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MDTACF News and Events

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How Can I Help? For the latest photos click here. The Spring 2016 Newsletter. The Winter 2016 Newsletter. The Fall 2015 Newsletter. The Capital Gazette article on the Dickey orchard. Maryland's DNR Awards Grant to Raise Chestnut Seedlings. Youtube video of Chestnuts in Education. Youtube Video made at Fox Haven. MDTACF efforts at the Fox Haven orchard. Inmates growing chestnut seedlings. New York Times article. Radio interview - WMMT. Frederick News Post article. For older news articles click here.

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Links

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Links to Other Sites. How Can I Help? The American Chestnut Foundation. The ACF Facebook Page. The American Chestnut Cooperators. At right, Tom Tamarkin assisting Dr. Donald Nuss with hypovirulence treatment of Barbara Knapp's Montgomery County Champion American Chestnut Tree. For more information about hypovirulence. How Can I Help? Site design by Salt Shaker Studios.

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Chestnut Science

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How Can I Help? American Chestnut Tree Identification Resources. How to Plant Chestnuts. A way to communicate with other American chestnut restoration growers about issues related to growing chestnuts - link to Penn State web site. Penn State School of Forest Resources - Chestnut Growers. Link to TACF resources web page. History of Chestnuts at Sugarloaf Mountain. Written by Essie Burnworth - This is a 6MB pdf file, it may take a while to download. How Can I Help? Site design by Salt Shaker Studios.

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Education Links

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American Chestnut Learning Materials. How Can I Help? Links to materials available for download at no charge. American Chestnut Learning Box. The Learning Box is a work in progress. The link above takes you to explanatory materials created by Dr. Gary Carver to accompany some of the the hands-on items that he has provided for learning boxes in Maryland. American Chestnut Educational Resources. A iist of infomation provided by The Amercian Chestnut Foundation. The Legend of the American Chestnut Tree.

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MD Chapter

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How Can I Help? Contact the Maryland Chapter. The Maryland Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation has been formed. To support the efforts of the national organization to restore the American chestnut. Tree, to identify and preserve American chestnut survivors in Maryland, and to promote educational and scientific research efforts directed at restoring American chestnuts in Maryland. MDTACF is tax exempt under section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS code. Chapter Officers and Board of Directors.

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Chestnut Story

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The American Chestnut Story. How Can I Help? The American chestnut's annual production of highly nutritious nuts was extremely reliable. At the turn of the 20th century it was ranked as one of the most important wildlife plants in the East. Many wildlife species depended extensively on them. Bear, deer, wild turkey, squirrels, many birds and small mammals - and once, the huge flocks of passenger pigeons – all waxed fat for the winter in the chestnut forests. An Asian organism to which our native chestnut...

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Orchards

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Maryland Chapter Chestnut Orchards. How Can I Help? For a larger map click here. For details and photos of each orchard click on the appropriate text box above or click on the orchard list below. Beltsville Agricultural Research Center (BARC). Central MD Research and Education Center (CMREC). Damascus - Izaak Walton League. Maryland State Highway Adm. (SHA). Poolesville - Izaak Walton League (BCC). Rockville - Izaak Walton League. WSSC I - Backcross Orchard (Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission).

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Donations

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How Can I Help? Donations are very much appreciated. And are tax deductible! To donate, make out your check to:. Mail the check to . Ms Barbara B. Knapp. 21900 Davis Mill Road. Germantown, Md 20876. How Can I Help? Site design by Salt Shaker Studios.

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Help Restore American Chestnut

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Here's How You Can Help! How Can I Help? Planned orchard maintenance and public relations activities are listed below. Please check often for the latest updates. September 10, 2016. Board meeting at the C. Burr Artz Public Library, 110 E Patrick St, Frederick, MD 21701,. October 1, 2016. WSSC Campfire and Watershed Fair at Brighton Dam. October 8, 2016. October 15, 2016. Ndash; 11AM – Annual Maryland Chapter Meeting - at the Urbana Library, 9020 Amelung Street in Frederick , MD 21704. How Can I Help?