Rescuing the
American Chestnut
Our Vision
is a robust eastern forest restored to its splendor
Our Mission
is to return the iconic American chestnut to its native range
Chestnut Chat Series
In the next Chestnut Chat on Friday, March 17, 2023 at 11:30 AM (EST), TACF invites poster contest winners and participants from the 2022 Annual Symposium to recap their work in front of a larger audience. We are excited to be joined by three young scientists from partnering academic institutions. All Chestnut Chats are LIVE via Zoom, so you can attend from anywhere! To pre-register for this event, click on How to Participate below.
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Biotech Chestnut Tree to Restore Lost Ecosystems and Biodiversity With Your Help
A recent article, published just before the holidays, shares the history of restoration efforts of the American chestnut tree. The article continues on to detail the current deregulation efforts towards the transgenic tree, Darling 58. "Over the last twenty years,...
The Race to Save the American Chestnut
American Chestnuts once numbered in the billions and ranged along the East coast from Maine to Mississippi. But a blight in the early 1900s pushed them back to a fraction of their historic range. Today, the American Chestnut is considered “functionally extinct”, but...
Gene Editing Could Revive a Nearly Lost Tree
In a recent article by The Washington Post, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) in partnership with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) continue the conversation around the transgenic breeding of the American...
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An example of how the volunteer chapters work and collaborate to use their orchards and resources toward the mission of creating blight resistant chestnuts.
In 2005, we harvested our first potentially blight-resistant chestnuts. We continue this rigorous testing and trials in the forest, orchard, and research labs. The return of the American chestnut to its former native range in the Appalachian hardwood forest ecosystem is a major restoration project that requires a multi-faceted effort involving members and volunteers, scientific research, sustained funding, and most importantly, a sense of the past and a hope for the future.
Let’s get some Chestnut 🌰 trees 🌳 so we can make them come back to American 🇺🇸 soil.
The PA / NJ Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation is holding a Spring Growers Meeting, April 1st at 8:30am-4pm. In person and virtual options available. Tickets sold online, click the event to learn more!
This is a grower-centric meeting focused of chestnuts. Planting, growing and breeding basics.
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The Vermont & New Hampshire chapter of TACF is now on social media. Be sure to like & follow!
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Upcoming Events
Planting, Growing, and Breeding Basics for American Chestnut Join us on Saturday, April 1, 2023 (8:30 AM-4:00 PM) for a grower-centric meeting focused on chestnuts. We will gather in 603 […]
The Spring Meeting of the Maryland Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will be held at the Gaithersburg Regional Library, 18330 Montgomery Village Ave, Gaithersburg, Maryland on April 1, 2023 […]