board Meeting and Open House

by Jack Swatt | Aug 9, 2025

We will be holding our Fall Board Meeting at the Griswold CAES Research Center, the site of our new CT Chapter office, located at 190 Sheldon Rd, Griswold. We will have an Open House to show our new office location prior to the meeting starting at 5:00 PM. Come for...

End of an Era: Honoring Sara Fitzsimmons’ Remarkable Journey with TACF

by TACF | Jul 9, 2025 | Uncategorized

Thank You, Sara: Celebrating Over 20 Years of Passion and Leadership After more than two decades with The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF), Chief Conservation Officer Sara Fern Fitzsimmons has accepted a new role as Technologies for Agriculture and Living Systems...

VA – Clear Day Thunder Screening at Matthews State Forest

by TACF | Jul 1, 2025

Please join the Virginia Chapter and Matthews State Forest for a screening of TACF’s documentary, Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing The American Chestnut! The event is open to all ages and will be followed by a Q&A session and tour of the Matthews orchard (weather...

VA – Phenotype at Matthews State Forest day 2

by TACF | Jun 25, 2025

Come phenotype trees with us at Matthew’s State Forest! We will have two workdays: July 10th, 12PM-5PM and July 11th, 8AM-3PM. We will be assessing trees for blight resistance and measuring their growth (height and diameter). Bring water, sunscreen and snacks!...

VA – Phenotype at Matthews State Forest day 1

by TACF | Jun 25, 2025

Come phenotype trees with us at Matthew’s State Forest! We will have two workdays: July 10th, 12PM-5PM and July 11th, 8AM-3PM. We will be assessing trees for blight resistance and measuring their growth (height and diameter). Bring water, sunscreen and snacks!...

American Chestnut Day at the NC Arboretum

by TACF | Jun 18, 2025

Save the date for American Chestnut Day at the North Carolina Arboretum in Asheville! The National TACF office and the NC/SC Chapter will be hosting a Chestnut Day at the NC Arboretum in Asheville. There will be speakers on the chestnut breeding program by TACF staff,...

A New Beginning: Fresh Leadership for TACF’s New York Chapter

by TACF | Jun 12, 2025 | Uncategorized

The Executive Committee of The American Chestnut Foundation’s (TACF) Board of Directors voted in May 2025 to establish a newly restructured, unincorporated New York (NY) Chapter. We warmly welcome a dynamic new leadership team: President Dazzle Ekblad, Treasurer Kurt...

MA/RI-TACF Autumn 2025 Quarterly Meeting

by Yvonne Federowicz | Jun 2, 2025

All are welcome! Please send agenda items to Kathy.

MA/RI-TACF Summer 2025 Quarterly Meeting

by Yvonne Federowicz | Jun 2, 2025

All are welcome! July 20, 2025 (HYBRID) Please send agenda items to Kathy. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87531020846 Meeting ID: 875 3102 0846 Passcode: 1904 One tap mobile +16469313860,,87531020846#,,,,*1904# US +19292056099,,87531020846#,,,,*1904# US...

VA – Inoculations at Banshee Reeks

by TACF | May 20, 2025

This event will take place Wednesday to Saturday from 9 am to 3 pm Testing our orchard trees for blight resistance requires inoculating them with the blight. We do this by boring a hole in the bark, removing a plug of bark, and replacing it with a disk of agar and...

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