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Fall 2021 Newsletter Has Many Interesting Articles!
The Fall 2021 issue of The Bur, the Virginia Chapter's semi-annual newsletter, contains many interesting updates on our progress toward reestablishing the American chestnut to our forests. You can download it here. .
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.
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.
Fall Issue of The Bur Now Available
The Fall 2019 issue of the Virginia Chapter's newsletter, The Bur, is now available for downloading. To get it, click here.
Spring Issue of The Bur Available
The Spring 2019 issue of the Virginia Chapter's newsletter, The Bur, is now available for downloading. Click here to get your copy!
Mayes Speaks to Prince William Garden Clubs
Cathy Mayes made a presentation in January 2019 to the Prince William Area Council of Garden Clubs on chestnut trees and the blight that nearly obliterated the species in America. The Council membership is five garden clubs in Prince William County, Virginia.
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Amazing work being done by the West Virginia Chapter!
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Why were they planted so close together?
We love helping students get excited about, and involved in, the American chestnut tree!
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Save this for when you plant your chestnuts! All you need is a deep pot, well-draining soil, and proper seed orientation for success. 🌱
Want to learn more about growing chestnuts? Visit this link to learn more: tacf.org/growing-chestnuts/
#planting #growing #americanchestnut #PlantingSeason #explore
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I appreciate the effort, but you’re just planting a tree that will die young.
Another way is put out a bunch of chestnuts, walnuts, acorns etc and let the squirrels plant them (they won't eat them all)!
Where do you get the American chestnuts?
I highly recommend checking out this article by Robert Foster, in which he reminisces about the time he helped save a large, standing American chestnut tree. He also shares an older article that tells the full story of the tree and the effort to preserve it. The original piece, published in American Forests magazine, is titled “Saving Something of Value” by Herbert E. McLean and is copied below his introduction.
Click the following link to check it out: rfoster.substack.com/p/one-big-tree
#americanchestnut #nature #explore #fighttosave #story
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