by TACF | Apr 22, 2014
Congratulations to the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation for completing their 6th annual Arbor Day event last week with the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and the Tennessee Mining Association. The Arbor Day 2014 planting event was held on former abandoned mine land...
by TACF | Jan 21, 2014
Don Hazel recently discovered a large surviving American (LSA) chestnut a few miles from Crossville, TN. This tree was over 50 ft. tall and had a dbh of ca 10 inches. It was growing at an elevation over 2000 ft in woods dominated by oak trees. Evidence in the tree...
by TACF | Jan 6, 2014
Several TN Chapter members presented Dr. Greg Weaver with the TACF Volunteer Services award at his Lieper’s Fork farm on Sunday, December 8. In addition to presenting him the award and catching up with him and his wife, Paula, the group also toured his chestnut...
by TACF | Sep 30, 2013
Friends, On June 3, 2013, Dr. Hill Craddock and his UTC crew traveled to Greg Weaver’s orchard in Williamson County, TN to grade blight resistance and assess for American chestnut physical characteristics on Greg’s chestnut trees. The trees had been...
by TACF | Feb 8, 2013
In a standing room only conference room at Ellington Ag Center, the inaugural Nashville Branch got underway with a great deal of local enthusiasm and support. The meeting was capped off by a chestnut planting at the historic Belle Meade...
