Vermont / New Hampshire News

40th Anniversary Celebration! October 14, 2023

We are excited to announce TACF’s 40th Anniversary celebration on Saturday October 14th in beautiful Lebanon NH. Bring your whole family, and friends interested in joining, to the Salt Hill Pub at the west end of the green, between 10:30am and 2pm.

 

The VT/NH Chapter has secured Salt Hill Pub’s private room for a reception where members will be given tickets for free drinks from the pub and enjoy a buffet of appetizers and salads.

 

A door from the private room leads to a tent with covered tables where you can sit, eat and participate in multiple activities such as:

  • Watch one of two viewings of TACF’s new documentary “Clear Day Thunder” (11:00am or 12:45pm)
  • Test your knowledge playing “Chestnut Jeopardy” online!
  • Share your own chestnut restoration related experiences and events with others.
  • Share your portable items made of chestnut.
  • Count the rings on a “cookie” cut from what was once the State Champion tree in Berlin, VT.

 

Names will be drawn from a hat for door prizes of TACF merchandise at 12:30pm.

 

This is a Chapter paid celebration which is entirely social, honoring TACF’s 40th Anniversary and all its volunteer members who have worked tirelessly on its mission. No field work at this event, and remember, “member” means the whole family! Friends interested in joining on the spot are also welcome and will be afforded drinks and the buffet when they join.

 

Please RSVP efox407@gmail.com so we have a count of how many will attend. We need to order the buffet in advance and set up the private room to accommodate what we hope will be a big crowd. Salt Hill Pub can accommodate a large number of people. Hope to see you there on a beautiful fall day, in a beautiful New England town which is centrally located to our membership.

 

Hope to see you there,

Evan Fox, VT/NH Chapter President

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Special event alert! A lunch & learn and film screening of CLEAR DAY THUNDER will be taking place at the Cradle of Forestry on Saturday, May 4th, 12pm - 3:30pm. More details coming, but pencil this event on your calendar. Don’t miss this educational opportunity to learn more about The American Chestnut Foundation and restoring the American chestnut to its native range.

And while you're visiting the Cradle of Forestry, check out the display of the actual American chestnut tree wood that was shipped to the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago and the Paris World's Fair in 1889 where the Eiffel Tower debuted.
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Special event alert! A lunch & learn and film screening of CLEAR DAY THUNDER will be taking place at the Cradle of Forestry on Saturday, May 4th, 12pm - 3:30pm. More details coming, but pencil this event on your calendar. Don’t miss this educational opportunity to learn more about The American Chestnut Foundation and restoring the American chestnut to its native range.

And while youre visiting the Cradle of Forestry, check out the display of the actual American chestnut tree wood that was shipped to the 1893 Worlds Fair in Chicago and the Paris Worlds Fair in 1889 where the Eiffel Tower debuted.Image attachmentImage attachment+1Image attachment

CLEAR DAY THUNDER: Rescuing the American Chestnut has been accepted as an Official Selection of the Tenth Annual Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival. Submissions from around the world, including Libya, Korea, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and of course, the United States are all part of this festival.

To read more about the festival, visit www.novafilmfest.com/
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CLEAR DAY THUNDER: Rescuing the American Chestnut has been accepted as an Official Selection of the Tenth Annual Northern Virginia International Film & Music Festival. Submissions from around the world, including Libya, Korea, Canada, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and of course, the United States are all part of this festival. 

To read more about the festival, visit https://www.novafilmfest.com/

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Congratulations - we were honored to show your film at ACFF 2024.

Georgia Friends! Trees Atlanta and GA-TACF are looking for volunteers for a workday at the Langhorn Chestnut Orchard in Atlanta on April 27th, 2024.

Trees Atlanta will again be conducting a workday on their Langhorn Chestnut Orchard as part of their 2024 4-0-Forest celebration. Activities include hand-pulling and cutting invasive plants such as English ivy, Chinese privet, and kudzu in a densely wooded area off trail. Physical activity such as bending, pulling, lifting, and kneeling is required. Forest restoration can be physically strenuous - be ready to break a sweat and get dirty and learn a lot while doing it!

This event takes place 9:00am - 12:00pm. Visit the link for more information. www.treesatlanta.org/get-involved/events/conserve-the-4-0-forest-forest-restoration-in-langhorn-c...
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Georgia Friends! Trees Atlanta and GA-TACF are looking for volunteers for a workday at the Langhorn Chestnut Orchard in Atlanta on April 27th, 2024.
 
Trees Atlanta will again be conducting a workday on their Langhorn Chestnut Orchard as part of their 2024 4-0-Forest celebration. Activities include hand-pulling and cutting invasive plants such as English ivy, Chinese privet, and kudzu in a densely wooded area off trail. Physical activity such as bending, pulling, lifting, and kneeling is required. Forest restoration can be physically strenuous - be ready to break a sweat and get dirty and learn a lot while doing it!
 
This event takes place 9:00am - 12:00pm. Visit the link for more information.  https://www.treesatlanta.org/get-involved/events/conserve-the-4-0-forest-forest-restoration-in-langhorn-chestnut-orchard-a0VUd000002nOcjMAE

Ohio friends: celebrate the American chestnut on Tuesday, April 23 at the John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin. ... See MoreSee Less

Ohio friends: celebrate the American chestnut on Tuesday, April 23 at the John Bartram Arboretum at Kendal at Oberlin.

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Pets of The American Chestnut Foundation: Episode 3

Charlie Renfield Sparkle, aka Charlie Chestnut or “Chichi,” is a certified HLI (Horrible Little Idiot) with over 6 months experience of bringing joy and chaos to the home of TACF’s Northern Regional Outreach Coordinator, Catherine Martini. He was brought home last fall along with the chestnut harvest and has been trying to bury himself in the forest ever since. Charlie is not a wild-type American chihuahua and hasn’t been genotyped yet, but phenotypically we believe he is a Pug-Chihuahua hybrid.
When not digging up various disgusting things in the yard, Charlie is most frequently attacking his siblings or snoring on Catherine’s lap while she checks her emails.

Matilda is the soul-dog and familiar of Catherine. She is a fearsome and powerful wrestler who only plays “Matilda wins.” Her favorite activities include sunning herself, going for long walks in the wilderness, protecting every baby (no matter what species – most recently, bunnies), and giving an amount of kisses way above the recommended daily allowance. Matilda prides herself on her ability to make anyone, even her dog siblings, give up their spot on the couch for her. And let’s face it, she really deserves that spot more than any of us do.

Moreau “Goose” Martini-Riley is a 5-year-old boxer dog who got the nickname of “Goose” because he is so silly. Goose is here for two reasons: to play, and to eat butter – and he’s not allowed to eat butter.
Goose only has one brain cell, which is heart-shaped, so he’s perfectly suited to his job of being the charismatic goof-ball who loves everyone. He enjoys making everyone he meets feel like the most important person in the world and will sneak in a sloppy kiss or two if you let him. Goose loves to help in the garden, mostly by digging holes, but he also loves to hurt in the garden, mostly by digging holes. Goose was born deaf, but he doesn’t know it – he knows sign commands and enjoys sleeping through his siblings’ barking parties.
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