by Jules Smith | Feb 27, 2019
The American chestnut could be the first tree ever restored to its native forest! On Saturday, March 30, a lecture and panel discussion titled “The American Chestnut: When Will It Flourish Again?” will take place at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard...
by Jules Smith | Feb 22, 2019 | External News
“The loss of the nuts ended a way of life and brought economic hardship to many. ‘The blight was hard on people for chestnuts were used as money at the stores,’ Max Thomas said. Thomas was not alone in his belief that the death of chestnuts helped destroy a...
by Jim Curtis | Feb 15, 2019
The MD-TACF Chapter Spring Meeting will be held on March 23 at the Izaak Walton League of America, 18301 Waring Station Road, Germantown MD 20874. Chapter member Bruce Levine will be the featured speaker and his topic will be, “What are we breeding for: how...
by Jim Curtis | Feb 15, 2019
The MD-TACF Chapter Spring Meeting will be held on March 23 at the Izaak Walton League of America, 18301 Waring Station Road, Germantown MD 20874. Chapter member Bruce Levine will be the featured speaker and his topic will be, “What are we breeding for: how...
by Jules Smith | Feb 15, 2019 | External News
Did you know chestnuts have helped end famous quarrels between those such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton, thanks to chefs such as James Hemings (1765-1801)? Per our long-time friend Dr. Sandra L. Anagnostakis, the appeal of chestnut, both for timber and...
by Jules Smith | Feb 13, 2019 | External News
The Guardian, a heavily-read online media source that covers American and international news, recently published an article about how TACF’s American chestnut restoration efforts offer hope for British trees. Like the US, the UK is also experiencing threats to...
by Jules Smith | Feb 12, 2019 | External News
On February 9, 2019, about 30 members of the MD-TACF Chapter planted 4,000 American chestnut seeds in a warm greenhouse at the Center for Maryland Agriculture and Farm Park in Cockeysville. The work of this committed group of volunteers will allow TACF to study these...
by Jules Smith | Feb 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Audrey Peterman’s Huffington Post blog includes American history from a Black History Month synopsis she received from her friends at the National Park Service: “Since the start of the American conservation movement, African Americans have responded to the call...
by Jules Smith | Feb 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
As The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) moves closer to the restoration phase of the American chestnut, we will have to rely not only on public lands but also that of private landowners to create a contiguous, self-sustaining range of the species. With that in...
by Jim Curtis | Jan 22, 2019
On February 9th at 9:30 we will be planting chestnuts in pots to raise in a local greenhouse. We hope to plant up to 4,000 of our hybrid B3F2 seeds at the Baltimore County owned greenhouse in Cockeysville. We expect this will take 15-20 people several hours, possibly...
