In The News
By Robert Sypolt, TACF West Virginia Chapter President The West Virginia chapter of TACF is actively planning an exhibit at the 2017 Boy Scout Jamboree happening July 19 to July 28. […]
By Kendra Collins, New England Regional Science Coordinator Winter is often a quieter time for those of us working with American chestnuts. It is also a great time to start […]
The American Chestnut Foundation’s Meadowview Research Farms is facing a daunting task: the removal of several thousand trees from the Price, Duncan and Wagner farms. The decision to remove the […]
Pure American seedlings are sold out for 2017! We appreciate your orders! The American Chestnut Foundation has a limited supply of pure American seedlings available to members. These trees will eventually […]
TACF’s TN chapter president, Vicki Turner, was quoted in this article about the largest community tree planting in TN history, slated for February 25, 2017. A number of conservation organizations […]
Check out this great article by Cici Zhang at ScienceLine about the two sophisticated techniques that could rescue the beloved American chestnut tree. TACF thanks its partners, Board members, and […]
The LandTrust for Central North Carolina has announced a new youth initiative aimed at sponsoring outdoors activities and conservation education. In a news release, the Land Trust said the program — called […]
At 87, E.O. Wilson has lost none of his intellectual rigor. His sentences are long, rolling, full of enough parentheticals to make Proust smile, and delivered in a wonderfully soothing, […]
Gary Carver, TACF’s Maryland chapter president, won second place for his “Chestnut Sided Nuthatches” sculpture at this year’s Frederick County Art Association Members Exhibit. If you live in the area, […]
Clemson forestry students visited Dr. Joe James at Chestnut Return Farm in Upstate South Carolina. This story covers everything from the blight to Phytophthora cinnamomi, the deadly root rot that […]