Photo of the Month
 April's photo of the Month, "Goose Pond," is by Joseph Flack Weiler.
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 In honor of National Volunteer Week, TACF would like to recognize those who give their hands and hearts to furthering the mission of TACF. Thank you for all your hard work!
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Become a part of one of the greatest environmental success stories of your lifetime!
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The cover of the March/April issue of The Journal of The American Chestnut Foundation, one of many benefits we offer our members. Get your copy today!
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Brad and Shelli Stanback
Outstanding Philanthropists
in Conservation
We are pleased to announce that TACF long-time supporters, Brad and Shelli Stanback of Canton, NC were presented the 2012 Outstanding Philanthropist in Conservation Award by Wild South's Roosevelt-Ashe Society.
Thank you Brad and Shelli for your great contribution to conservation of the American chestnut! |
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March and April are busy months at the Meadowview Research Farms, especially this March, which shaped up to be the warmest March on record in southwestern Virginia. It remains to be seen how this unusually warm weather will affect this year's seed crop if we have a late spring freeze. Read More | |
Logan Sykes and Farm Coordinator David Bevins prepare
seed beds at the Wagner Research Farm.
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Before chestnut trees bud out, you may have to make an identification by their twigs. to see if you can correctly identify this chestnut.
Stay tuned in May for the answer!
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It Takes a Community to Plant a Seed
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Photo by Mike Manes
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The Morning Call, a newspaper based in Allentown, PA recently reported on a collaboration between TACF, two Pennsylvania State Agencies, and Lehigh County officials to organize local volunteers to seed a four-acre field at the Trexler Nature Preserve with American chestnuts. Watch video and browse photo gallery.
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| My Chestnut Story
by Paul Galloway
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Photo by Paul Galloway
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"It was somewhere around the early 1980s when I spotted an article about a geneticist in Minnesota who was proposing a new and different look at the plight of the American chestnut tree."
Paul Galloway, now 82, recounts his story of early chestnut breeding in New Hampshire. Read More (pdf)
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TACF's Partnership with ARRI Draws Volunteers From Across Appalachia
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Photo by Dick Olson
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Since 2005, TACF has been working with the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative (ARRI) and other partners to reforest reclaimed mine lands and return them to healthy, productive forest lands. This work is virtually impossible without the help of local residents who want to restore their landscape to its former beauty. Read more about volunteers in southwest Virgina who participated in these plantings.
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TACF Calendar of Events
April 28 / VT/NH Annual Meeting / Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, NH / 9:30am - 4pm
June 9 / AT MEGA-Transect Project training / Nantahala Outdoor Center, Bryson City, NC / contact tom@acf.org
September 4-8/ Fifth International Chestnut Symposium/ National Conservation Training Center Shepherdstown, WV
October 5-7 / Paul Bunyan Show / Guernsey County Fairgrounds, Old Washington, OH
October 13 / 3rd Annual Chestnut Restoration Celebration / Hartwood, Abingdon, VA / contact: swvabanch@acf.org October 20-21 / TACF Annual Meeting and Chestnut Summit / Asheville, NC
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