by Hal Brindley | Apr 16, 2024 | Uncategorized
View from above of American chestnut catkins, by Florian Carle 2024 American Chestnut Photo Contest Lace up your hiking boots and keep your phone or camera handy, because it’s time for this year’s American Chestnut Photo Contest. We want to see your colorful,...
by Hal Brindley | Dec 8, 2023 | Press Release, Uncategorized
TACF Discontinues Development of Darling 58 Asheville, NC, December 8, 2023 The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced today that it will discontinue its development of the Darling 58 American chestnut due to significant performance limitations that, from...
by Hal Brindley | Nov 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
You can help conserve the American chestnut by collecting scion wood The American Chestnut Foundation is seeking scion wood from wild American chestnut trees from the southern population. (Scion wood is the name for the twigs used in grafting and propagating woody...
by Jen Picicci | Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
By WV Board Member Lewis Cook Over a brisk weekend in early October, during the Annual West Virginia Chestnut Festival in Rowlesburg Mark Double, WV-TACF Chapter President, retired from his duties. Chapter Board member Lewis A. Cook shared these kind words about his...
by Jen Picicci | Oct 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hannah Leeper, Southern Regional Outreach Coordinator Thank you to President Doug Gillis and the other members and volunteers of TACF’s Carolinas Chapter who attended our virtual meeting on September 20, 2023! This meeting, the first held since the COVID-19...
by Hal Brindley | Oct 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
By Hal Brindley Many Indigenous cultures share a long history with the American chestnut tree. The tree provided an important supply of food and, in turn, many Indigenous Peoples managed landscapes to improve habitat for chestnut trees. Gathering Chestnuts, a...
