Allegheny Chinquapin seeds sent to Arkansas

Allegheny chinquapin (Castanea pumila) seeds from the Clements Tree Nursery in Mason, WV were sent to the Prairie Grove Battlefield State Park in Prairie Grove Arkansas.  There are about 200 chinquapin trees at the Mason County site, and a small bag-full of...

Arthurdale, WV

Arthurdale is a small, unincorporated community in northern West Virginia (Preston County).  It was one of 98 planned communities that were part of President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal.  The town was built in 1933 at the height of the depression as a social...
Chestnut seedlings in the West Virginia University greenhouse

Chestnut seedlings in the West Virginia University greenhouse

In mid-March, about a dozen individuals gathered at the West Virginia University greenhouse to pot 350 germinating nuts provided by the TACF’s Meadowview staff.  The nuts were in perfect shape, packaged neatly in small plastic bags.  The nuts were potted in...