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New London, NH Conservation Commission wins American Chestnut Foundation 2025 Partner Award
The New London, NH Conservation Commission (NLCC) is the proud winner of The American Chestnut Foundation Partner’s Award for 2025. This award recognizes groups that have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the mission of restoring the American Chestnut tree to...
New London Conservation Commission Seedling Project Update
The New London Conservation Commission potted 93 American Chestnut seed nuts and delivered them to Spring Ledge Farm (SLF) in New London on April 10, 2025. SLF has several commercial year-round greenhouses and the owner, Greg Berger, offered NLCC some space in this...
May 2025 Newsletter
President's Corner This will be my last message to you, as I have recently been given the gift of a grandson in NYC and have found a wonderful place to live in Emmaus, PA on a mountain overlooking a conserved valley of agricultural land. I’ll have a chance to see my...
2025 Free Nut Offer
Upcoming Free American Chestnut Seed Offer Spring is close which means that the VT/NH Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will once again offer free American chestnut seeds to Chapter members. Details will be sent later. If you have related questions at...
November 24 Newsletter
President's Corner By Evan Fox, VT/NH Chapter President What a difference a year makes! Last year we bemoaned the effects of a late May frost which seriously changed plans for fieldwork. But we pollinated with what we believed was Darling 58 pollen at...
Upcoming planting event – 9/14
PLANTINGS IN NEW LONDON, NH On Saturday, September 14th, TACF VT/NH will hold its first ever joint Orchard Management Day with the New London, NH Conservation Commission (NLCC). This Commission is a proud chapter member which has eighty chestnut trees growing on...
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Learn more about this remarkable standing American chestnut in the article “We The People: How Iowa Is Part of the Effort to Save the Rare American Chestnut Tree.” Courtesy of Grace Vance and KCRG.
Visit: www.ktiv.com/2026/01/12/we-people-how-iowa-is-part-effort-save-rare-american-chestnut-tree/
#americanchestnut #chestnuts #restoration #conservation #explorepage
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Georgia has a stand of chestnut trees in a secret location. Can they borrow some pollen from this tree to add to their breeding collection? They need a varied gene pool for the future.
A guy named Bill Deeter has just recently observed that trees that have crown gall seem to be warding off the blight. Im really hoping that this will bring back the longevity of the American Chestnut
My Neighbors have a vet old chestnut tree - they have contacted several conservation groups about getting a sapling of a second . So it would produce chestnuts once again-
A month ago, our President and CEO, Michael Goergen, got to visit the New York Botanical Garden and see the original documentation of chestnut blight taken from a tree in the Bronx Zoo. Feeling a sense of inspiration from the experience, Michael wrote, "Holding that bark brings both grief and resolve. Grief for what was lost. Resolve for the work ahead.
Because for the first time since 1905, we are no longer documenting decline.
We are documenting return.
The American chestnut is not a memory. It is a restoration mission and The American Chestnut Foundation is building the tools and partnerships to finish what Merkel, Murrill, and others could not.
Seeing the original blight records didn’t make the work feel more challenging. It made it feel inevitable.
Restoration is the next chapter. We get to write it."
#explorepage #americanchestnut #history #chestnuts #learn #nature #forestry #trees #blight #restoration #conservation
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Whoo hoo! Sorry, you were not the first to know this. The Chestnut Lady.
Our New England Regional Science Coordinator, Deni Ranguelova, made an appearance on the podcast "Across the Fence" to discuss the American chestnut tree and why we are working to restore them.
Check out the podcast on Youtube at youtu.be/c9EeOc5WIaE?si=80CQtoY4-qeQhjtI
#americanchestnut #chestnuts #podcast #history #restoration #conservation #nature #forestry #explorepage
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So like Covid?
I have 70+ new Dunstan hybrids going in this spring, sprouted in my fridge in peat moss right now. They're going out into a 1 acre area on my 18 acres of wooded land in the Poconos. I'm planning to add Italian and Chinese chestnuts next year and let the natural pollination process produce its own hybrids and resistance over time.
This was all because someone in upstate Delaware thought it would be a good idea to grow a Chinese chestnut in their yard so they could show it off to their friends.
New year, new opportunities! Now’s the perfect time to get involved with the American chestnut. 🌱
Check out our January & February events and join the movement!
Visit out events calendar for more info on each event
#americanchestnut #events #volunteer #pennsylvania #castaneapa #Maine #rhodeisland #pennstate #chestnuts #explorepage
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TACF is hiring both a Mid-Atlantic and Southern Regional Science Coordinator! Support volunteer-led science programs, work hands-on with chestnut restoration, and connect regional chapters with national research efforts. If you have experience with tree breeding and selection programs, leading volunteer events, orchard management, or are passionate about the return of American chestnut to its native range, we encourage you to apply.
The link to apply and more details can be found here: tacf.org/employment/
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