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The mission of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) is to restore the American chestnut tree to the forests of Eastern North America by breeding genetically diverse blight-resistant trees, evaluating various approaches to the management of chestnut pests and pathogens, and reintroducing the trees into the forest in an ecologically acceptable manner.
Large surviving American chestnut in its natural range. The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation (ACCF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit, scientific, and educational foundation that was organized in 1986 and with the help of research and volunteers from Virginia Tech University, is dedicated to restoring the American chestnut (Castanea dentata) [1] to its former place in the United States ...
The American Chestnut Foundation was also only recently told about the tree's existence. [134] Members of the Kentucky chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation have been pollinating a tree found on a farm in Adair County, and a specimen found on Henderson Ridge in Elliott County. The Adair County tree is over one hundred years old. [135] [136]
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While The American Chestnut Foundation discontinued support of development of the Darling 58 cultivar in December 2023, in part due to the mistaken use of Darling 54 in all completed field trials, [8] The American Chestnut Research & Restoration Program, who originated the tree, continues its development. The ACRRP has decided to build on top ...
Jul. 12—For park Manager Rob Barrese, Lackawanna State Park's participation in a project to help restore the American chestnut to its former glory has become a matter of growing and waiting. The ...