by TACF | Jan 9, 2025
The 2024 Tennessee Chapter Pollination Workshop was held on June 8 to great success, bringing together 22 enthusiastic volunteers for a day of hands-on learning at the Tennessee Tech Orchard. Established in 2005 using the direct seed planting method, the TTU backcross...
by TACF | Jun 22, 2013
Tom Saielli, TACF Southern Regional Coordinator, and Larry Taylor, TN-TACF member, inspect a trial planting of American chestnut trees in a light gap at the Eagle Point Railroad in preparation for a large B3F3 progeny test on this beautiful Cumberland Plateau...
by TACF | Sep 30, 2013
The orchard was planted in 2005 using the direct seed method. And as you remember, we inoculated all of the trees in the orchard in 2010 as part of the blight-resistance screening. We evaluated blight cankers and rated the trees on their American morphological...
by TACF | Sep 26, 2016
This spring, The American Chestnut Foundation® (TACF) was presented the 2014 Public Awareness of Trees award from the Arbor Day Foundation. The award recognized TACF for elevating the public awareness and understanding of the importance of trees. For 31 years, TACF...
by TACF | Jun 27, 2013
Volunteers from the Tennessee Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation are contributing in a significant way to the restoration of Castanea dentata to the southern Appalachian forest. This video “Chestnuts Gettin’ It On” illustrates the...
