Litchfield Hills Audubon Wigwam Brook Preserve

As a member of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation and the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society, John C. Baker spearheaded efforts to plant the Backcross Orchard at the Wigwam Brook Wildlife Sanctuary.  He helped pollinate local American chestnuts with backcrossed pollen from TACF’s Meadowview Research Farm to obtain the nuts that would fill […]

This Thursday, June 20th  we will be inoculating the Litchfield Hills orchard with two strains of the blight fungus to determine each tree's tolerance to chestnut blight.  We could use a few volunteers to help with the inoculation process.  The work will involve bending and kneeling to access the trunks of the trees, making a small hole […]

This Thursday, June 20th  we will be inoculating the Litchfield Hills orchard with two strains of the blight fungus to determine each tree's tolerance to chestnut blight.  We could use a few volunteers to help with the inoculation process.  The work will involve bending and kneeling to access the trunks of the trees, making a small hole […]