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As you consider your end-of-year charitable contributions, please give generously to TACF and help us reintroduce disease-resistant American chestnuts to our eastern forests.
 
 
 


Bill Adamsen of the Connecticut Chapter snapped this shot of a common grey tree frog hanging out in a Connecticut orchard. Click here to learn more and see this fellow up close and personal.
 
Skip the mall, save on gas, and give them the gift of nature, plant a tree in their honor, or surprise them with a gift membership. 
 

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TACF National Office
160 Zillicoa St, Suite D
Asheville, NC 28801
(828) 281-0047

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"Chestnut Feast" by Susan Bull Riley
Dear Friends,

At the close of another year, we gratefully pause to wish you a warm and happy holiday season.
 
- TACF Staff
Featured Video: Virginia's Prince William Forest Park

Click the video to watch VA-TACF's installation of a demonstration planting at Prince William Forest Park.
Out of the Cold, into the South   
By Tom Saielli, TACF Regional Science Coordinator    
 
Explore the results from Tom's chestnut cold tolerance study in Vermont and find out how this research has led him to pursue related research in the Southeast. Read the story.  
As a recent guest on American Public Media's The Dinner Party Download, we are hoping TACF's Bryan Burhans will be quoted at dinner parties across the US. Why? Well, the show aims to help listeners "win" their weekend dinner parties through an upbeat, hour-long broadcast on food, culture, and conversation. As a chestnut enthusiast, this is all you need for your upcoming holiday parties! Listen to Bryan's interview or hear the whole show. 
Cooking with Chestnuts for the Holidays
Whether you collected chestnuts from a neighborhood tree, or you picked some up at the supermarket, chestnuts are a tasty holiday treat! Below we've collected several recipes that will make excellent additions to the holiday table spead.  

Have you ever wanted to search the www.acf.org website? Now you can with our customized search bar! Be sure to use this new tool located on the home page and throughout the website. Enjoy!
   
TACF Calendar

Jan. 11 / IN Chapter Annual Meeting / The Martell Forest and Wright Forestry Center, West Lafayette, IN / 11 am / Featured speaker, Sara Fitzsimmons / email Ben Finegan  

Jan. 25 / Louisville Restoration Branch fundraiser / Live bluegrass music by Millers Folly / The Bard's Town, 1801 Bardstown Road, Louisville, KY / 6:30 - 9:30 pm 

Mar. 21-22 / Spring Board and Cabinet Meetings / Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon, VA / details to come 

For more TACF events, visit
http://www.acf.org/calendar.php 
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.