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October 10, 2026: American Chestnut Festival at Cumberland Mountain State Park
We’re excited to invite you to the American Chestnut Festival at Cumberland Mountain State Park. This special day is dedicated to honoring and preserving one of America’s most iconic native trees – the American chestnut – and celebrating the natural world around us.
Explore booths and connect with:
Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA)
Tennessee Division of Forestry
Cumberland County Rewilding Project
The American Chestnut Foundation
Friends of CMSP
11:00 AM — Dr. Hill Craddock
Dr. Craddock, the UC Foundation Davenport Professor in Biology at UTC, will share an update on UTC’s current research into the restoration of the American chestnut tree.
12:00 PM — Zach Anderson
Zach Anderson, Southern Regional Science Coordinator for The American Chestnut Foundation, will discuss the importance of these magnificent trees and their role in our forests.
Live planting demonstration
See an American chestnut planting demonstration and learn more about efforts to bring this iconic tree back to our forests.
Native plants & local vendors
Scott Thomas of Thomas Nursery will be on-site selling native plants along with a handful of local vendors.
Family-friendly activities
Bring the whole family! Interpretive programs will be happening throughout the event including chestnut roasting and nature hikes.
Come out for this one-day event and discover how each of us can do our part to conserve, restore, and protect the natural world.
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Ambrosia beetle time is upon us! | The American Chestnut Foundation
Ambrosia beetle time is upon us! | The American Chestnut Foundation
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Ambrosia beetles may soon appear in our chestnut orchards. These beetles normally start wood boring activity as soon as we get three 70oF days in a row in the early spring (usually early March in Geor...0 CommentsComment on Facebook
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.
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were is the location？ i like to go visit
I'd plant the crap out of them if I lived out there
It’s so heartbreaking that they aren’t still abundant.