by Jules Smith | Jan 17, 2020
The VT/NH-TACF Chapter will participate in this year’s New Hampshire Farm, Forest & Garden Exposition taking place February 14-15. The chapter will have a booth and educate participants about the history, culture, and restoration of the American chestnut. ...
by Jules Smith | Jan 9, 2020 | External News
In winter 2019 CBS News produced and aired a feature story about TACF and American chestnut restoration on their morning show, CBS This Morning. Crews from the network visited our Meadowview Research Farms on two occasions and spent hours capturing footage and...
by Mark Double | Jan 2, 2020
The meeting, hosted by the Potomac Audubon Society, will focus on the history and importance American chestnut, the impact of the chestnut blight fungus and the current ways to reintroduce American chestnut back into the forests of eastern North America.
by Mark Double | Jan 2, 2020
The meeting, hosted by the Potomac Audubon Society, will focus on the history and importance American chestnut, the impact of the chestnut blight fungus and the current ways to reintroduce American chestnut back into the forests of eastern North America.
by Jules Smith | Dec 18, 2019 | External News
It is hard to overstate the value and cultural importance of the American chestnut tree for those who came before us. The native hardwood was once so ubiquitous, it has been said, that a squirrel could travel from Maine to Georgia in the chestnut canopy. The largest...
by Jules Smith | Nov 18, 2019 | eSprout
On a cool and rainy fall day in mid-October, members of the Lyon Park Community in Arlington County planted a pair of American chestnuts, donated by the VA-TACF Chapter. These 6th generation hybrids represent a select few American chestnuts to be planted in the...
by Jules Smith | Nov 18, 2019 | eSprout
The PA/NJ-TACF Chapter was happy to sponsor a hike in the Allegheny National Forest in northwestern Pennsylvania on October 6. This hike was part of the statewide “Walk in Penn’s Woods” event coordinated by the Walk in the Woods Partnership of Pennsylvania State...
by Jules Smith | Nov 18, 2019 | eSprout
The 2019 HemlockFest (November 1-3) was a huge success for everyone involved! The event is a three-day outdoor music festival organized by the Lumpkin Coalition that includes camping and fun for all ages. For the past 15 years, attendees have enjoyed great music, arts...
by Jules Smith | Nov 11, 2019
The IN-TACF Chapter Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, December 14 at 11:30 AM in the lower level meeting room of the First Christian Church in Martinsville. TACF’s Director of Restoration, Sara Fitzsimmons, will be the special guest speaker and will...
by Jules Smith | Nov 11, 2019
The IN-TACF Chapter Annual Meeting will be held Saturday, December 14 at 11:30 AM in the lower level meeting room of the First Christian Church in Martinsville. TACF’s Director of Restoration, Sara Fitzsimmons, will be the special guest speaker and will...
