http://ctacf.org/index.cfm CT Chapter, American Chestnut Foundation en-us Fri, 18 May 2012 14:34:34 -0700 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:25:00 -0700 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ctacf@ctacf.org ctacf@ctacf.org http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2012/2/6/East-Tennessee--New-England-chestnut-connection By Bill Adamsen President, CT Chapter TACF Dr. Paul Sisco, President of the Carolinas Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation sent this note last week. I enjoyed reading about the New England dispersed progeny of former Tennessean ... Activities Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:25:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2012/2/6/East-Tennessee--New-England-chestnut-connection http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2012/1/19/Lecture--Rise-and-Fall-of-Two-Great-American-Trees By Bill Adamsen President, CT Chapter TACF A lecture at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, by author and historian Eric Rutkow, Jan. 28 at 2 p.m. The talk explores the histories of the American chestnut and the American elm, ... About Chestnut Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:15:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2012/1/19/Lecture--Rise-and-Fall-of-Two-Great-American-Trees http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/10/24/American-Chestnut-Foundation--New-England-Region-Chapters-Meeting Join us for the 2011 American Chestnut Foundation New England Regional Chapters Meeting! TACF Regional Science Coordinator Kendra Gurney will host a regional chapters meeting on Saturday, November 5th at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, NH... [More] Activities Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:52:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/10/24/American-Chestnut-Foundation--New-England-Region-Chapters-Meeting http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/4/27/Spring-Planting-with-CTACF The Connecticut Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (CTACF®) needs your help! Spring has arrived and it's time to plant last year's harvest in our orchards. In 2010 we hand-pollinated 6 wild American chestnut "mother trees", all native to C... [More] Activities Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:53:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/4/27/Spring-Planting-with-CTACF http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/3/12/2011-CT-Chapter-Annual-Meeting Saturday March 26th we'll be hosting the annual meeting of the CT Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at Bowers Auditorium, Sage Hall, Yale University in New Haven, CT. We have interesting presenters and a fantastic venue - and... Activities Sat, 12 Mar 2011 12:05:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/3/12/2011-CT-Chapter-Annual-Meeting http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/2/22/Encountering-Chestnut-in-Corsica In the summer of 2010 I received an extraordinary invitation to - with my family - visit a friend and family of long-standing during their annual summer sojourn to Corsica. At breakfast, the morning following our arrival, I was most surprised th... About Chestnut Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:49:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2011/2/22/Encountering-Chestnut-in-Corsica http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/11/13/Year-Over-Year-Tree-Growth By Bill Adamsen President, CT Chapter TACF Year Over Year Growth Several of our orchards have limited space for additional planting - they are essentially full - with all the trees we expect to plant for the back-cross program. The tr... Cultivation Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:42:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/11/13/Year-Over-Year-Tree-Growth http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/11/7/2010-Annual-Summary-Report-on-Orchard-Operations By Bill Adamsen Director of The American Chestnut Foundation President, CT Chapter TACF Wilton, CT With the rush of autumn harvest over, The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF®) and its Chapters finally get the opportunity to re... [More] About Us Sun, 07 Nov 2010 09:05:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/11/7/2010-Annual-Summary-Report-on-Orchard-Operations http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/7/28/Plants-Science-Day-at-CAES Always a great day at the CT Agricultural Experiment Station Lockwood Farm, the CAES Plant Science Day is Wednesday August 4th from 10 am to 4pm. There are ninety field plots to review, technical demonstrations, insect identificationn, barn displa... About Chestnut Wed, 28 Jul 2010 12:22:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/7/28/Plants-Science-Day-at-CAES http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/28/TACF-Regional-Science-Coordinator--MidAtlantic-Regional American Chestnut Foundation seeks Mid-Atlantic Regional Science Coordinator The American Chestnut Foundation is seeking a Regional Science Coordinator, which supports the science-related activities of TACF chapters in MD, VA, and WV and cooperat... [More] Organizational Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:13:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/28/TACF-Regional-Science-Coordinator--MidAtlantic-Regional http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/22/Long-Term-Planning-for-the-Connecticut-Chapter-The-American-Chestnut-Foundation The CT Chapter, as part of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF), has made great strides in the effort to restore the American chestnut tree to its former range. As part of the back-cross breeding program, we have planted thousands of tree in doze... [More] Organizational Tue, 22 Jun 2010 19:02:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/22/Long-Term-Planning-for-the-Connecticut-Chapter-The-American-Chestnut-Foundation http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/16/TACF-New-England-Chapters-Held-Regional-Meeting On Saturday, March 20, 2010, the New England Chapters of The American Chestnut Foundation® (TACF®) met for a Regional Chapters meeting at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, NH. The meeting was organized by Kendra Gurney, New Engla... [More] Activities Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/16/TACF-New-England-Chapters-Held-Regional-Meeting http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/2/Chestnut-Flower-Season-is-Here If you have any new info on the blooming status of trees you are checking, please let us know soon. Please count if the tree or tree cluster has at least 25 blooming tips - hopefully averaging 2 or more females per bag if 25 bags placed. A full l... Research Wed, 02 Jun 2010 10:12:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/6/2/Chestnut-Flower-Season-is-Here http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/5/16/A-Big-Thank-You-for-Chestnut-Planting-Help-in-Guilford-and-Middletown On Saturday, May 1, 2010 dozens of hardy volunteers battled near-record heat to plant two American chestnut breeding orchards with the Connecticut Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation® (CT-TACF®). Volunteers included CT-TACF... [More] Cultivation Sun, 16 May 2010 11:32:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/5/16/A-Big-Thank-You-for-Chestnut-Planting-Help-in-Guilford-and-Middletown http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/5/16/Volunteers-Plant-the-Litchfield-Hills-Audubon-Wigwam-Brook-Orchard Saturday May 8th an eighteen member team of volunteer orchard planters descended on the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society's Wigwam Brook property to plant the new American Chestnut Foundation back-cross chestnut research orchard. The group, made... [More] Cultivation Sun, 16 May 2010 10:16:00 -0700 http://ctacf.org/index.cfm/2010/5/16/Volunteers-Plant-the-Litchfield-Hills-Audubon-Wigwam-Brook-Orchard