Sam Muncy, WV-TACF treasurer and Sharon Reeves Cottrill, roasted chestnuts at the Spirit of Christmas Festival at Fort New Salem in Salem, WV. Sam stated that more than 75% of the people who attended the festival tasted chestnuts for the very first time. 
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Check out this interview by World Teen where ME Chapter Vice President, Eva Butler, and our Director of Science Implementation, Cassie Stark, discuss the American chestnut and the role recurrent genomic selection has in saving it.
Watch the full video here: teen.gwnews.com/articles/genetic-research-may-save-the-american-chestnut
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May Events! Field season is starting, so get out and help plant some chestnuts!
Visit the following link to register for an event: tacf.org/events/category/tacf/
#americanchestnut #events #VA #wv #conservation #restoration #explorepage
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Can they grow in Florida?
The VA Chapter collaborated on an orchard culling project at Matthews State Forest with Grayson Land Care!
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Read this article in Preservation Magazine to learn how a historic shelter made of American chestnut logs was moved across state lines.
Article by Alison Van Houten and image by David Huff.
Click the following link to read the article: savingplaces.org/stories/appalachian-trail-shelter-is-saved
#news #americanchestnut #historic #explorepage #conservation
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That picture is at it's new location in Hot Springs, NC, it's on display there
Love seeing what the Chapters are up to!
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I have two massive chestnut trees in my backyard and I’ve tried to get someone to look at them to see what kind they are. Who can I contact?
Thank you to our long time Partner, Army Corps of Engineers, Green River Lake. * * * You all do much to educate and serve the thousands of Visitors who enjoy Green River Lake in Central Kentucky. Ken Darnell, KY TACF Chapter President