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Massachusetts Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation

The Massachusetts Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF-MA) is hoping to find five to ten "Mother Trees" to pollinate each year.

The lifespan of each blooming American Chestnut tree in Massachusetts is brief, sometimes only a year from discovery, but each blooming tree can contribute valuable genetic diversity to the effort to breed a blight-resistant tree, incorporating the Chinese resistance genes.

Our volunteer-run orchards contain seedlings growing from these nuts for the next steps in chestnut restoration.

These female flowers are ready to pollinate.
Can you find a blooming American chestnut tree in Massachusetts or Rhode Island this year?

Dedicated to restoring the keystone forest tree of the eastern United States, by locating blooming remaining American chestnut trees in Massachusetts and by breeding blight-resistant trees from Massachusetts "Mother Trees".

Visit the National TACF site

Join TACF as a member from
Massachusetts or Rhode Island

This Year's Events

04/25/09
Saturday

Spring Board Meeting of the
MA Chapter of
The American Chestnut Foundation

Saturday April 25th

Morning Growers Meeting 10-12

Lunch (BYO, snacks provided)

Afternoon Board Meeting 1-4

New England Forestry Foundation (NEFF) headquarters at Prouty Woods in Littleton

http://www.newenglandforestry.org/forestry/forestdetail.asp?id=128

All are welcome!

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thanks
-Jamie Donalds

President

The MA Chapter Of The American Chestnut Foundation

Spring Board Meeting of the MA Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation

Spring Board Meeting of the
MA Chapter of
The American Chestnut Foundation