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TACF Southern Regional Meeting at Bridgestone

TACF members from Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee met in May at the Bridgestone Warren Plant near Morrison, TN.

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In the mid 1800s, two American Chestnuts were planted in what is now Tumwater, WA. Being so far outside the native range (and being across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains), they escaped the blight fungus that killed the chestnuts in their native Appalachian range. These two trees are amazing and can give you a sense of the size and beauty of American Chesnut trees regularly reached before the blight. Getting to sit under the shade of two mature chestnut trees was a true pleasure and one that not many have experienced. ... See MoreSee Less

In the mid 1800s, two American Chestnuts were planted in what is now Tumwater, WA.  Being so far outside the native range (and being across the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains), they escaped the blight fungus that killed the chestnuts in their native Appalachian range.  These two trees are amazing and can give you a sense of the size and beauty of American Chesnut trees regularly reached before the blight. Getting to sit under the shade of two mature chestnut trees was a true pleasure and one that not many have experienced.Image attachmentImage attachment+4Image attachment

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I'd plant the crap out of them if I lived out there

It’s so heartbreaking that they aren’t still abundant.

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