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.
by Jean Najjar | Oct 4, 2021
Join Sara Fitzsimmons and Tim Eck at the House Rock BC1 Orchard to take measurements. These trees have had their genomes fully sequenced, and now we need to take the phenotypic data to compare to the underlying genetic information. This event would mainly be...
by Jean Najjar | Sep 29, 2021
The PA/NJ Chapter has postponed the in-person program planned for this fall due to concerns over COVID variants. In its stead, they will hold a shortened Zoom meeting on November 6th focused on the American chestnut and our restoration efforts. Sara Fitzsimmons,...
by Jean Najjar | Sep 29, 2021
What: RESMAP Data Collection Volunteer Day When: Friday, October 8th, 9:00 AM-4:00 PM (or until finished) Where: Shadehouse of the Forest Resources Lab, University Park, PA 16802 (Use 206 Forest Resources Lab for navigation.) Description: After being inoculated on...
by Jim Curtis | Sep 27, 2021
Dear members and friends, The Maryland Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation (MDTACF) will have our fall meeting by Zoom on Saturday, Oct. 2, starting at 10:00 am. (The Zoom invitation is below).We are very pleased to announce that our keynote speaker will be...
by Jules Smith | Sep 23, 2021
Join us on Friday, October 15 at 11:30 AM (EST) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat: Genomic Sequencing 101 and the Genome of American Chestnut. People often ask, “Have you considered gene editing to enhance disease resistance in American chestnut?” For gene...
