Welcome to TACF-NY!
American Chestnut Seed Engraving
Sergey Jivetin creates elaborate engravings on the shells of seeds, including a series carved on American chestnut seeds depicting TACF’s American chestnut restoration efforts. On the first image below, the lower right-hand nut illustrates the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project’s insertion of the Oxalate Oxidase gene into the American chestnut genome. The second image is a larger representation of that nut. To see more of Sergey Jivetin’s work, check out his website, Furrow Seed Engraving Project.
Latest Video
Find out how TACF-NY and The American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project are working to use biotechnology to save the American chestnut in this short video.
Donations
Donate here to assist with the SUNY-ESF Biotechnology Program. Be sure to select “Biotechnology – Donations go to TACF’s New York Chapter to support partner research at SUNY-ESF”. Donations are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law.
You can also make a donation by mail. Send check or money order to: made out to TACF-NY to:
TACF-NY C/O Treasurer Fran Nichols
302 Bateman Road
Laurens, NY 13796
Membership
Become a member of TACF-NY and chose the New York as your membership chapter. When you become a member of TACF, $15 of you’re membership goes to TACF’s New York Chapter.
Help Us Locate Wild American Chestnut Trees
The New York Chapter is searching for large surviving American chestnut trees in New York State to be “Mother trees” for restoration.
In an effort to introduce more wild American chestnut trees into the transgenic breeding program, the chapter is now offering a reward for American chestnut trees found growing in the wild. For more information, contact chapter president, Allen Nichols.