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Did you know that TACF has 16 state chapters? They each host a variety of events over the year and here are some that are coming up soon.

Visit our events calendar for more information on these and other TACF happenings. tacf.org/events/category/tacf/
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Did you know that TACF has 16 state chapters? They each host a variety of events over the year and here are some that are coming up soon. 

Visit our events calendar for more information on these and other TACF happenings. https://tacf.org/events/category/tacf/

Thank you to everyone who attended a 40th Anniversary Celebration with their local chapter of TACF.

Top photo: Attendees of the TN Chapter Annual Meeting and 40th Anniversary Celebration, which took place at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens.

Bottom photo: Attendees of the AL Chapter post-meeting enjoying some brews.

To read more about these and many other TACF happenings, visit the link to read our most recent eSprout newsletter. myemail.constantcontact.com/March-2024-eSprout--Documentary-Wins-an-Award--Domain-Change--Plantin...
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Thank you to everyone who attended a 40th Anniversary Celebration with their local chapter of TACF. 

Top photo: Attendees of the TN Chapter Annual Meeting and 40th Anniversary Celebration, which took place at Cheekwood Estate and Gardens.

Bottom photo: Attendees of the AL Chapter post-meeting enjoying some brews. 

To read more about these and many other TACF happenings, visit the link to read our most recent eSprout newsletter. https://myemail.constantcontact.com/March-2024-eSprout--Documentary-Wins-an-Award--Domain-Change--Planting-Resources--TACF-News--Featured-Photo--Chapter-News.html?soid=1106103828995&aid=M8kn7e4P1A4

Thanks to everybody who joined us Tuesday for an American chestnut demonstration planting with Jamie Van Clief (TACF Regional Science Coordinator) and Jon Taylor (chestnut enthusiast extraordinaire) at West Asheville Park's edible garden in Asheville, NC!

To find a planting event near you, vist tacf.org/events (link in bio)
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Are those the 18-20’s from the TVA plot? Good use for them, glad to see

🎥 Have you seen the award-winning chestnut documentary yet? 🌰

Many thanks to all who came out to the screening of Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Tuesday night.

Fun fact: The only two people in this photo with their backs to the screen are Jamie Van Clief and Jared Westbrook, TACF's Southern Regional Outreach Coordinator and TACF's Director of Science, both of whom are featured in the film and are probably sick of watching themselves 😎

Want to see this inspirational film yourself? Find a screening near you here: rescuingtheamericanchestnut.com/screenings
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🎥 Have you seen the award-winning chestnut documentary yet? 🌰

Many thanks to all who came out to the screening of Clear Day Thunder: Rescuing the American Chestnut at Asheville Pizza & Brewing on Tuesday night.

Fun fact: The only two people in this photo with their backs to the screen are Jamie Van Clief and Jared Westbrook, TACFs Southern Regional Outreach Coordinator and TACFs Director of Science, both of whom are featured in the film and are probably sick of watching themselves 😎

Want to see this inspirational film yourself? Find a screening near you here: https://rescuingtheamericanchestnut.com/screenings

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I’d love to go to a screening, but there are apparently none planned for anywhere Northern Virginia where I live.. we can’t make it available to TACF members via the website?

Happy International Day of Forests from The American Chestnut Foundation! This year's theme is Forests and Innovation and here at TACF, innovation is what drives our research and restoration efforts.

One example is our advanced genomic selection breeding program that uses genomic sequencing to streamline the process of selecting the most blight-resistant trees to include in our breeding program.

What the heck is genomic sequencing and how can it inform our breeding?

TACF took leaf samples from more than 6,000 individual trees and sent them to a lab to sequence a portion of their genome (the long string of genetic code that makes up every living thing's DNA). Each of the trees was also rated for a series of traits related to form and blight resistance. All this data is fed into a massive model that allows us to estimate the percentage of American and Chinese ancestry as well as the level of blight resistance that will be passed on to its offspring.

Using this info we can choose parents with desirable combinations of traits, such as high American ancestry, increased blight resistance and increased Phytophthora root rot resistance, to breed better and better offspring.

This brings us ever closer to the goal of developing a blight and Phytophthora resistant American chestnut for use in forest restoration plantings.

This is just one of the many innovative methods TACF is using to develop restoration-worthy American chestnut trees!

May the forest be with you...
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Happy International Day of Forests from The American Chestnut Foundation! This years theme is Forests and Innovation and here at TACF, innovation is what drives our research and restoration efforts.

One example is our advanced genomic selection breeding program that uses genomic sequencing to streamline the process of selecting the most blight-resistant trees to include in our breeding program.

What the heck is genomic sequencing and how can it inform our breeding?

TACF took leaf samples from more than 6,000 individual trees and sent them to a lab to sequence a portion of their genome (the long string of genetic code that makes up every living things DNA). Each of the trees was also rated for a series of traits related to form and blight resistance. All this data is fed into a massive model that allows us to estimate the percentage of American and Chinese ancestry as well as the level of blight resistance that will be passed on to its offspring. 

Using this info we can choose parents with desirable combinations of traits, such as high American ancestry, increased blight resistance and increased Phytophthora root rot resistance, to breed better and better offspring.

This brings us ever closer to the goal of developing a blight and Phytophthora resistant American chestnut for use in forest restoration plantings. 

This is just one of the many innovative methods TACF is using to develop restoration-worthy American chestnut trees!

May the forest be with you...
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