Dedicated to restoring the keystone forest tree of the eastern United States, by locating blooming remaining American chestnut trees in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and by breeding blight-resistant trees from these "Mother Trees".

For More Information about American chestnuts...

The Journal of TACF is a rich source of scientific and historical articles about chestnuts. There are also many sites to explore looking at everything from cookbooks to biological control of blight.
TACF National's List of Chestnut Links
The Journal of the American Chestnut Foundation
Dr. J. Hill Craddock's Chestnut Links
The American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation
The New England Society for Conservation Biology: Old Growth Forests, Winter 2001
Tennesee & Kentucky Big Chestnuts Site
Learn more about Cryphonectria parasitica from Dr. Tom Volk

Downloadable Presentations on the work of TACF and the MA Chapter

MATACF PowerPoint Presentation: 2004 (approx. 120 slides)
MATACF PowerPoint Presentation: 2006 (approx. 50 slides)

Online Environmental Education for Grade School Children

To download materials for classroom use, and see the revised Charlie Chesnut curriculum, visit this site.
The Charlie Chestnut Curriculum

State Chapters of TACF

Other state chapters have been an inspiration to our chapter. Visit the PA website to see the Pennsylvania Map of Orchards. New Chapters in Tennessee and North & South Carolina are in the heart of the American chestnut range.
List of State Chapters and Chapter News
Connecticut Chapter Site New!
Pennsylvania Chapter Site
The Penn State Regional Adaptability American Chestnut Site
Tennessee Chapter Site
The Carolinas Chapter Site