by TACF | Dec 6, 2013
TN Chapter members Vicki Turner, Jack Torkelson, and Joe Schibig met up with Mark Vance in Cannon County, TN on Dec. 4 to see a newly discovered large surviving American (LSA) chestnut tree. The weather was great, and Mark took the group, which also included Joe...
by TACF | Apr 29, 2014
My wife Paula asked me what I would like to do on my birthday on this past Saturday. I suggested helping to restore the American chestnut, and she was all in. Having completed one generation of backcross orchard trees through innoculation and selection in the orchard,...
by TACF | Sep 26, 2016
On April 30, Sandy showed Jack and me her land which she hopes will become a chestnut orchard site. We dug a soil sample and it looked dark and rich in organic matter and It was not overly wet after the recent heavy rains. I concluded that the site has good potential...
by TACF | Apr 30, 2013
TACF members from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee met in May at the Bridgestone Warren Plant near Morrison,...
by TACF | Jan 6, 2014
Check out this great article featuring Greg Weaver’s journey to help restore the American chestnut. King of the Forest: Chestnut trees face extinction unless measures are taken – The Tennessee Magazine (January 2014).
