by Jules Smith | Jul 16, 2021 | eSprout
In mid-May, TACF members and volunteers worked non-stop to create New England’s first transgenic chestnut seedling orchard in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Transgenic chestnuts have an extra gene from wheat to protect them from the fungal blight that kills the American...
by Jack Swatt | Jul 6, 2021
When an isolated American chestnut tree flowers without a nearby source of pollen, the tree produces infertile nuts. We have been helping these trees successfully reproduce by bringing pollen to the tree and manually pollenating the female flowers. Join us this...
by Jack Swatt | Jul 6, 2021
When an isolated American chestnut tree flowers without a nearby source of pollen, the tree produces infertile nuts. We have been helping these trees successfully reproduce by bringing pollen to the tree and manually pollenating the female flowers. Join us this...
by Jules Smith | Jun 25, 2021
Join us on Friday, July 16 at 11:30 AM (EDT) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat, Emerging and Evolving Threats to Chestnut Health. Who has time to worry about blight? There are other issues impacting chestnut, including Gnomoniopsis and gall wasp. Emily Dobry, M.S....
by Yvonne Federowicz | Jun 20, 2021
The meeting will be both in person and on Zoom. We will meet in person at Bolton Town Common Pavilion – 715 Main Street Bolton, MA. Please contact Jamie or Yvonne for the Zoom information, if you would like to attend remotely.
by Jack Swatt | Jun 10, 2021
A previous timber harvest at this location has potential for chestnut sprouts to grow to flowering height. It is unknown if there are any chestnuts in this area, but was suggested as a good place to look by a DEEP forester. On this hike we will search for the...
by Jack Swatt | Jun 9, 2021
A previous timber harvest at this location has allowed chestnut sprouts to grow to flowering height. On this hike we will search for the flowering chestnut trees. We will also be holding an optional workshop to learn how to obtain samples to verify their pure...
by Jules Smith | Jun 1, 2021
Join us for American Chestnut Day on July 24 from 10:00 AM to 1:00 PM at Viles Arboretum in Augusta, Maine. This special event will coincide with the new Viles Auditorium (VA) educational building ribbon cutting. There will be a presentation about American chestnut...
by Jules Smith | May 25, 2021
Join us on Friday, June 18 at 11:30 AM (EDT) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat, Controlled Pollinations: High Light and “Speed Breeding” Thomas Klak, ME-TACF Chapter Gene Conservation Committee Chair and Professor at University of New England, and Dakota...
by Jules Smith | May 12, 2021 | eSprout
Visitors and staff walk through a beautiful meadow-like area of native plants on their way into the Glenn C. Price Research Laboratory at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms. The garden was established as landscaping for the new lab in 2011. These native plants are...
