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Northern Indiana Volunteer Opportunity: IN State Champion Tree and Natural Regeneration
When: Monday, May 23: 9am – 3pm Where: Across from 10041 558 East, Roselawn, IN This is the site of the Indiana State Champion American chestnut tree. Measuring over 40” DBH, this tree is growing about 0.75” per year. One of the most exciting aspects of this site is...
Southern Indiana Volunteer Opportunity: Measurements and Genetic Sequencing
When: Sunday, May 22: 9am – 5pm Where: Jackson-Washington State Forest Behind 7785 IN-135 Salem, IN 47167 There are two plantings at this location: a BC3F1 breeding orchard planted in 2003 and a BC3F3 progeny test planted in 2014. Our focus for this event will be the...
April planting of pure American Chestnuts
On April 30, 2022 volunteers from the Indiana chapter of TACF planted an additional 24 pure American chestnut seedlings at the chapter’s germplasm conservation orchard (GCO) in Clinton county Indiana. This is the second year in which seedlings have been added to the...
Volunteer Opportunity for Indiana TACF Chapter Members
When: Saturday, April 30, 2022. Work will start around 9:30 AM and last until 1:00 or 2:00 PM What: Planting of 50 new pure American chestnut seedlings in the Indiana chapter’s germplasm conservation orchard near Kirklin, Indiana Where: 3562 CR 730 S Kirklin, IN...
Visiting backcross planting
On March 9, 2022 Indiana Chapter science officer Jim McKenna and other volunteers visited a backcross chestnut planting which was done in 2011 by the chapter at Hoosier National Forest just north of the Ohio river. One tree in particular has proven to be quite...
Pulling Chestnut seedlings to be used for grafting
On March 4, 2022 Caleb Kell, who works on chestnut breeding at Purdue’s Hardwood Tree Improvement and Regeneration Center, pulled and packaged American chestnut seedlings at the Indiana DNR state tree nursery at Vallonia Indiana. These robust seedlings are one year...
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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!
Facebook: Vermont & New Hampshire Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation
Instagram: @vtnh_tacf
Happy first day of Spring! 🌱
I have 83 acres in East TN, don't know if I have any Chestnut trees... I'll have to check this spring
I just found out our local school in northeast Bradford Pennsylvania . is planting chestnut trees around the school .the students have planned it all out
Friendly reminder that our Chestnut Chat is
LIVE today at 11:30 AM (EST).
We hope you can join!
Don't forget you have to be preregistered to join!https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_c6Gab9NhQrS4wJZTjvTcPg
Here’s a little chestnut green today from The American Chestnut Foundation's Meadowview Research Farms in Virginia where we preserve, study, and breed American chestnut trees for resistance to the blight fungus. Pictured in these also: Ciera Wilbur, Nursery Manager; Cassie Stark, Laboratory Manager and Dr. Vasiliy Lakoba, Director of Research.
At Meadowview thousands of American chestnuts are at various stages of the breeding process, planted on more than 150 acres.
Photos; March 16, 2023
Where do these trees end up?
Can those trees be bought?
Can I buy few American chestnut seedlings or seeds from you ?
Is there some place I can get them in TN?.... we have 83 acres of land and would love to plant some
When can we the public get to get some so we can plant them around our areas. To help the Chestnut 🌰 trees make a comeback..?
Colleen Amangerov . Look how cool
WOW...