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2006
- Restoring the American chestnut tree to Alabamba
- Maryland DNR and Chestnut Foundation Sign Agreement
- Partnership Restores American Chestnuts
- Upton Man Assisting in Revival of the American Chestnut December 14 ~ The Town Crier
- King of the forest again? American chestnut poised for recovery December 10 ~ SUN-GAZETTE
- TACF Receives Grant From National Forest Foundation
- Asplundh Crew Helps American Chestnut Foundation November 2006 ~ Regional Gazette (professional newsletter)
- Ceremony Marks Symbolic Replanting of American Chestnut
- Mount Vernon Chestnut Dedication Association of Consulting Foresters Winter 2006 Newsletter
- Bringing back the American chestnut, a legend of the past July 27, 2006 ~ Macon County News
- Talladega tree avoids blight June 2006 ~ Birmingham News
- New Mountain Residential Development Aids Fight Against Chestnut Blight May 21, 2006
- Turkeys & Chestnuts December 24 ~ The Patriot News
- American Chestnut—hybrid tree might not succumb to fungus December 14 ~ unionsentinel.com
- The Chestnut Challenge: Can We Bring Back this Magnificent Tree? November 22, 2006 ~ The Fairfax Chronicle
- The reading glasses are sighted in, by Willem Lange November 19, 2006 ~ The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
- The First Annual American Chestnut Restoration Feast November 15, 2006 ~ fredericknewspost.com
- And just in time for the Holidays, another article featuring
some luscious looking chestnut recipes!
November 15, 2006 ~ Sfist.com - Mary Belle Price Honored at Dalton State College October 30, 2006 ~ daytondailycitizen.com
- Hope sprouts for American Chestnut trees November 15, 2006 ~ Smokey Mtn. Sentinel
- What happened to the chestnut? November 7, 2006 ~ Williamsport Sun-Gazette
- In a nutshell: Dying tree species gets help in Thurmont November 2, 2006 ~ Gazette.net
- Maryland Chapter receives grant from EcoFluxx Foundation November 1, 2006 ! Looneylabs.com
- ThorpeWood Feast to Feature Chestnuts October 31, 2006 ~ Frederick News-Pose Online
- Mary Belle Price Honored at Dalton State College October 30, 2006 ~ daytondailycitizen.com
- Bringing back the big trees: Chestnut Foundation holds annual conference Oct 25, 2006 ~ Caitlin Sullivan ~ Washington County News
- Going paper free to save trees October 3, 2006 ~ NewsTimesLive.com
- Protecting the American Chestnut Tree September 2006 ~ Fox News Channel 5 (Washington DC)
- A rare tree grows in MD September 20, 2006 ~ baltimoresun.com
- Nature Conservancy Dedicates Donald Hamer September 2006 ~ www.nature.org
- Volunteers to Breed Stronger American Chestnut Tree August 2006 ~ www.npr.org
- Tree rescuers try chastity July 2006 ~ CentreDaily.com
- Matchmaking Healthier Trees July 2006 ~ Asbury Park Press
- Chestnut Trees Returning July 2006 ~ Bangor Daily News
- Rare American Chestnut Trees Discovered May 2006 ~ Washington Post
- Rare American Chestnut Trees Found in Wild May 2006 ~ NPR
- Two More American Chestnut Trees Discovered Growing Naturally in N.H. Preserve June 18, 2006 ~ AP
- Chestnut Pollination time in Kentucky and Tennessee June 2006
2005
- Carter Center home of American chestnut demonstration site
- Chestnut Tree Planted at The White House
- The American Chestnut Mined Land Reclamation Project
- Chestnut Tree Planted at Grey Towers National Historic Site
- TACF Joins US Forest Service Centennial Celebration in DC
- TACF's 22nd Annual Meeting
- Trying to Light A Fire Under Chestnut Revival December 29, 2005 ~ Washington Post
- Back-Breeding Could Restore Chestnut Trees Ravaged by Blight December 29, 2005 ~ National Geographic.com
- Return of the King October 2005 ~ Living on Earth interview on NPR
- Ohio's Forests and the Chestnut Tree Dayton Daily News
- TACF & USDA Forest Service Join Forces
- TACF proud sponsor of the 2005 Smithsonian Folklife Festival