Join us in the heart of New York’s Hudson Valley to learn from local vendors, growers, and educators about the deliciousness, resilience, and diversity of Northeastern nuts. Two TACF science coordinators will be there! Will you? This family-friendly festival...
Join us to plant 150 chestnut seedlings near Independence, VA! If we are going to save the American chestnut, we’ll need help planting LOTS of them! We’ll either be planting trees or nuts, using shovels, post-hole augers, and/or other hand tools. Come...
We’ll be shucking chestnut burs to extract the nuts, prepare the nuts for stratification; record the family and quantity of nuts by family. We will be shucking at Augusta Forestry Center in Crimora, VA. Bring a lunch, water, and thick gloves (leather is best for...
We’ll be shucking chestnut burs to extract the nuts, prepare the nuts for stratification; record the family and quantity of nuts by family. We will be shucking at Augusta Forestry Center in Crimora, VA. Bring a lunch, water, and thick gloves (leather is best...
If we are going to save the American chestnut, we’ll need help planting LOTS of them! We’ll either be planting trees or nuts, using shovels, post-hole augers, and/or other hand tools. Come prepared to work in field or forest conditions; wear appropriate...
JOIN US to finish trimming out unwanted tree saplings and scattered briars that are mixed in our full American Chestnut breeding trees. Bring hand pruner saws, or small chain saws, hand pruners, leather gloves, water, snacks, and lunch. The full American chestnut...
