by Kathy Desjardin | Nov 4, 2021
Keynote Speaker – Sara Fitzsimmons Implementation of American chestnut restoration and the role of TACF Chapters across the next 40 years Chestnut Potluck Luncheon MA/RI Breeding & Regional Updates 2021 Bee Survey Hybrid Meeting – Please RSVP to...
by Mark Double | Nov 1, 2021 | eSprout
The 13th annual West Virginia Chestnut Festival was held on Sunday, October 10 in Rowlesburg, WV. Traditions of this festival include the annual crowning of two individuals as Mr. and Mrs. Chestnut, based on their valued contributions to the broad areas of the...
by TACF | Nov 1, 2021 | eSprout
A large American chestnut tree in Sherwood, Oregon, more than six feet in diameter, has succumbed to old age. The passing of such a large tree in current times is a rare event. The tree that died was planted in 1885 by a farmer named Hicks. A nearby second tree...
by Jules Smith | Nov 1, 2021 | eSprout
An article from the Maine Central Aroostook Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) details their latest collaboration with the ME-TACF Chapter. Armed with about 30 chestnut seedlings, the district began working to clone these seedlings for blight resistance. The...
by TACF | Nov 1, 2021 | eSprout
“Music from the river once was a lullaby to the great town that doesn’t have ears to hear it much anymore. Sometimes a rainbow spans the olden home place of the Principal People. But it doesn’t speak the same happy tidings to the same happy tribe. Even the tall,...
by Jack Swatt | Oct 23, 2021
The 2021 Fall Board meeting of the CT Chapter of TACF will be held on Friday, November 19th at 12:00 Noon. The meeting will once again be held over Zoom given the continued pandemic. The meeting is open to the public, but please contact us at...
by Jules Smith | Oct 20, 2021
Join us Friday, November 19 at 11:30 AM (EST) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat: Don’t Let Perfection be the Enemy of Good – Lessons from Longleaf Pine Savanna Restoration. Zach Prusak, wildland fire training specialist at Tall Timbers Research Station & Land...
by Jean Najjar | Oct 13, 2021
The PA/NJ Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation is hopefully optimistic that we will be back in person at the 106th PA Farm Show (January 8th to 15th). The Chapter is seeking volunteers to represent TACF for one or more 4-hour shifts and help share the story of...
by Yvonne Federowicz | Oct 6, 2021
All are welcome to our Autumn 2021 Quarterly meeting. This meeting will be hybrid, remote (Zoom) and in-person at MacLeish Field Station in West Whately, MA. Email Yvonne for the Zoom link.
