by TACF | May 7, 2021 | Press Release
Before globalization and colonialism brought the invasive chestnut blight pathogen to American soils, for thousands of years, the Cherokee made a cough syrup from the leaves of the American chestnut tree. The Cherokee also took an infusion of year old chestnut for...
by Jack Swatt | May 1, 2021
Chestnut Tree Hike in Nehantic State Forest hosted by the Lyme Land Trust. Join Emery Gluck, retired CT DEEP forester, and Jack Swatt, President of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation for a walk to see some of the largest surviving chestnut trees in...
by Jules Smith | Apr 20, 2021
Join us on Friday, May 21 at 11:30 AM (EDT) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat: Site Selection and Planting American Chestnut TACF Director of Restoration Sara Fern Fitzsimmons will cover the basics of proper site selection, how to find the right spot for putting in a...
by Yvonne Federowicz | Apr 9, 2021
April 18, 2021 Online 9am-1pm Please send agenda items to Jamie
by Jules Smith | Mar 19, 2021
Join us on Friday, April 16 at 11:30 AM (EDT) for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat: Cruddy Bark and the Complex World of Blight Cankers. We will be joined by Mark Double, WV-TACF chapter president and Laurel Rogers, honors program director and associate professor of...
by Jules Smith | Mar 16, 2021
Since September, the Vermont Chapter of the Penn State Alumni Association, has hosted a speaker series on Zoom with various topics. On March 23 at 7:00PM, TACF’s Director of Restoration Sara Fitzsimmons, and New England Regional Science Coordinator Kendra...
by Jules Smith | Mar 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
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 2021 American Chestnut Photo Contest! Send in your best photo(s) by September 1, 2021 to enter. The winner will...
by Mark Double | Mar 15, 2021
The virtual spring WV chapter meeting will be held on Saturday, April 10, 2021 from 10:00 am until noon.
by Norm Reid | Mar 10, 2021
Volunteers are needed to help plant Virginia’s seed orchards. Volunteers should email ten.nozirev@tuntsehcav for details and directions.
