The Tennessee Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation held a very successful one-day pollination workshop on Saturday 10 June 2023 at the beautiful Chestnut Ridge Orchard in Middle Tennessee. The workshop was a hands-on opportunity to learn and practice the...

On April 30, Sandy showed Jack and me her land which she hopes will become a chestnut orchard site. We dug a soil sample and it looked dark and rich in organic matter and It was not overly wet after the recent heavy rains. I concluded that the site has good potential...

My wife Paula asked me what I would like to do on my birthday on this past Saturday. I suggested helping to restore the American chestnut, and she was all in. Having completed one generation of...

Volunteers from the Tennessee Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation use the Eagle Point Railroad to haul the planting crew and trees to the site of a 600-tree silviculture test. Watch this short video to get an idea of the kind of work we do on the Cumberland...

Congratulations to the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation for completing their 6th annual Arbor Day event last week with the U.S. Office of Surface Mining (OSM) and the Tennessee Mining Association. The Arbor Day 2014 planting event was held on former abandoned mine land...