THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION®

Press Releases

2013

• May 1, 2013: Garden Club of America Awards Prestigious Medal of Honor to The American Chestnut Foundation

• April 25, 2013: Biltmore Participates in Effort to Restore American Chestnut Trees to Eastern Forests

• April 25, 2013: Once Nearly Wiped Out by Blight, American Chestnuts Will Be Part of the Flight 93 Memorial Reforestation Project

• February 26, 2013: American Chestnut Trees to Help Restore Mine Lands in Pound, Virginia

• January 24, 2013: Dolly Parton Records New Song Honoring Efforts to Restore the American Chestnut Tree

2012

• November 29, 2012: The American Chestnut Foundation Plants 200 Potentially Blight-resistant American Chestnut Trees in Nantahala National Forest

• June 25, 2012: Beautiful Asheville, NC, Will Host the 2012 American Chestnut Summit in October
  
  
• June 21, 2012: The American Chestnut Foundation and The Nature Conservancy Partner to Restore American Chestnut
  
  
• June 05, 2012: Cataloochee Ranch Announces New Guided and Self-Guided Tours of Their Experimental American Chestnut Orchard
  
  
• April 26, 2012: The American Chestnut Foundation Begins Historically Largest Project to Establish American Chestnut Trees on Reclaimed Mined Lands
  
  
• April 19, 2012: Once Nearly Wiped Out By Disease, New, Potentially Blight-Resistant American Chestnuts Will Be Part of the Flight 93 Memorial Reforestation Project
  
  
• January 23, 2012: Former President Carter to Join Georgia Nonprofit at Gala Event to Help Restore the American Chestnut
  
  

2011

• October 5, 2011: The American Chestnut Foundation's Annual Meeting in Java Center, New York Will Honor New York's Contributions to Chestnut Restoration

• October 5, 2011: American Chestnut Planting on the Allison-Deaver House grounds

• September 19, 2011: Innovative Project Brings American Chestnut Back to Old Mine Lands

• September 16, 2011: Field & Stream Magazine Honors Maryland Volunteer for His Work to Bring Back the American Chestnut Tree

• May 2, 2011: WV Chapter of TACF and MeadWestvaco Committed to Species Restoration as part of SFI Conservation Grant Program

• March 28, 2011: 2nd Annual Chestnut Restoration Celebration in Southwest Virginia

2010

• Planting in Jamestown, NY
• Flat Rock Playhouse plants historical American chestnut trees

2009

• Mighty Giants Survive First Year In The Woods
• Entertainer Dolly Parton recognizes work of her uncle and The American Chestnut Foundation in ceremony today
• Asheville student begins summer internship with The American Chestnut Foundation
• The American Chestnut Foundation Photo Contest
• Tour Asheville-area historic sites featuring rare American chestnut wood
• Become a Citizen-Scientist for the day
• New PBS series tells the story of the American chestnut tree
• Elderhostel group returns to Virginia for 13 th year to help restore the American chestnut
• The American Chestnut Foundation Receives Prestigious Hope Award from Emory and Henry College
• Looking Back to Move Forward: Founding Leader and New Leader of The American Chestnut Foundation Share Visions at Area Events May 15-17
• Riverbanks Zoo residents to host dedication of historic American chestnut tree April 22, 2009
• Grab a Piece of History and Help Plant American Chestnut Trees for Arbor Day, April 18
• 75 High School Students to Plant Historic American Chestnut Trees April 24 in Appalachian Forest Heritage Area
• The American Chestnut Foundation Names Bryan Burhans as New President and CEO
• The American Chestnut Foundation Relocates National Headquarters to Asheville

 

2008

• The American Chestnut Tree Returns to New York City in Time for the Holidays
• The American Chestnut Foundation and the Department of Interior's Office of Surface Mining to sign historic partnership agreement
• TACF Celebrates 25th Annual Meeting in Chattanooga, Tennessee
• The American Chestnut Foundation breaks ground for new scientific laboratory and research facility in Meadowview
• President and CEO of The American Chestnut Foundation to Transition to New Role in Foundation's Restoration Mission
• The American Chestnut Foundation seeks new President and CEO
• Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology wins prestigious Benjamin Franklin Award from the Independent Book Publishers Association
• Hike A Mile For The American Chestnut Foundation
• Georgetown resident and board chairman Richard S. Will of The American Chestnut Foundation attends Abraham Lincoln bicentennial kick-off event

• The American Chestnut Foundation earns its second 4-star rating from Charity Navigator
• The American Chestnut Foundation announces the planting of an American chestnut tree during Arbor Day celebration at Hildene
• American Chestnut Tree to be Planted at Turnure Park in honor of the Bicentennial of Ezra Cornell’s Birthday
• American Chestnut Tree to be Planted at Monticello in Honor ofThomas Jefferson’s 265 th Birthday
• GA Chapter kicks off "Hike A Mile for The American Chestnut Foundation
• The American Chestnut Foundation receives $1 million gift from The Stanback Family
• Coopertive of American chestnut trees on the Appalachian trail begins

2007

• "Mighty Giants: An American Chestnut Anthology" to be released Oct. 29th
• Nature writer Bill McKibben featured at chestnut meeting
• The American Chestnut Foundation co-hosts mined land conference
• The American Chestnut Foundation awarded $50,000 matching grant
• TACF Awarded 4 Stars From America's Largest Charity Evaluator
• The American Chestnut Foundation purchases farm for use in
  chestnut restoration program
• The American Chestnut Foundation to Exhibit at the State Farm Show
• PA Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation Receives $5,000 Grant
• Partnership Restores American Chestnuts

2006

• American Chestnut Foundation To Pick Survivors
• Northeast Utilities shareholders who go paperless will help restore the American chestnut tree
• Virginia chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation meets August 19 in Meadowview, VA
• The American Chestnut Foundation’s Virginia Initiative Gains $4000 in Gifts and 35 New Members
• Elderhostel teams up with The American Chestnut Foundation and 4-H
• WSSC Signs Agreement for Restoration of American Chestnut
• New Mountain Residential Development Aids Fight Against Chestnut Blight
• DNR and Chestnut Foundation Sign Agreement
• Nearly Extinct American Chestnut Trees Brought to Life on the Grounds of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History
• McDonald, TN - Bendabout Farms Site of American Chestnut Meeting

2005

• Meadowview, VA – The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) announced today that it has hired Dr. Bob Paris as the newest addition to its staff of scientists...
• Nearly Extinct American Chestnut Trees Brought to Grey Towers National Historical Site...
• The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia is the new home of an American chestnut tree demonstration site, dedicated by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on September 21...
• The American Chestnut Foundation Highlighted at White House Conference on Cooperative Conservation...