Spring 2020 Newsletter Available

Spring 2020 Newsletter Available

The Spring 2020 issue of The Bur, the newsletter of the Virginia Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation, is now available for viewing on line or downloading at this link.
Spring 2020 Newsletter Available

Spring Issue of The Bur Published

The Spring 2021 issue of The Bur is now available for downloading as a pdf file. This 12-page issue is packed with exciting news about our progress in re-establishing the American chestnut.
Successful Blue Ridge Heritage Planting – May 28

Successful Blue Ridge Heritage Planting – May 28

Blue Ridge Heritage, Inc. (BRHI), in partnership with The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is planting native American chestnuts on the property BRHI purchased last year (in the Rocky Knob area of the Blue Ridge Parkway). These plantings are test sites, allowing...
Successful Day Inoculating at New Kent

Successful Day Inoculating at New Kent

We had a great day on July 20th at the New Kent Forestry Center!  It was a gorgeous day and we stayed cool enough in the shade of the ops building. With 24 folks working, we were able to inoculate about 1400 chestnut seedlings in under 5 hours.  That’s pretty...