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Our photo this month features a robin's nest perfectly placed in a chestnut tree, taken by Mary Lu Sinclair of the Connecticut Chapter.
 
Check out how to enter your photos in TACF's 2013 Photo Contest! 
  
 for TACF's 30th Annual Meeting in Herndon, Virginia. We've got an exciting lineup of speakers and activities for all to enjoy. 
A great gift for every coffee and tea drinker in your family. 
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools: Students fight to save the American chestnut

 

 

Forests for Maine's Future: Bringing back the giants
 
 
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Asheville, NC 28801
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US Botanic Garden Executive Director to Give Keynote Address at TACF's 30th Annual Meeting
By Debora Fialka, Virginia Chapter of TACF
 
American chestnuts are far from the only botanical species at risk in a changing world. At TACF's 30th Annual Meeting, keynote speaker Holly Shimizu, Executive Director of the nation's iconic US Botanic Garden, will describe the strategies that arboreta and botanical gardens around the world are adopting in order to ensure that the plant communities they tend, and we depend on, continue to thrive and teach us. Learn more.

Philanthropy Forum: Estate Giving

By Ginny Blossom Kruntorad, VP Development  

Each of us is compelled to make an impact on the world and the legacies we leave behind are indications of who we were and what we stood for during our lives. Charitable giving is a powerful vehicle through which to leave a meaningful legacy. Find out how you can provide for TACF through estate giving. 

Submitted by the Virginia Chapter of TACF

 

Damage to chestnut caused by cicadas has been well documented. While most of the east coast was lucky not to have been inundated with cicadas this summer, parts of Virginia (VA) were impacted heavily. Areas where heavy infestations occurred were spotty from central to northern VA. Read more!

 
TACF Chief Scientist Fred Hebard and TACF's backcross breeding program were featured in the German weekly magazine Der Spiegel. Take a peek at the article and sharpen up your German language skills (Or, you can always use a translator service like Google Translate)! 
 
"In Appalachia, the total area of surface mined land is estimated to be around 1.5 million acres. Much of this land is non-forested and unused. But The American Chestnut Foundation and Green Forest Works are two organizations developing an innovative approach - planting hardwood trees including the threatened American chestnut - for making these vast swaths of land ecologically and economically viable." Hear the full story here.
TACF Calendar         

 

Sept. 15 / Carolinas Chapter Meeting / Joe and Sandy James' farm @ 260 Steve Nix Rd, Seneca, SC / email dgillis001@carolina.rr.com

 

Sept. 19 / Indiana Chapter Event / Merry Lea Farmstead, Albion, IN/ 4-8 pm

 

Sept. 21 / American Chestnut Workshop and Tour(pdf) / Swanton Public Library, Swanton, OH / pre-register by 9-15

 

Sept. 30/ 2013 Photo Contest Entry Deadline(pdf) 

 

Oct. 12 / 4th Annual Chestnut Restoration Celebration / Meadowview, VA / 2 - 6 pm / email SWVABranch@acf.org

 

Oct. 13 / 6th Annual West Virginia Chestnut Festival / Rowlesburg, WV / 10:30 am - 7:30 pm 

 

Oct. 17-18 / TACF Board and Cabinet Meetings / Hyatt Dulles, Herndon, VA 

 

Oct. 18-20 / TACF's 2013 Annual Meeting / Hyatt Dulles, Herndon, VA

 
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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.