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This month's photo "Frosty Morning" was taken by Andrew Newhouse at a SUNY-ESF chestnut research plot, near Syracuse, NY .
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An update from Meadowview's Director of Operations, Jeff Donahue |  |
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Chestnut Hills, aka the West Salem Stand, Makes the Top 10 Strange and Unique Forests List!
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Each day, the website Listverse creates a new, unique list focused on themes that intrigue and educate, specializing in the bizarre or lesser-known trivia. This is a list not to miss!
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TACF Receives Top Rating
The American Chestnut Foundation
has earned a fifth consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator for its ability to efficiently manage and grow its finances. Only 4% of the charities rated by Charity Navigator have received five consecutive 4-star evaluations.
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It's planting season already, in many parts of the chestnut range. Take our Question of the Month and see how you compare.
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Learn the latest news from TACF researchers! This broadcast from WCYB News based in Bristol, Virgina brings you an update from TACF's Meadowview Research Farms.
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Steve Barilovits of the Carolinas Chapter of TACF at the Quality Deer Management Expo in February.
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Need something to boost interest in your Chapter or Restoration Branch? Try setting up a booth at a local trade show, says TACF President & CEO, Bryan Burhans. |
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|  Although chestnut blight has spread throughout much of Europe since its discovery in Italy in 1938, Forestry Commission scientists have confirmed the first findings of Cryphonectria parasitica in Great Britain. Find out more about how Great Britain officials are taking action. |
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|  Born in 1866 on a farm in East Tennessee and eventually settling in Connecticut and New Hampshire, Congressman John Quillin Tilson inspired his New England descendents to plant chestnuts on the East Tennessee property he left them. Read the story here. |
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Correspondence From a TACF Long-term Member
| The month of March is when TACF distributes seed to our Annual Sponsors, Long-term members, Mighty Giants and Legacy Tree donors. Here is what one recipient, Dan Stiles had to say:
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Hi! Our five chestnut seeds arrived in excellent shape this past Saturday, and I planted them in five half gallon orange juice containers that same day.
Several weeks ago, my wife, Elizabeth, and I purchased five half gallons of orange juice, and not knowing when the seeds might arrive, we drank as much as we could, as quickly as we could. I did notice toward the end of the fifth half gallon that Elizabeth's skin was turning noticeably yellow--- but she's OK now. All this said another way is simply, thank you. We are excited!
-Dan Stiles
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TACF Calendar of Events
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March 24 / Boy Scouts of America planting with ARRI / Pike County, KY / Contact Patrick Angel: pangel@osmre.gov
March 24 / Glade Spring, VA planting in the Town Square and Dunn Field / Glade Spring, VA / Contact Tommie Pratt: tkpratt47@gmail.com October 20-21 / TACF Annual Meeting and Chestnut Summit/ Asheville, NC--Webpage coming soon!
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