The American Chestnut Foundation
"Shades of Green" 
Taken by Brian Fox at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC.

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TACF National Office
160 Zillicoa St, Suite D
Asheville, NC 28801
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Greetings!  
Welcome to over 1,000 Dolly fans who rose to the occasion and downloaded "Oh Chestnut Tree" on our website, a song written and performed by Dolly Parton and her uncle, Bill Owens as a way to spread their support for American chestnut restoration. We hope you enjoy our monthly e-newsletter and share it with your friends!
Garden Club of America Awards Prestigious Medal of Honor to TACF  

On May 2nd TACF's President & CEO Bryan Burhans was presented with a Medal of Honor from the Garden Club of America (GCA) for TACF's outstanding service to horticulture. Past winners of GCA metals have included Rachel Carson, the Rockefeller Family, Dr. E. O. Wilson, and Dr. Norman Borlaug (a founder of TACF). Find out the details of this distinguished award.
Grafting Gives Legs to Trees at Meadowview Research Farms     
By Dr. Laura Georgi, TACF Pathologist  
To finish converting the Meadowview Research Farm's Wagner Farm to a seed orchard, we need to remove a few more of the older trees growing there. We are "moving" the trees to the Price Farm by grafting their buds onto sprouts (epicotyls) of germinated Chinese chestnut seeds. Find out how it's done.
Video: It Takes a Village  

American chesnut planting 5-9-13
Have you ever seen a time-lapse video of a group putting in an American chestnut orchard? Dr. William Powell of SUNY-ESF took this video of 8 volunteers planting about 580 transgenic American chestnut trees at ESF's LaFayette Road Experiment station. This shows that it really does take a "village" to plant an orchard! 
The Golden Chinquapin of California  
By Fred Paillet
There is another chinquapin our there, the golden or giant chinquapin, Chrysolepis chrysophylla. This tree is a member of the Fagaceae (beech) family, but is very different from Castanea species such as Ozark and Allegheny chinquapin. Read more!
How to Out-plant Chestnut Seedlings   
By Paul Franklin and Tom Saielli 
       
If you'll be planting American chestnut seedlings this spring or fall, be sure to read the pdf of this how-to article, published in the 2013 January/February issue of The Journal of The American Chestnut Foundation. Get started with Regional Science Coordinator Tom Saielli's advice: "The most important step is choosing a good site. It's like the old real estate slogan, location, location, location." 
TACF Calendar       
 

August 15 / Poster and Presentation Abstract Submission Deadline(pdf) for TACF's 2013 Annual Meeting

 

October 19-20 / TACF's 2013 Annual Meeting / Hyatt Dulles, Herndon, VA / Stay tuned for details


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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.