Join TACF's end-of-year countdown and vote for your favorite chestnut events of 2012! Check out our Facebook page to vote or go directly to the voting site. The deadline to cast your vote is Thursday, December 13th.
Born in Leslie County, Kentucky, my grandfather Ted Hacker valued two natural resources above all: American chestnuts (Castanea dentata) and honey bees (Apis mellifera mellifera-Italian). The towering heights of the chestnuts, their wide girths harboring bee gums, the nuts he gathered for the family's stock of pigs, and the honey he collected were imprinted upon him during the Depression years.Read more.
Restoration Chestnut 1.0 Increase Means Fantastic End-of-Year News for TACF Sponsors
Due to a surge in Restoration Chestnut 1.0 seed production at Meadowview Research Farms, there will be an increase in the seed allotment this year. All Chestnut Leaf Annual Sponsors (who have renewed since March 2012) will receive 4 Restoration Chestnuts, Bronze Leaf Annual Sponsors will receive 6 Restoration Chestnuts, and Silver Leaf Annual Sponsors will receive 12 Restoration Chestnuts. Find out more about our Annual Sponsor Program!
Join Carolinas Chapter Board member Jon Taylor as he recalls his experience hunting down mighty American chestnuts on the campus of Chico State University in Northern California. Read his story here.
TACF Calendar
December 1 / Volunteers needed for the Nantahala National Forest Planting / contact tom@acf.org for more information
The mission of The American Chestnut Foundation is to restore the American chestnut tree to our eastern woodlands to benefit our environment, our wildlife, and our society.
TACF is a 501(c)3 conservation organization headquartered in Asheville, NC.
To learn about TACF and its national breeding program, visit www.acf.org.
