by TACF | Apr 3, 2013
2013 Controlled Pollinations Update by Matt Brinkman, Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Coordinator Pollinations occurred across the state in June despite late flowers and pollen, heavy cicada damage, and relentless rain and thunderstorms. The trees threw another curve...
by TACF | Sep 9, 2013
The VA Chapter seeks volunteers to help set up a program for monitoring traps in our orchards beginning early in 2014. There will be a workshop on the monitoring process at the TACF Annual Meeting in Herndon on Saturday, October 18th. A strong interest in entomology...
by TACF | Apr 3, 2013
Asian Ambrosia Beetle Update by Jennifer Santoro, Graduate Student Intern Asian ambrosia beetles, an invasive wood-boring insect, have shown up in a handful of our Virginia orchards. The beetles bore into small-sized trees and introduce a fungus that ultimately kills...
by TACF | Apr 5, 2012
Chestnut pollination season is in full swing and with the help of dedicated volunteers, several trees were bagged in Fauquier County this week. Pollination is scheduled for next week on June 23 and 26, 2012. Please check in at the Marshall office at 540-364-1922 for...
by TACF | Jul 27, 2016
Recently, Michael and Ann Ritter joined Bill McShea of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI) and staff of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) and hiked out in the humid, 90 degree July heat to see if the American chestnut seedlings that were still...