by Jules Smith | Jan 11, 2023 | eSprout, External News
American Chestnuts once numbered in the billions and ranged along the East coast from Maine to Mississippi. But a blight in the early 1900s pushed them back to a fraction of their historic range. Today, the American Chestnut is considered “functionally extinct”, but...
by Yvonne Federowicz | Jan 7, 2023
Winter Quarterly Board Meeting (Zoom only)Sunday, January 29th 2023Zoom Video Conferencing – Sunday, 01/29/2023 9AM – 1PMJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/81509201125Meeting ID: 815 0920 1125Passcode: 1904Meeting Agenda DRAFT9AM –...
by Jules Smith | Dec 14, 2022
After taking a break during the second half of 2022, Chestnut Chat is back! On Friday, January 20 at 11:30 AM (EST), we’ll launch our first Chat of the year. This session will be presented as a “Town Hall” meeting, providing updates on plans for 2023 including the...
by Jules Smith | Dec 12, 2022
by Jules Smith | Sep 7, 2022 | External News
In a recent article by The Washington Post, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) in partnership with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) continue the conversation around the transgenic breeding of the American...
by Jules Smith | Jul 11, 2022 | eSprout
Foundation Sees Restoration of Functionally Extinct Chestnut Trees as a Path to Healthier Forests ASHEVILLE, N.C., July 11, 2022 – The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) said today that its longtime mission of restoring the American chestnut tree to its native...
by Jules Smith | May 5, 2022 | eSprout
For as long as many of us can remember, the folks at Amica Insurance have volunteered their time to help their local community. Their slogan is “Amica in the Community– Deep Roots. Strong Bonds.” That slogan took on a new meaning as a group of nine volunteers from...
by TACF | May 5, 2022 | eSprout
Carolinas Chapter President Doug Gillis crafted the frame and posts for an orchard sign installed outside TACF’s Asheville office on April 19, 2022 (pictured above). The wood Doug used is wormy chestnut from the Harris Dairy Farm in Barnardsville, NC. When...
by Jules Smith | Mar 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
Sunbeams on wild chestnuts Have you taken a photograph of an American chestnut or American chestnut hybrid that deserves to grace the cover of Chestnut magazine? Enter it in TACF’s 2022 American Chestnut Photo Contest! Send in your best photo(s) by September 1, 2022...
