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Chestnuts in Appalachian Culture Part II Chestnuts in Appalachian Culture Part II a Perfect Wildlife Food Lost in Time, But the September 2010 | Issue 2 Vol.24 27th Annual Meeting October 15-17 Registration Information Inside Chestnuts in Appalachian Culture Part II A Perfect Wildlife Food Lost in Time, But Not Forgotten Simple Strategies for Controlling a Common Pest MeadowviewMeadowview DedicationDedication a Success!S ! 27th REGISTER ONLINE AT WWW.ACF.ORG REGISTRATIONANNUAL MEETING OR CALL (828) 281-0047 TO REGISTER BY PHONE THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION Option 1: Full Registration PAYMENT TACF Member $75 Name of Attendee(s) Non-Member $115 (includes a one-year membership) Address Full Registration for one person City (does not include lodging) State Includes: Zip Code Phone number t Friday Night Welcome Reception t Saturday Night Dinner & Awards Program Email t Access to all Workshops Form of Payment t All Meals Check (payable to TACF) Credit Card Option 2: Day Passes for Workshops Only (Registration fee does not include lodging Total amount due $ or meals) Credit Card Billing Information SATURDAY Credit Card (circle one): Visa Mastercard Regular Members $40 Card Number __ __ __ __-__ __ __ __-__ __ __ __-__ __ __ __ Student Members $40 Regular Non-Member $80 (includes a one-year membership) Expiration Date Student Non-Member $55 (includes a one-year membership) Name on Card (print) SUNDAY Address Regular Members $25 City Student Members $25 State Zip Code Regular Non-Member $65 (includes a one-year membership) Student Non-Member $40 (includes a one-year membership) Phone number All attendees MUST pre-register for the Annual Meeting. Signature TACF needs to register all of our attendees with NCTC’s security office prior to the meeting, and no on-site Return form and payment to: registration will be available. TA C F, 160 ZILLICOA STREET, SUITE D, ASHEVILLE, NC 28801 t LODGING INFORMATION THE NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER Lodging at National Conservation Training Center is one of the world’s premier conservation training facilities, $127 per night (includes all meals) created by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Buildings designed to resemble the 19th-century farm landscape blend into the rural To reserve a room, call NCTC direct at (877) 706-6282. grounds, providing a unique and idyllic retreat setting to foster t Participants attending the Annual Meeting that choose to learning. NCTC’s museum chronicles the rich heritage of wildlife conservation. Included are contraband items made from endangered share a room may do so. The cost is $86.50 per night for species, elaborate carvings and mounted birds and animals and each participant. All meals are included. treasures that include the original set of duck stamps issued by the t Guests not attending the Annual Meeting may stay with you U.S. Postal Service. Walk some of NCTC’s 5 miles of paved foot- in room at no additional charge but must register with the paths throughout the campus—an outstanding environment for bird-watching, jogging, and nature photography. NCTC’s front desk. They can purchase the meal plan or pay for their rugged hiking trails take you through eastern hardwood forests and meals a-la-carte. Cost: Full service meal plan: $46 per day. Potomac River meadows. An active eagle’s nest is visible from many Individual meals – breakfast $8, lunch $12, and dinner $26. locations around the NCTC campus. Lodging Offsite: For offsite lodging information visit www.shepherdstownvisitorscenter.com TACF_vol_1_issue2.indd 2 8/27/10 12:58:30 PM THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION Board of Directors Chairman Secretary Glen Rea, ME Essie Burnworth, MD Vice Chair, Science Legal Counsel Dr. Kim Steiner, PA Donald Willeke, Esq., MN Vice Chair, Development Science Director Carolyn Hill, GA Dr. Albert Ellingboe, WI Treasurer President & CEO Steve Barilovits III, NC (non-voting) Bryan Burhans William Adamsen, CT Rex Mann, KY Dr. Gary Carver, MD Bryant Marsh II, IN Dr. J. Hill Craddock, TN Catherine D. Mayes, VA The Mission of The American Chestnut Foundation Herb Darling, NY Dr. Brian C. McCarthy, OH R. Alex Day, PA James O. Mills, TN he mission of THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDA- Jamie Donalds, MA Dr. Anne M. Myers, KY TION is to restore the American chestnut tree to its Sean Fisher, TN Joe Nicholson, GA native range within the woodlands of the eastern United States, using a scientific research and breeding program Scott Freidhof, KY Tim Phelps, TN developed by its founders. The American Chestnut Foun- Doug Gillis, NC Mac Phillippi, AL dation is restoring a species - and in the process, creating Hugh Irwin, NC Dr. Paul Sisco, NC a template for restoration of other tree and plant species. Dr. Joseph B. James, SC Bradford Stanback, NC T Grace Knight, VT George ompson, VA We harvested our first potentially blight-resistant nuts in 2005, and the Foundation is beginning reforestation trials with potentially blight- Dr. William Lord, PA Ru n Van Bossuyt, MA resistant American-type trees. The return of the American chestnut to Dr. William MacDonald, WV Bruce Wakeland, IN its former range in the Appalachian hardwood forest ecosystem is a Richard S. Will, TX major restoration project that requires a multi-faceted effort involving 6,000 members & volunteers, research, sustained funding and most Honorary Directors important, a sense of the past and a hope for the future. e Honorable Mrs. Mary Belle Price James Earl Carter Dr. Peter H. Raven Dr. Richard A. Jaynes Mr. Philip A. Rutter Production Staff About Our Cover Photo: Tammy Sapp James Powell Editorial Director Editor Je Hughes Meghan Jordan Art Director Managing Editor TACF Locations & Staff TACF Headquarters 160 Zillicoa Street, Suite D Asheville, NC 28801 (828) 281-0047 Bryan Burhans, President and CEO Judy Antaramian, Administrative Assistant Betsy Gamber, V.P. of Operations Meghan Jordan, Director of Communications Dennis Kimball, Sta Accountant Sarah Spooner, Program Manager for Grants and Agreements Marshal Case, President Emeritus Meadowview Northern Appalachian Research Farms Regional O ce 14005 Glenbrook Avenue Pennsylvania State University Meadowview, VA 24361 School of Forest Resources (276) 944-4631 206 Forest Resources Lab Dr. Fred Hebard, Sta Patholo- University Park, PA 16802 gist, William White, Southern (814) 863-7192 Appalachian Regional Science Sara Fitzsimmons, Northern Coordinator; Robert Caudle, Appalachian Regional Technician, Danny Honaker, Science Coordinator Farmer; George Sykes, Farmer September always means harvest time at TACF’s Meadowview Research Farms. New England Regional O ce Last year, more than 50,000 American chestnuts were handpicked from the thou- ARRI Partnership O ce USFS Northern Mountain State University Research Station sands of trees populating Meadowview and it’s always a race to harvest them before 322 S. Kanawaha Street 705 Spear Street the local wildlife nds the nuts. Photo by Meghan Jordan, TACF. Beckley, WV 25801 South Burlington, VT 05403 (276) 614-4777 (802) 999-8706 Dr. Robert Paris, Kendra Gurney, New England Research Geneticist Regional Science Coordinator WWW.ACF.ORG | THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION 3 TACF_vol_1_issue2.indd 3 8/24/10 12:15:10 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS Inside This Issue: 8 Around the Range with TACF CEO Bryan Burhans 5 Cooperative Conservation Letter from TACF Chairman, Glen Rea 6 Using Science to Chart Our Course News from The American Chestnut Foundation 7 Promotions, Departures and Arrivals The Henry Chestnut, or, the Chinese Chinquapin 8 A Gift from China 17 Protect Your Investment 11 Secure Your Timberland by Choosing the Right Liability Policy The Infl uence of the American Chestnut 12 In Appalachian History and Culture: Part II Trouble with Weevils? 17 Simple Strategies for Controlling a Common Pest Meadowview Dedication a Success! 19 200 Attendees Celebrate Opening of New Laboratory 20 The American Chestnut 20 A Perfect Wildlife Food Lost in Time, But Not Forgotten Cooking with Chestnuts 23 Chestnut Fennel Soup 12 23 e In uence of e American Chestnut Part II Part in Appalachian History and Culture 4 THE JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION | SEPTEMBER 2010 TACF_vol_1_issue2.indd 4 8/24/10 12:15:31 PM AROUND THE RANGE: MESSAGE FROM CEO Cooperative Conservation Bryan Burhans, CEO hile ying from Massa- chapter seed orchards as they chusetts to Asheville, come online. N.C., this winter, I was We also have many new treated to clear, crisp partners. TACF just entered skies as I passed over into an agreement with the New York and then south Natural Resources Conserva- through Pennsylvania, Virginia and eventually tion Service (NRCS) to help WNorth Carolina. is eagle’s-eye view of our us in restoring the American extensive eastern forests reminded me of the chestnut on private lands. e long road ahead for e American Chestnut future restoration of the Foundation’s (TACF) restoration e orts. Not American chestnut will de- too far in the future, we hope to begin planting pend on our ability to work large numbers of potentially blight-resistant with the NRCS and private American chestnuts. But how is a 6,000-mem- landowners to help restore the ber organization going to accomplish this chestnut as most of the lands monumental feat? within the historic and eco- An estimated four billion American chest- logical range of the American chestnut are TACF President and CEO nuts succumbed to the blight during the early privately owned. Bryan Burhans 1900s. If you had cut them all down and laid Another tremendous opportunity for chest- them end-to-end, you would have encircled the nut restoration is on reclaimed mine lands. Earth more than 27,000 times! ose types of Found within the coal region of the U.S., an numbers can make your head spin, and only historic stronghold of the chestnut, reclaimed add to our recognition of what we have lost, mine areas o er an opportunity to improve and what we have yet to accomplish.
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