2019 Lancaster Native Plant and Wildlife Festival

Date: Saturday, April 27th Time: 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: Manheim Township Public Library, 595 Granite Run Dr, Lancaster, PA 17601, USA Description: The PA Chapter will have a table at the 2019 Lancaster Native Plant and Wildlife Festival to share the story...

PA/NJ Chapter Spring Growers Meeting

You are invited to join the PA/NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation for our Spring Growers Meeting. Come to learn and to socialize with chestnut growers and enthusiasts. There will be a brief introduction by our President, followed by educational...

PA/NJ Chapter Spring Growers Meeting

You are invited to join the PA/NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation for our Spring Growers Meeting. Come to learn and to socialize with chestnut growers and enthusiasts. There will be a brief introduction by our President, followed by educational...
Kicking Off Spring at Meadowview Research Farms

Kicking Off Spring at Meadowview Research Farms

On February 26 and March 7, volunteers from the Southwest branch of the VA-TACF Chapter came out to the Price Research Farm in Meadowview, VA to help with spring seed sowing. Over 7,500 BC3F3 seeds, harvested in the fall, were sown for a variety of projects, including...
First Large Chestnut Planting in Baltimore County

First Large Chestnut Planting in Baltimore County

On February 9, about 30 MD-TACF Chapter members and volunteers planted 4,000 5th generation hybrid chestnuts in a greenhouse located on the property of the Baltimore County Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park.  This was the first large chestnut planting...
Planting at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Greenhouse

Planting at Eastern Kentucky University (EKU) Greenhouse

On March 7, Dr. Jennifer Koslow, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences at EKU, volunteered 15 students in her “Chestnuts and Change in Appalachia” class to plant 426 chestnut seeds. The course is comprised of students in EKU’s Honor’s College who are not science...
Report Released on Forest Health and Biotechnology

Report Released on Forest Health and Biotechnology

At the beginning of this year, The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NAS) released a report entitled Forest Health and Biotechnology: Possibilities and Considerations. The report was the culmination of more than one year’s worth of public...

The Return of the American Chestnut

Unity College in Unity, Maine presents a talk about American chestnut restoration at 12:00PM, Thursday, April 18 at its student center. Dr. Allison Oakes, post-doctoral research associate at State University of New York College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry...