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Massachusetts / Rhode Island Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation

2011 has been an exciting year for the Massachusetts / Rhode Island Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (MA/RI-TACF).

You are cordially invited to the
12th Annual Meeting of the
MA/RI Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20th
11:00 AM to 4:00 PM Harvard Forest's Fisher Museum
324 North Main Street, Petersham, MA 01366

Moore State Park 2011 - Inoculation time!

Sentinal Covers Restoration Dinner & Donalds Orchard

These female flowers are ready to pollinate.
Can you find a blooming American chestnut tree in Massachusetts or Rhode Island this year?

2011 marks the initial work on our first two "seed orchards": the next generation of TACF's breeding plan for blight-resistant chestnut, which use nuts from our ~28 "BC3" orchards. Seed orchards are designed to produce highly blight-resistant offspring for planting in our forests and other locations.

We are still pollinating local pure American trees for inclusion in our "BC3" orchards - so please let us know when you find a blooming local Ameri can tree.

We are dedicated to restoring the keystone forest tree of the eastern U.S., by locating blooming remaining American chestnut trees in MA/RI and by breeding blight-resistant trees from local native "Mother Trees".

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Massachusetts or Rhode Island

This Year's Events


11/20/2011 Sunday	Annual Meeting of the MA/RI Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation See Calendar Above for Details
	See Google Calendar announcement above for directions and agenda