by TACF | Nov 1, 2021 | eSprout
“Music from the river once was a lullaby to the great town that doesn’t have ears to hear it much anymore. Sometimes a rainbow spans the olden home place of the Principal People. But it doesn’t speak the same happy tidings to the same happy tribe. Even the tall,...
by TACF | Jul 19, 2021 | eSprout
In April of 2021, former TACF Regional Science Coordinator Paul Sisco and a volunteer crew participated in a workday at the backcross chestnut orchard located at Lioncrest, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, NC. The ground where the trees are planted is known to contain...
by TACF | May 7, 2021 | Press Release
Before globalization and colonialism brought the invasive chestnut blight pathogen to American soils, for thousands of years, the Cherokee made a cough syrup from the leaves of the American chestnut tree. The Cherokee also took an infusion of year old chestnut for...
by TACF | May 31, 2018 | eSprout, Uncategorized
Send your best chestnut-related photos to TACF. The winning photo will be featured on an upcoming cover of Chestnut magazine and the winning photographer will receive a complimentary one-year membership. Let your creative light shine! How to Enter and Contest Terms:...
by TACF | Jun 15, 2017 | External News
Chestnut Supporters Unite! Kevin Stankiewicz with the Pittsburg Post-Gazette wrote a great article this week on the current progress and restoration of the American chestnut. Both Kim Steiner and Sara Fitzsimmons were interviewed and spoke effortlessly about the...
