A group of 13 volunteers gathered at the greenhouse on the campus of West Virginia University to pot about 400 chestnuts, including backcross chestnuts from Meadowview, American chestnuts from West Virginia and Maryland and some miscellaneous open-pollinated nuts from a research chestnut orchard. The nuts were potted prior to the shelter-in-place orders resulting from the coronavirus outbreak. Volunteers from Raleigh, Braxton, Barbour, Preston, Harrison and Monongalia Counties assisted. Many thanks to all who helped.
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The amazing Bette Midler on why she started the New York Restoration Project--and at the 3:15 mark, watch her talk about and plant a chestnut!
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What a wonderful person ! Go Bette !!!!
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The American Chestnut Foundation’s (TACF) Board of Directors is pleased to announce that Michael Goergen has been appointed as the organization’s new President & CEO and will begin in mid-September 2025. He will succeed interim President & CEO Bruce Levine.
A strategic executive with more than 25 years of leadership in the forest products and climate sectors, Michael has driven innovation, sustainability, and transformative partnerships throughout his career.
To learn more about him, visit tacf.org/michael-goergen-named-president-ceo-of-the-american-chestnut-foundation/
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Lucinda’s got a tree to introduce you to 🌳👋
Meet even more trees at tacf.org/meet-the-trees/
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This is D2-19-136 if you'd like to view it on our webpage!
Great video, keep them coming.
Thanks. I have one from OIKOS that was advertised as 95% American. Here's the trunk -- alittle blight on the lowest branch at left, but that's been yrs ago and has healed over. It's been putting out male pollen racemes, but they don't open (become fuzzy) -- don't know why.
Reminder! TACF's 2025 American Chestnut Photo Contest is going on now, with a new, extended deadline!
The first-place winner will have their photo featured on the cover of a future issue of Chestnut magazine and receive a one-year TACF membership, along with a T-shirt and hat. The second-place winner will receive a T-shirt and sticker, and the third-place winner will receive a sticker. All winners will be recognized in a future issue of Chestnut.
Visit tacf.org/2025-photo-contest/ for all the details.
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who has chestnut seeds? i want to grow some.
Celebrate the legacy of Rex Mann—forester, storyteller, and passionate champion for the American chestnut—with this limited edition Leave Tracks t-shirt.
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