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Workshop on Educational Resources January 19
Please plan to attend a special Virginia Chapter workshop from 1:30 to 3 pm on Sunday, January 19th, 2014 at the Walker Nature Center, 11450 Glade Drive, Reston, Virginia 20191. We will be demonstrating many of the rich educational resources now available to educators...
Prince William Forest Planting November 5
The Virginia Chapter of TACF has teamed with the National Park Service to plant a test grove of Restoration Chestnuts at Prince William Forest Park. We know this park was once home to many American chestnut trees, and we hope these new trees will start a return of...
Fall 2013 Newsletter Available Online!
The Fall 2013 issue of the Virginia Chapter, The American Chestnut Foundation, newsletter–The Bur–is now available for download online. Click here to get a pdf copy of the newsletter.
Many Opportunities to Volunteer!
Many opportunities exist to help support VATACF’s mission to restore chestnut trees to Virginia. The volunteer opportunities are part-time and hours can usually be flexible to meet your schedule. Some of the opportunities will take you into nature and involve contact...
Asian Ambrosia Beetle Monitors Sought
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...
VA TACF Strategic Plan Draft Available
Following our successful strategic planning meeting in Charlottesville, we have been hard at work compiling the results and crafting a strategic plan for the next phase of our work to restore the American chestnut to our forests. You can review drafts of the plan...
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🌰 Harvest processing at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms is equal parts important science and hands-on fun! Staff and volunteers shuck burs and sort chestnuts with care, ensuring quality seeds for future plantings and solid data for research. It’s a lively, rewarding way to support restoration while sharing in the joy of chestnut season together. 🌳
#AmericanChestnut #MeadowviewResearchFarms #americanchestnutfoundation#ChestnutResearch #ConservationScience #harvest
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That was our job after school pick up the chestnuts, we opened them up with our feet.
This isn’t a chestnut tree, right? It’s too old and healthy to be one.
Mary Ellen McCoy
Join us on tomorrow, October 10, 2025, from 11:30AM – 1:00PM (EPT), for the next LIVE Chestnut Chat.
Our special guest, Dr. Trevor Walker, Assistant Professor of Forest Genetics and Co-Director of the Cooperative Tree Improvement Program at NC State University, will share insights from 70 years of breeding loblolly pine for disease resistance, growth, and stem form. He will also consider which practices are likely to succeed for American chestnut, which are not, and why.
Visit tacf.org/event/chestnut-chat-breeding-disease-resistance-in-loblolly-pine/ to learn more or register.
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Just saw this. How was the chat?
Do you love pulling on your work gloves and cracking open freshly fallen burs to reveal the chestnuts inside? If you do, but don’t have any of your own yet, become a member and get access to our wild-type seed sale in 2026. In just a few years, your hands could be full of spiky burs and American chestnuts of your own. support.tacf.org/membership/new-regular
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We’re proud to share this segment from the PBS show Human Footprint, featuring former TACF staff member Sara Fitzsimmons. The American chestnut sequence was selected to be adapted into a standalone YouTube video, which launched in late September and has already garnered more than half a million views. Sara’s dedication and expertise have shaped much of the progress in restoring the American chestnut. Give it a watch to learn more about this important work.
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Great presentation!
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🌰 Harvest season at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms brings both beauty and breakthrough science. Many of the chestnut crosses we gather are generated through recurrent genomic selection—cutting-edge research driving restoration forward. Each bur holds not only the wonder of new life, but also the promise of a future where the majestic American chestnut returns to our forests. 🌳
#americanchestnut #castaneadentata #americanchestnutfoundation #ChestnutResearch #meadowviewresearchfarms
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Are there places we can purchases a Chestnut tree that is disease resistant? Thanks!