2012 Annual Report - The American Chestnut Foundation
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THE<br />
AMERICAN<br />
CHESTNUT<br />
FOUNDATION<br />
<strong>2012</strong> ANNUAL REPORT
MESSAGE from the PRESIDENT & CEO<br />
As <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
approaches its 30th year, a look back<br />
on nearly three decades of effort by<br />
our volunteers, partners and donors<br />
offers a stunning view of what human<br />
imagination, scientific vision and<br />
hard work can achieve. TACF’s laserlike<br />
focus on our historic mission has<br />
brought us to the brink of success in<br />
achieving one of our greatest goals.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> was an amazing year for TACF.<br />
Our emphasis on science, which remains<br />
our top priority, and years of hard work<br />
are now paying off. This year, we finally<br />
were able to look at the performance of<br />
our Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 and tests<br />
clearly demonstrated the <strong>Foundation</strong>’s<br />
backcross breeding program is<br />
successfully incorporating genes for<br />
blight resistance into these trees.<br />
Our NY state chapter, in partnership<br />
with the State University of New York,<br />
College of Environment Science and<br />
Forestry (SUNY-ESF), announced<br />
they had successfully inserted a gene<br />
to provide resistance to chestnut blight<br />
and they are currently testing these trees<br />
in regulated and highly controlled field<br />
tests. <strong>The</strong> NY state chapter program’s<br />
proof of concept will be the result of 22<br />
years of focused and dedicated work.<br />
Across the country, TACF volunteers and<br />
partners continue their efforts towards<br />
the goal of establishing seed orchards<br />
to produce Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s<br />
1.0. Five state chapters have already<br />
established their first seed orchards:<br />
Indiana, Pennsylvania/New Jersey,<br />
Carolinas, Maine and Massachusetts/<br />
Rhode Island. <strong>The</strong>se orchards will start<br />
to produce Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong> 1.0<br />
seeds very soon, while the remainder<br />
of our state chapters will establish their<br />
seed orchards over the next few years.<br />
And <strong>2012</strong> will also be remembered as<br />
the year that TACF created the first<br />
version of the <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong><br />
Restoration Plan. This evolving<br />
document outlines how TACF will<br />
reintroduce the <strong>American</strong> chestnut to<br />
its native range, and also proposes new<br />
and innovative strategies to continue<br />
to improve the disease resistance of our<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
We are at an exciting juncture as we<br />
approach our thirtieth anniversary in<br />
2013.<br />
Bryan Burhans<br />
A tractor passes one of thousands of chestnuts that are part of the breeding process at Meadowview Research Farms in Meadowview, VA.
Our Mission
Our Mission<br />
<strong>The</strong> mission of <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
is to restore the <strong>American</strong> chestnut tree to our eastern<br />
woodlands to benefit our environment, our wildlife,<br />
and our society.<br />
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TACF ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2012</strong>
Nature’s<br />
Storehouse Lost<br />
At the turn of the last century, an estimated four billion <strong>American</strong> chestnut trees<br />
thrived in the forests of the eastern United States. Often called the “Redwood of<br />
the East,” the tree was remarkably fast growing, often reaching over a hundred<br />
feet in height and five feet in diameter. It was also a prolific food source for both<br />
humans and animals, producing up to fifty times more edible mast than its next<br />
nearest rival, the oak tree. Wildlife, including bear, wild turkey, deer, squirrels and<br />
many other birds and animals, relied on chestnut as a dependable food source.<br />
Its timber was light, straight grained and remarkably rot resistant, making it an<br />
important building material.<br />
In 1904, a new fungus was identified, which causes chestnut blight. Accidentally<br />
imported from Asia, the fungus quickly spread throughout the range of the tree,<br />
and by the mid-1950s the <strong>American</strong> chestnut was effectively wiped out. Several<br />
efforts were undertaken to save the chestnut, but none proved successful. <strong>The</strong> loss<br />
of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut has been called one of the greatest ecological disasters<br />
of our time.<br />
What Are “Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0”<br />
<strong>The</strong> result of thirty years of advanced scientific research,<br />
breeding and testing, Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 are the first<br />
generation of potentially blight-resistant chestnuts produced<br />
by <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong>.<br />
We will not fully know the exact level of blight resistance<br />
inherent in these chestnuts until we have been able to monitor<br />
thousands of trees well into their maturity. Initial results are<br />
promising, suggesting that large-scale plantings of these<br />
seeds could create healthy populations that will survive and<br />
reproduce in the wild. This is just the beginning, however.<br />
TACF is continuing to breed better and more disease-resistant<br />
trees, and Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 2.0, 3.0 and 4.0 will certainly<br />
be introduced in years to come.<br />
Before the blight, a typical mature chestnut could reach 100 or more feet in height and be limbless for over 50 feet,<br />
making it a valuable timber tree. Photo courtesy of President and Fellows of Harvard College, Archives of the Arnold Arboretum<br />
www.acf.org<br />
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Our Mission<br />
Creation of <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
In 1983 a small group of scientists set out to develop a blight-resistant chestnut<br />
using a backcross breeding technique. <strong>The</strong>y founded <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong><br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> (TACF) and established Meadowview Research Farms in southwest<br />
Virginia. Twenty-two years later, in 2005, TACF announced that it was harvesting<br />
the first version of potentially blight-resistant seeds that would be known as<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
Where We Are Today<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> has nearly 6,000 members and sixteen state<br />
chapters that maintain more than 450 breeding and test orchards that can be<br />
found in every region of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut’s traditional range. In 2009 TACF<br />
embarked on our long-held dream of planting potentially blight-resistant chestnuts<br />
in forest environments across the eastern United States. Although these plantings<br />
are currently part of our research, they represent both a tremendous success and the<br />
opening of a challenging new chapter in our organization’s history.<br />
Sowing Seeds of the Future<br />
While full reintroduction of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut still lies many years away, the<br />
first steps in this effort are now being taken. Even as we begin to establish test<br />
plantings in forest environments, a more immediate challenge is to develop locally<br />
adapted blight-resistant chestnut trees. Our Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 are currently<br />
produced at Meadowview Research Farms. However, large-scale reintroduction of<br />
the chestnut will come from trees developed by our state chapters.<br />
Five of our state chapters–Pennsylvania/New Jersey, North Carolina/South Carolina,<br />
Massachusetts/Rhode Island, Maine, and Indiana–have already established their seed<br />
orchards and will soon begin producing Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 that are adapted<br />
to their regions. Over the next decade, many more state chapter seed orchards will<br />
be completed. Locally adapted trees represent the key to fully reintroducing the<br />
species to our eastern forests.<br />
Called a “wordle,” this<br />
word art is based on<br />
responses from our<br />
members on what words<br />
most represent the work<br />
of <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong><br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> to them. <strong>The</strong><br />
more times a word was<br />
submitted, the larger it<br />
appears in the wordle.<br />
Opposite: A volunteer<br />
takes a small sample of<br />
the fungus that causes<br />
chestnut blight from a<br />
petri dish. She will use<br />
the sample to inoculate a<br />
chestnut tree, testing its<br />
resistance to the blight.<br />
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Our Science
Our Science<br />
Utilizing the Best Available Science<br />
Since its inception in 1983, TACF has stayed on the<br />
leading edge of research, utilizing the best available<br />
science and technology in our mission to restore<br />
the <strong>American</strong> chestnut. Although there is still much<br />
we don’t know about the biology and ecology of<br />
chestnut trees, our progress has been steady. Through<br />
our partnerships with universities and the extensive<br />
efforts of some of the world’s leading plant scientists,<br />
our knowledge grows every year as we continue to<br />
move forward in our achievements.<br />
2004 - New breeding<br />
efforts are launched<br />
to combat root rot, a<br />
disease that presents<br />
a significant challenge<br />
to chestnut restoration<br />
in the southern range;<br />
already showing<br />
promising progress,<br />
the program has the<br />
potential to produce<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s<br />
that are resistant to<br />
both chestnut blight<br />
and root rot.<br />
2005 - TACF<br />
announces the<br />
harvesting of the first<br />
potentially blightresistant<br />
chestnuts,<br />
later called Restoration<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
2009 - In partnership<br />
with the US<br />
Forest Service,<br />
USFS Southern<br />
Research Station<br />
and the University<br />
of Tennessee, the<br />
first saplings from<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s<br />
1.0 are planted in real<br />
forest environments.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir progress will be<br />
the subject of research<br />
and testing for years to<br />
come.<br />
2011 - <strong>The</strong> result<br />
of years of cuttingedge<br />
research and<br />
development by<br />
SUNY-ESF, the first<br />
transgenic, potentially<br />
blight-resistant<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnut<br />
is planted in the<br />
New York Botanical<br />
Gardens just a short<br />
distance from where<br />
chestnut blight was<br />
first identified in 1904.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> - TACF’s board<br />
of directors prepares<br />
the final draft of the<br />
<strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong><br />
Restoration Plan<br />
developed by TACF<br />
scientists, foresters<br />
and planners. Adaptive<br />
and comprehensive,<br />
the plan is a blueprint<br />
for restoration efforts in<br />
the coming years.<br />
<strong>2012</strong> - TACF chapters<br />
report that over 450<br />
regional breeding and<br />
test orchards have<br />
been planted in 19<br />
states, including the<br />
first seed orchards<br />
(the final stage of<br />
the breeding orchard<br />
process) in five states.<br />
TACF volunteer Eric<br />
Evans walks past a newly<br />
planted field of chestnuts at<br />
Meadowview Research Farms.<br />
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Meadowview Research Farms –<br />
<strong>2012</strong> A Year of Expansion<br />
Meadowview Research Farms and the Glenn C. Price Research Laboratory<br />
are the epicenter of TACF’s research and breeding program. Headed by Chief<br />
Scientist Dr. Fredrick V. Hebard, the research farms are where TACF develops<br />
advanced breeding lines and methods and tends the Legacy Tree seed orchards<br />
that produce our Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0. During the spring and summer of<br />
<strong>2012</strong>, Meadowview staff planted an additional 3,000 trees in our Legacy Tree<br />
orchards. Staff also inoculated over 9,000 trees throughout the farms and made<br />
selections among more than 13,000 trees that show blight resistance.<br />
<strong>The</strong> results from the first two years of screening our Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 for<br />
blight resistance are encouraging. Our work is far from done, however. We will<br />
continue to improve blight resistance as we select only the most effective lines to<br />
carry our breeding program forward.<br />
Workers at Meadowview Research Farms prepare to plant a new grove of chestnuts. More than 7,000<br />
new chestnut trees were planted at Meadowview in <strong>2012</strong> as part of the ongoing breeding program.<br />
New Rain Garden Controls Runoff at Meadowview<br />
Meadowview Research Farms now boasts a beautiful and thriving rain garden, thanks<br />
to the help of community volunteers and local organizations. Master Gardeners,<br />
Master Naturalists, and other local volunteers helped plant the rain garden in an effort<br />
to reduce storm water runoff and improve water quality around the Glenn C. Price<br />
Research Laboratory. <strong>The</strong> garden is planted with native species such as asters, Joe-<br />
Pye weed and a variety of grasses and ferns that can tolerate both wet and dry spells,<br />
cycle nutrients, and neutralize pollutants. <strong>The</strong> project was funded in part by the Upper<br />
Tennessee River Roundtable, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation,<br />
and the Dominion <strong>Foundation</strong>.<br />
Pictured left to right are local volunteers Gail Olson, Cordelia Meyer, and Doug Levin, who<br />
were instrumental in the development and planting of the rain garden.<br />
www.acf.org<br />
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Our Science<br />
Glenn C. Price Research Laboratory – Advancing Our Mission<br />
This year the Glen C Price Research Lab was<br />
outfitted with a new array of scientific and test<br />
equipment. This has enabled TACF scientists to<br />
begin to identify small molecules released in infected<br />
chestnut bark that induce the tree to produce the<br />
plant hormone ethylene. <strong>The</strong>se molecules are<br />
released from cell walls in bark by enzymes from<br />
the fungus. Better understanding of how the blight<br />
fungus attacks the <strong>American</strong> chestnut and how the<br />
tree responds will advance our efforts to help the<br />
tree resist the disease.<br />
Our scientists have also begun to adapt DNA<br />
markers for use at Meadowview Research Farms.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se markers will help identify trees that should<br />
breed true for blight resistance, and will assist in<br />
determining how much Chinese chestnut DNA is<br />
present in our hybrids and confirm our trees are<br />
correctly identified.<br />
Dr. Laura Georgi working in<br />
the Glenn C. Price Research<br />
Laboratory at Meadowview<br />
Research Farms<br />
10 TACF ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2012</strong>
Testing Our Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0<br />
TACF relies on public and private partners to test our Restoration<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 in what we call progeny tests. <strong>The</strong> purpose of a<br />
progeny test is to assess the blight resistance and <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut character of the Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 over time and<br />
under natural conditions. This year, four new progeny tests were<br />
established throughout the range of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut.<br />
• Through a partnership with scientists at Rutgers<br />
University and Duke Farms in Hillsborough, New Jersey,<br />
TACF established progeny test plantings at Duke Farms.<br />
Duke Farms supplies the long-term plot commitment and<br />
assistance in monitoring and Rutgers University runs the<br />
research study and compiles data.<br />
• In cooperation with the US Army Corps of Engineers, the<br />
Georgia Chapter of TACF established their first progeny<br />
test site at Lake Allatoona involving the planting of 300<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
Restoring the <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> to<br />
Our National Forests<br />
Fueled by a grant from the National Forest<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> Matching Awards Program, TACF<br />
involved community volunteers and partnered<br />
with the USDA Forest Service to help plant 2.800<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 on national forest<br />
lands this year. To date, TACF has planted 5,425<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 on national forest lands.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se plantings fulfill an important goal of the<br />
USDA Forest Service to restore native trees to<br />
our forests and allow us to test and evaluate our<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
Restoring <strong>American</strong> chestnuts to our national<br />
forests will benefit the health of the forests, provide<br />
a nutritious food for wildlife, and will create more<br />
diverse ecosystems.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Beaver Brook Association in Hollis, New Hampshire,<br />
entered into partnership with the Vermont/New<br />
Hampshire Chapter of TACF to create and maintain the<br />
first large-scale test planting of Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0<br />
in northern New England.<br />
• Bendabout Farm near Lookout Mountain, Tennessee, is<br />
the site of yet another progeny test site that was installed<br />
by TACF volunteers and scientists in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
TACF volunteers Mark and Vicky Stoakes prepare<br />
holes for planting Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 on national<br />
forest lands.<br />
“One of the highlights of my life! Yesterday my family joined other<br />
volunteers with the <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> to plant<br />
over 700 blight-resistant <strong>American</strong> chestnut saplings on national<br />
forest lands. Hopefully my daughter can return to the same spot<br />
with her grandchildren to harvest chestnuts from a forest of<br />
towering chestnut trees.”<br />
Juliet Blankespoor, a TACF volunteer from Asheville,<br />
NC, recently took part in a planting of <strong>American</strong> chestnut<br />
trees on national forest lands.<br />
www.acf.org<br />
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Our Science<br />
Using Biotechnology to Build Disease Resistance<br />
For more than twenty years, the New York Chapter of TACF and research teams led<br />
by State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry<br />
(SUNY-ESF) scientists Dr. William Powell and Dr. Chuck Maynard have been<br />
pursuing a biotechnology approach to producing blight- and ink disease-resistant<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnut trees. Working in concert with a wide variety of partners,<br />
including Dr. Scott Merkle and Dr. Joe Nairn (University of Georgia), TACF’s<br />
Dr. Joe James, USDA NIFA BRAG, the ArborGen Corporation, the Institute<br />
of Forest Biotechnology, <strong>The</strong> Forest Health Initiative, and <strong>The</strong> Monsanto Fund,<br />
they are now testing the newly developed trees in the field at several locations.<br />
Dr. Joe James leads a tour of<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong> Return Farm, where<br />
ink disease research is yielding<br />
promising results.<br />
In April of <strong>2012</strong>, ten potentially blight-resistant transgenic trees were planted at<br />
the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York, a fitting site for diseasefree<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnuts because it is just across the street from where chestnut<br />
blight was first identified in 1904.<br />
Also this spring, SUNY-ESF researchers and the New York Chapter of TACF<br />
planted their first round of transgenic nuts, which were the result of controlled<br />
crosses made last summer between transgenic chestnut pollen and wild-type<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnuts. This demonstrates that transgenes can be passed on to a<br />
second generation and shows that biotechnology is a viable option for <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut restoration. More success followed in the the summer of <strong>2012</strong>, as the first<br />
line of transgenic <strong>American</strong> chestnut trees, the ‘Darling 4’, clearly demonstrated<br />
enhanced blight resistance in field trials at SUNY-ESF.<br />
Dale Travis of the New York<br />
Chapter of TACF with one of the<br />
ten transgenic <strong>American</strong> chestnuts<br />
that were planted at the New York<br />
Botanical Garden this spring.<br />
Battling Ink Disease in the<br />
Southern Range<br />
Throughout the southern range of the <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut, ink disease has been more damaging<br />
to the tree than chestnut blight. In <strong>2012</strong>, new<br />
research revealed that a small percentage of<br />
TACF’s most blight-resistant trees also carry<br />
resistance to ink disease. This suggests that<br />
careful breeding of these trees could produce a<br />
chestnut that is resistant to both chestnut blight<br />
and ink disease, making restoration of the<br />
species in the southern range feasible. Much of<br />
this work is being conducted by Dr. Joe James<br />
at his <strong>Chestnut</strong> Return Farm in Seneca, South<br />
Carolina, in partnership with the Carolinas<br />
Chapter of TACF, TACF scientists, Dr. Steve<br />
Jeffers of Clemson University, and the USDA<br />
Forest Service.<br />
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Research Funded Through TACF<br />
Research is a vital tool that points the way to successful restoration of the <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut. TACF has funded many research programs that have provided critical<br />
knowledge and helped us to understand the remarkably complex ecology of the<br />
chestnut and its interactions with the natural world. In <strong>2012</strong>, the <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
awarded $70,347 in grants to external organizations to conduct chestnut research.<br />
This year’s dollars funded the following projects:<br />
RESEARCH PROJECTS<br />
Evaluating the genetic and genomic basis for varying levels of blight resistance among Chinese trees (Castanea<br />
mollissima, Castanea henryi, and Castanea seguinii)<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong> restoration in northeastern forest gaps: experimental plantings to advance forest structure and restoration<br />
ecology practice<br />
ORGANIZATIONS<br />
State University of New York College of<br />
Environmental Science and Forestry<br />
Center for Urban Restoration Ecology at Rutgers<br />
University<br />
Bull Run Mountains chestnut survival study<br />
Bull Run Mountains Conservancy, Smithsonian<br />
Conservation Biology Institute, Virginia Chapter<br />
of TACF<br />
Development of Castanea pumila specific single nucleotide polymorphisms to detect the occurrence of hybridization<br />
between <strong>American</strong> Castanea species<br />
Department of Horticulture at Auburn University<br />
<strong>The</strong> establishment of a genetically diverse population of hybrid <strong>American</strong> chestnut trees resistant to both chestnut blight<br />
incited by Cryphonectria parasitica and to ink disease incited by Phytophthora cinnamomi<br />
<strong>The</strong> Carolinas Chapter of TACF and<br />
Clemson University<br />
Comparative analysis of chestnut growth and survival on Appalachian surface mine lands<br />
Ohio University<br />
Preservation and multiplication of elite backcross <strong>American</strong> chestnut hybrids by micropropagation<br />
State University of New York College of<br />
Environmental Science and Forestry<br />
Plant and fungal dynamics in <strong>American</strong> chestnut restoration<br />
Miami University; USDA Forest Service, Northern<br />
Research Station; <strong>The</strong> Wilds Conservation<br />
Science Training Center<br />
Maintaining a backcross orchard planting to assess the integration of host resistance and hypovirulence<br />
West Virginia University<br />
Assessing phenological differences among <strong>American</strong> chestnut sources in a range-wide progeny planting<br />
<strong>The</strong> University of Vermont; USDA Forest Service,<br />
Northern Research Station; Vermont/New<br />
Hampshire Chapter of TACF<br />
www.acf.org<br />
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ME<br />
WI<br />
IL<br />
TN<br />
MI<br />
IN<br />
KY<br />
OH<br />
WV<br />
PA<br />
VA<br />
NC<br />
VT<br />
NY NH<br />
CT<br />
NJ<br />
NJ<br />
DE<br />
MD<br />
MA<br />
RI<br />
Regional Breeding Orchards:<br />
Building A Better <strong>Chestnut</strong><br />
Two factors are critical to breeding an <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut that can flourish in the harsh environment<br />
of the eastern forests: regional adaptation and<br />
genetic diversity.<br />
Early in TACF’s history, our scientists realized that<br />
there would be a great benefit in establishing local<br />
breeding orchards in each state of the chestnut’s<br />
natural range. <strong>The</strong>se orchards would complete the<br />
final breeding generations of the process begun at<br />
our farms in Meadowview, VA. <strong>The</strong> local breeding<br />
orchards would enable growers to produce trees<br />
that were regionally adapted–that had a genetic<br />
predisposition to thrive in the local environment.<br />
It would also allow states to constantly include new<br />
genetic material from local surviving <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnuts, adding important genetic diversity to<br />
the breeding population. This system of regional<br />
orchards would mean Maine would breed chestnuts<br />
uniquely suited to Maine’s environment and<br />
Georgia would breed chestnuts that could thrive in<br />
Georgia’s forests.<br />
S<br />
AL<br />
GA<br />
SC<br />
Core Natural Range<br />
Our 5,800 volunteers support and maintain more<br />
than 450 breeding and test orchards in all 19 states<br />
of the chestnut’s original range. <strong>The</strong>se orchards<br />
contain a total of more than 60,000 trees. More<br />
importantly, the final stage of this breeding process<br />
is the establishment of seed orchards, which have<br />
now been planted in five states.<br />
Orchards/Plantings<br />
FL<br />
<strong>The</strong> breeding and test orchards established and maintained<br />
by TACF’s state chapers. <strong>The</strong>se orchards help us develop<br />
chestnuts that have a high degree of genetic diversity and<br />
regional adaptation, which are needed to improve the tree’s<br />
survival in the wild.<br />
Opposite: Volunteers Jim and Maureen Molnar plant<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong> 1.0 trees as part of a project to reforest<br />
areas of the Flight 93 National Memorial.<br />
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Our Volunteers
Our Volunteers<br />
TACF Regional Achievements<br />
Restoring the <strong>American</strong> chestnut will require<br />
decades or even a century of work to complete.<br />
For nearly thirty years, our TACF volunteers have<br />
worked diligently toward making this dream a<br />
reality. Our model of partnering skilled scientists<br />
with volunteers to achieve a common goal makes<br />
TACF unique. This partnership is the reason why<br />
the organization is succeeding in our mission to<br />
restore the <strong>American</strong> chestnut.<br />
New England Region<br />
STATE CHAPTERS<br />
Maine, Vermont/New Hampshire,<br />
Massachusetts/Rhode Island, Connecticut<br />
REGION STATS<br />
• Approximately 23,586 chestnuts harvested<br />
• Approximately 7,550 chestnuts planted<br />
• 4 new orchards established<br />
• 151 new members enrolled<br />
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Maine and Massachusetts/Rhode Island Chapters<br />
established their first seed orchards. Seeds from<br />
these orchards will one day help restore the region’s<br />
forests with Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 that are direct<br />
descendants of the great <strong>American</strong> chestnuts that<br />
once grew in New England.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Vermont/New Hampshire Chapter planted<br />
the first New England progeny test at Beaver<br />
Brook Association in Hollis, NH. Progeny tests are<br />
plantings of our most advanced seeds, Restoration<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0, in natural growing environments. <strong>The</strong><br />
performance of these trees will be monitored for years<br />
to come.<br />
• Restoration Branch events held in Maine and<br />
Massachusetts helped to promote local awareness of<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnut restoration and build membership.<br />
Mid-Atlantic Region<br />
STATE CHAPTERS<br />
Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia<br />
REGION STATS<br />
• Approximately 11,571 chestnuts harvested<br />
• Approximately 635 chestnuts planted<br />
• 4 new orchards established<br />
• 139 new members enrolled<br />
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
• <strong>The</strong> West Virginia Chapter participated in the<br />
installation of a new progeny test planting on national<br />
forest land. Volunteers will continue to monitor and<br />
track the planting to determine the blight resistance of<br />
the Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
• Rowlesburg, West Virginia, held their 4th <strong>Annual</strong> West<br />
Virginia <strong>Chestnut</strong> Festival, attracting people from all<br />
over the mid-Atlantic region to join in celebrating the<br />
return of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Maryland Chapter installed two new orchards,<br />
as well as several demonstration and ceremonial<br />
plantings, that will advance their mission and increase<br />
their public outreach.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Virginia Chapter worked diligently this year to<br />
produce two new backcross chestnut orchards, one at<br />
Fried Farm in Crozet, VA, and the other at <strong>The</strong> Ranch<br />
in Culpeper, VA.<br />
New England intern Dan<br />
Hale delivers an educational<br />
program about <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnuts to kids attending<br />
Camp DREAM, a camp for<br />
urban kids.<br />
Volunteers roasting<br />
chestnuts at the West<br />
Virginia <strong>Chestnut</strong> Festival,<br />
the only chestnut festival in<br />
the Appalachian region.<br />
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North Central Region<br />
STATE CHAPTERS<br />
New York, Pennsylvania/New Jersey,<br />
Ohio, Indiana<br />
REGION STATS<br />
• Approximately 53,800 chestnuts harvested<br />
• Approximately 18,025 chestnuts planted<br />
• 13 new orchards established<br />
• 267 new members enrolled<br />
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
• <strong>The</strong> region increased visibility of <strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong><br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> through presentations, plantings,<br />
signage, and attendance at public outreach events.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> New York Chapter and their partners planted<br />
a new transgenic <strong>American</strong> chestnut test plot near<br />
Watertown, NY.<br />
• Restoration Branch events held in Indiana and<br />
Pennsylvania helped promote local awareness of<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnut restoration.<br />
Southeast Region<br />
STATE CHAPTERS<br />
Kentucky, Tennessee, North/South Carolina,<br />
Georgia, Alabama<br />
REGIONAL STATS<br />
• Approximately 8,419 chestnuts harvested<br />
• Approximately 6,229 chestnuts planted<br />
• 14 new orchards established<br />
• 181 new members enrolled<br />
NOTABLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Carolinas Chapter established their first seed<br />
orchard in Edneyville, North Carolina. <strong>The</strong> seeds<br />
from this orchard will produce regionally adapted,<br />
potentially blight-resistant chestnut trees for the<br />
forests of the Carolinas.<br />
• <strong>The</strong> Georgia Chapter held a fundraiser at the Carter<br />
Center in Atlanta drawing nearly 130 attendees,<br />
including special guests Former President Jimmy<br />
Carter, Former First Lady Rosalynn Carter and Rolling<br />
Stones keyboardist Chuck Leavell. <strong>The</strong> chapter added<br />
30 new members and raised nearly $4,000 in funds.<br />
Thad Jones, park ranger at Sewickly Heights Borough Park,<br />
takes every chance he can to plant chestnuts. This year, he<br />
worked with students at Sewickley Academy to plant and<br />
monitor chestnuts in their greenhouse.<br />
Former President Jimmy Carter shakes hands with TACF<br />
member Steve Barilovits, IV at the Georgia Chapter’s Carter<br />
Center event.<br />
TACF volunteers Judy Sutton and Judy Coker help plant the<br />
Carolinas Chapter’s first seed orchard near Asheville, NC<br />
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Our Volunteers<br />
Restoration Branches – Building Membership<br />
Through Participation<br />
Restoration Branches are special regional groups affiliated with TACF state chapters.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se hardworking volunteer groups focus on recruiting new members, hosting<br />
events, supporting chapter efforts and implementing TACF’s vision and programs<br />
at the grassroots level.<br />
One of a Restoration Branch’s most exciting contributions is holding events that<br />
attract new members and update local communities on TACF’s activities. In <strong>2012</strong><br />
events were held in six states: North Carolina (Cataloochee Ranch), Massachusetts<br />
(Sturbridge Village), Indiana (Powtawatomi Wildlife Park), Maine (Freeport),<br />
Pennsylvania (Raystown), and Virginia (Southwest VA). <strong>The</strong> Raystown Pennsylvania<br />
Branch alone recruited 52 new members and renewed 43 members. In total,<br />
Restoration Branches were responsible for 15% of all new TACF members in <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Citizen Science – Training Our Volunteers and<br />
Expanding Our Reach<br />
Restoration of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut would simply not be possible without the<br />
efforts of thousands of dedicated TACF volunteers. <strong>The</strong>se “citizen scientists”<br />
perform basic field tasks under the direction of TACF’s scientists and science<br />
coordinators, which dramatically increases the reach and effectiveness of TACF’s<br />
science-based breeding and restoration efforts. As more chestnut plantings are<br />
established across the eastern United States, even greater numbers of trained<br />
volunteers will be needed to collect the data necessary to evaluate the progress of<br />
our breeding program.<br />
To help make this vision of citizen scientists a reality, in 2011 and <strong>2012</strong> the<br />
Richard King Mellon <strong>Foundation</strong> funded TACF’s organized training program<br />
for citizen scientists: FOREST (FOrest REstoration Specialist Training). TACF’s<br />
Regional Science Coordinators designed the FOREST curriculum and led the<br />
training for a group of enthusiastic members in southwestern Pennsylvania.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se new forest restoration specialists will use their skills to<br />
maintain trees in their local communities and teach others<br />
what they have learned. TACF will replicate this training<br />
program in 2013 and 2014 as part of a long-term project to<br />
reforest reclaimed mine lands throughout Appalachia funded<br />
by a Conservation Innovation Grant from NRCS.<br />
Volunteer Terry Stamper bags chestnut flowers to prevent uncontrolled pollination at Meadowview<br />
Research Farms.<br />
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Education and Outreach to the Public<br />
Younger generations have heard stories about the chestnut tree from their parents and grandparents. Some even<br />
live on “<strong>Chestnut</strong> Street.” But if asked about the relevance of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut tree, many are unaware of<br />
the impact the loss of the tree had on our environment and society.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong> (TACF) is committed to providing educational opportunities for our<br />
nation’s youth and strengthening the bond between communities and forests. Reaching out to schools and<br />
communities is an important part of TACF’s activities.<br />
Myra Orr and Craig Ashbrook investigate the distinctions<br />
between <strong>American</strong> chestnuts and species commonly confused<br />
with it during a teacher training at TACF Meadowview<br />
Research Farms in Virginia.<br />
Teacher Training Workshops – Utilizing the<br />
<strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> Learning Box<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> Learning Box is an<br />
educational tool that brings the story of the <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut to classrooms, nature centers, and civic groups<br />
in a tangible, thought-provoking way. It contains<br />
hands-on materials such as chestnut leaves, burs, and<br />
wood samples, and a series of photos, presentations,<br />
and posters that showcase the <strong>American</strong> chestnut<br />
before, during, and after the blight. Teacher trainings<br />
organized by TACF volunteers and staff help educators<br />
integrate the <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> Learning Box into an<br />
engaging classroom or outdoor learning environment.<br />
TACF Regional Science Coordinator Sara Fitzsimmons assists<br />
fifth graders from Elwood Kindle Elementary in their Disney<br />
Planet Challenge project to restore the <strong>American</strong> chestnut to<br />
Pitman, New Jersey.<br />
Students Reintroduce <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong>s<br />
to <strong>The</strong>ir Community<br />
Fifth graders at Elwood Kindle Elementary in<br />
Pitman, New Jersey, designed a project dedicated to<br />
restoring the <strong>American</strong> chestnut to their town. <strong>The</strong>ir<br />
project won “runner-up” in the New Jersey Disney<br />
Planet Challenge and the trees they planted will be<br />
enjoyed for generations to come.<br />
Carolinas Chapter President Doug Gillis presents at a<br />
ceremonial planting in Columbia, South Carolina. Doug has<br />
a rich knowledge of <strong>American</strong> chestnut history that he enjoys<br />
sharing with the public.<br />
Bringing <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong>s<br />
to Public Spaces<br />
Throughout the year, TACF volunteers deliver<br />
presentations to communities and local organizations,<br />
organize ceremonial plantings to raise public<br />
awareness, participate at local shows and fairs, and<br />
create Restoration Branches to inspire community<br />
involvement in restoration efforts<br />
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Our Volunteers<br />
Mega-Transect: Mapping Surviving <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong>s Along the<br />
Appalachian Trail<br />
<strong>The</strong> Appalachian Trail MEGA-Transect <strong>Chestnut</strong> Project is a collaboration between TACF scientists and volunteers<br />
and the Potomac Appalachian Trail Club (PATC) to train volunteers to collect data on <strong>American</strong> chestnut trees<br />
growing along the Appalachian Trail (AT). Information gathered will help scientists to better understand the<br />
preferred site requirements for <strong>American</strong> chestnut by evaluating where they still continue to grow.<br />
An AT MEGA-Transect training workshop was held in June <strong>2012</strong> at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Wesser,<br />
NC. Participants hiked one mile of the AT to count all <strong>American</strong> chestnuts greater than 3-feet tall and less than<br />
15 feet from the trail edge. One highlight of the workshop was the discovery of a large, 16-inch circumference,<br />
blooming <strong>American</strong> chestnut found by Bert Crabtree and Kevin Kimbrough.<br />
Mega-Transect Workshop participants gather around a<br />
blooming <strong>American</strong> chestnut found near the Appalachian Trail in<br />
North Carolina by Bert Crabtree and Kevin Kimbrough.<br />
stems / sq km<br />
2,559 - 6,539<br />
1,034 - 2,558<br />
450 - 1,033<br />
226 - 449<br />
140 - 225<br />
107 - 139<br />
21 - 106<br />
Native Range (Little)<br />
Mapping Surviving <strong>American</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong>s<br />
Prior to the blight, the <strong>American</strong> chestnut was the<br />
dominant canopy tree in the eastern forests of the<br />
United States. An estimated four billion <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut trees populated these forests. This estimate<br />
refers to large, mature trees that could reach 100<br />
feet or more in height. Add small seedlings to this<br />
number and the total was probably much greater.<br />
<strong>The</strong> chestnut blight reduced this magnificent tree<br />
to what is today a population of sprouts surviving<br />
in the understory, undergoing repeated cycles of<br />
growth and dieback from chestnut blight. No longer<br />
the mighty giant of the forest, the average <strong>American</strong><br />
chestnut today is less than ten feet tall and under two<br />
inches in diameter.<br />
But how many of these sprouts still survive Using<br />
the USDA Forest Service’s FIA (Forest Inventory<br />
and Analysis Database) we estimate the surviving<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnut population of sprouts in excess<br />
of one inch in diameter at 464 million trees (+/-<br />
10% error).<br />
Map by Dr. John Scrivani showing relative density of surviving<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnuts - most of which are small understory sprouts.<br />
Opposite: Male Eastern Towhee sings from a perch in a chestnut<br />
seedling growing in a woodlot in Central Massachusetts. Photo<br />
courtesy of Mass Wildlife/Bill Byrne<br />
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<strong>Chestnut</strong> Survivor Density (FIA Data)<br />
John Scrivani - January 2011<br />
Sources: Miles, P.D. Tue Jan 11 12:13:04 CST 2011. Forest Inventory EVALIDator web-application version 4.01 beta.<br />
St.Paul, MN: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northern Research Station.<br />
[Available only on internet: http://fiatools.fs.fed.us/Evalidator4/tmattribute.jsp]<br />
<strong>The</strong> National Atlas of the United States, ESRI, Tele Atlas North America, Inc.
Our Environment Our Wildlife<br />
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<strong>Chestnut</strong>s and Wildlife<br />
Before the arrival of chestnut blight, the <strong>American</strong> chestnut was one of the most<br />
important food sources for wildlife. Animals of all types, including white-tailed<br />
deer, bear, raccoon, wild boar, squirrels, mice, wood rats, wild turkey, grouse,<br />
crows, blue jays – even the now extinct passenger pigeon – were all consumers of<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnuts.<br />
<strong>The</strong> chestnut was renowned for having a nutrition-rich, reliable and very plentiful<br />
nut crop. Recent studies have shown that the amount of mast produced by a single<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnut may have been many times greater than the next most prolific<br />
forest tree – the oak. More importantly, the chestnut’s relatively late spring bloom<br />
meant that the nut crop was seldom damaged by late frosts. This, combined with<br />
the chestnut’s ability to be pollinated by multiple methods – wind, animals and<br />
insects – made chestnuts the most reliable food source in the eastern forests.<br />
Restoration: A Boon to Wildlife<br />
In addition to the 5,425 Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 that have been planted in<br />
national forests, more than 5,000 of them have been planted on other public and<br />
private lands. <strong>The</strong> restoration of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut will return one of the<br />
most prolific and dependable sources of food to the eastern forests. <strong>The</strong>re is little<br />
doubt that in so doing, the capacity of the forest to nurture and support a wide<br />
array of birds and mammals will dramatically increase.<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> chestnut once provided the most prolific and reliable source of food for wildlife in the eastern forests.<br />
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Our Environment Our Wildlife<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong>s and Reclaimed Mine<br />
Lands: A Win-Win Scenario<br />
<strong>The</strong> natural range of the <strong>American</strong> chestnut tree<br />
encompasses much of the rugged coalfield region<br />
of the Appalachians. Since 2005, TACF and our<br />
partners have worked to find the best methods to<br />
restore healthy, diverse hardwood forests to reclaimed<br />
mine lands. Key to this effort is the establishment<br />
of thriving, early-succession woodlands that include<br />
<strong>American</strong> chestnuts.<br />
Also vital to the restoration process is a technique<br />
called the Forestry Reclamation Approach (FRA).<br />
This method uses huge bulldozers equipped with<br />
powerful steel hooks to rip deep furrows in the<br />
once compacted mine spoils. Amazingly, the<br />
resulting rock-strewn, barren-looking sites offer<br />
great growing conditions for chestnut–well drained,<br />
slightly acidic soil with virtually unlimited sunlight.<br />
Here chestnuts can not only grow, but thrive–and as<br />
they grow quickly, they break down the rocky soils,<br />
helping to “jump start” a vibrant forest ecology that<br />
will support diverse plant life and offer both food<br />
and shelter to a wide variety of wildlife.<br />
A Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG)<br />
awarded to TACF by USDA Natural Resources<br />
Conservation Service will fund 12 major mine land<br />
restoration plantings that will constitute the largest<br />
planting project in the <strong>Foundation</strong>’s history. Over<br />
three years, TACF and project cooperators will<br />
plant approximately 250,000 seedlings, including<br />
more than 14,000 potentially blight-resistant<br />
chestnuts on 12 sites totaling 360 acres. <strong>The</strong> first<br />
of these plantings took place in Schuylkill County,<br />
PA, and included more than 1,000 Restoration<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0.<br />
In 2011 and <strong>2012</strong>, with generous support from the<br />
Norfolk Southern <strong>Foundation</strong>, TACF worked with<br />
the Appalachian Regional Reforestation Initiative<br />
and other partners to facilitate 56 major planting<br />
events that reforested 806 acres of land, planting<br />
455,516 mixed hardwood trees including more<br />
than 5,000 chestnuts. All told, this effort involved<br />
the coordinated efforts of more than 4,240<br />
volunteers.<br />
Bill Reichert and volunteers prepare a CIG planting on<br />
reclaimed mine lands in Schuylkill County, PA.<br />
Boy Scouts help plant chestnuts on Fishtrap Wildlife Management Area<br />
in Pike County Kentucky. Photo from TACF partner Green Forests Work<br />
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Restoration and Remembrance at the Flight 93 National Memorial<br />
TACF volunteers were among the 600 people who participated in an April planting of thousands of<br />
hardwood trees, including 72 Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong> 1.0 seedlings, on the Flight 93 National Memorial. Scene<br />
of the tragic crash of Flight 93 on 9/11, the memorial is located on a reclaimed surface mine in southwestern<br />
Pennsylvania. Among the volunteers were several who had lost family, friends or co-workers in the crash.<br />
TACF is honored to participate in this historic project organized by the National Park Service and many<br />
other partners, which will eventually reforest 250 acres. In spring of 2013 TACF will plant an additional 480<br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong>s 1.0 on the memorial with support from the Colcom <strong>Foundation</strong> and <strong>Foundation</strong> for<br />
Pennsylvania Watersheds via GenOn Settlement Funds.<br />
Volunteer inspects a chestnut recently planted at the<br />
Palmerton Superfund site<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong>s Help Restore Palmerton<br />
Superfund Site<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong> chestnut’s ability to reforest<br />
damaged lands goes beyond restoring<br />
reclaimed mine lands. Palmerton, Pennsylvania,<br />
was for many years the site of a zinc smelting<br />
plant where heavy metals pollution devastated<br />
more than a thousand acres. Today the site is<br />
the largest remediation and re-vegetation project<br />
ever undertaken by the U.S. Environmental<br />
Protection Agency’s Superfund program, and<br />
TACF is playing a part. With support from<br />
ARCADIS US, Inc. the Pennsylvania/New Jersey<br />
Chapter of TACF recently planted 2,000 B2F3s<br />
and 75 Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong> 1.0 seedlings as<br />
part of a multi-year project to reforest what was<br />
once a barren industrial wasteland.<br />
Tom Baloga, vice president of engineering for<br />
BMW North America, plants a tree to honor<br />
the victims of Flight 93. Tom was a friend and<br />
colleague of BMW employee Linda Gronlund,<br />
who was aboard the ill-fated flight.<br />
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PARTNERS<br />
Partnerships<br />
Our work would be impossible without the<br />
cooperation of devoted partners. We collaborate<br />
with various non-profit, corporate and educational<br />
partners across the country to achieve our mission<br />
to help bring <strong>American</strong> chestnut research to the<br />
forefront of the nation’s conservation efforts on<br />
both public and private lands.<br />
Corporate Partners<br />
Air Products<br />
Alcoa Corporation<br />
<strong>American</strong> Electric<br />
Power<br />
ArborGen, Inc.<br />
Banks Hardwoods<br />
Bartlett Tree Experts<br />
Biltmore Estate<br />
Bridgestone/Firestone<br />
Cataloochee Ranch<br />
Central Vermont Public<br />
Service Corporation<br />
Connecticut Light and<br />
Power<br />
Duke Energy<br />
DuPont<br />
Edge of the Woods<br />
Nursery<br />
Empire <strong>Chestnut</strong><br />
Company<br />
Exxon/Mobile<br />
Corporation<br />
GenOn<br />
Geo/Environmental<br />
Services<br />
Georgia Pacific<br />
Kane Hardwoods<br />
Lark Nurseries<br />
MeadWestvaco<br />
Michael Coal<br />
National Grid<br />
News Printing Company<br />
NSTAR Electric & Gas<br />
PP&L<br />
Russell Lands<br />
Trexler Zoo<br />
Vermont Electric Co-Op<br />
Educational Partners<br />
Belleville-Henderson<br />
School<br />
Berea College<br />
Berry College<br />
Carroll County Schools<br />
Centre College<br />
Clemson University<br />
Cornell University<br />
Emory & Henry College<br />
Glenville State College<br />
Goshen College<br />
Grove City College<br />
Jackson State<br />
University<br />
Juniata College<br />
Kentucky State<br />
University<br />
Miami University of<br />
Ohio<br />
Michigan State<br />
University<br />
Milton R. Hershey<br />
School<br />
Montreat College<br />
Ohio University<br />
Penn State University<br />
Pennsbury High School<br />
Purdue University<br />
Reinhardt College<br />
Rutgers University<br />
Saint Anselm College<br />
Schuykill Center<br />
Smith College<br />
State University of<br />
New York, College of<br />
Environmental Science<br />
and Forestry<br />
Tennessee Tech<br />
University<br />
Unity College<br />
University of Georgia<br />
University of Kentucky<br />
University of Maine<br />
University of Tennessee<br />
- Chattanooga<br />
University of Vermont<br />
University of Wisconsin<br />
at Lacrosse<br />
Volunteer State<br />
Community College<br />
Warren Wilson College<br />
West Virginia University<br />
Westtown School<br />
Wilkes University<br />
Wright State University<br />
(OH)<br />
Government Partners<br />
Fort Detrick<br />
I-26 Visitors Center, NC<br />
Lancaster County Solid<br />
Waste Authority<br />
National Park Service<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Department of<br />
Agriculture<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Department of<br />
Conservation and<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Department of<br />
Environmental<br />
Protection<br />
Rhode Island<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Conservation Service<br />
Schuylkill Conservation<br />
District<br />
Maryland State<br />
Highway<br />
Administration<br />
Tennessee Army<br />
National Guard<br />
Tennessee Valley<br />
Authority<br />
Town of Middletown, CT<br />
US Army Corps of<br />
Engineers<br />
USDA Forest Service<br />
USDA National Institute<br />
of Food and Agriculture<br />
USDA Natural<br />
Resources<br />
Conservation Service<br />
USDI Office of Surface<br />
Mining Reclamation<br />
and Enforcement<br />
Waynesboro Watershed<br />
Park/Forest Partners<br />
Abraham Lincoln’s<br />
Birthplace<br />
Alabama Forestry<br />
Commission<br />
Alabama State Parks<br />
Allegheny County<br />
Department of Parks<br />
Appalachian Regional<br />
Restoration Initiative<br />
Black Hill Regional Park<br />
Black Mountain<br />
Watershed<br />
Brooklyn Botanic<br />
Garden<br />
Calloway Gardens<br />
Chattanooga Arboretum<br />
Cleveland Metro Parks<br />
Columbus Metro Parks<br />
Dawes Arboretum<br />
Fern Hollow Nature<br />
Center<br />
Green Forests Work<br />
Indiana Department of<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Kentucky Department<br />
of Fish and Wildlife<br />
Resources<br />
Kentucky Division of<br />
Forestry<br />
Mammoth Cave<br />
National Park<br />
Massachusetts<br />
Department of<br />
Conservation and<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Massachusetts Fish<br />
and Wildlife<br />
Mohonk Preserve<br />
Morris County Park<br />
Commission, NJ<br />
National Park Service<br />
New Hampshire<br />
Division of Forests and<br />
Lands<br />
New Jersey State<br />
Forestry Service<br />
New York Botanical<br />
Garden<br />
New York City<br />
Department of Parks &<br />
Recreation<br />
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PARTNERS<br />
New York Department<br />
of Environmental<br />
Conservation<br />
North Carolina Division<br />
of Forest Resources<br />
Northern Virginia<br />
Regional Park<br />
Authority<br />
Ohio Department of<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Department of<br />
Conservation and<br />
Natural Resources<br />
Pennsylvania Game<br />
Commission<br />
Potawa-tomi Wildlife<br />
Park<br />
Vermont State Parks<br />
Viles Arboretum<br />
Virginia Department of<br />
Forestry<br />
Virginia State<br />
Arboretum<br />
Vogel State Park<br />
Westchester County<br />
Department of Parks<br />
Non-profit Partners<br />
Atlanta History Society<br />
Audubon Wildlife<br />
Sanctuary<br />
Beaver Brook<br />
Association<br />
Blooming Grove<br />
Hunting and Fishing<br />
Club<br />
Carter Center<br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong> Grove<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Clark <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Consortium for Plant<br />
Biotechnology<br />
Research<br />
Forest Health Initiative<br />
Freshwater Land trust<br />
Future Farmers of<br />
America<br />
Great Mountain Forest<br />
Corp<br />
Heritage Conservancy<br />
Highlands Nature<br />
Sanctuary<br />
House of Dreams<br />
International Forest<br />
Biotechnology<br />
Izaak Walton League of<br />
America<br />
Jewel Mill Plantation<br />
Lancaster County<br />
Conservancy<br />
Litchfield Hills Audubon<br />
Society<br />
Little Schuylkill<br />
Conservation Club<br />
Longacre Leadership<br />
Camp<br />
Longwood Gardens<br />
Lula Lake Land Trust<br />
Merck Forest and<br />
Farmland Center<br />
Merle Thorpe<br />
Charitable Trust, MD<br />
Merryspring Nature<br />
Center<br />
Middletown Garden<br />
Club<br />
Milford Experimental<br />
Forest<br />
Monsanto Fund<br />
Nanticoke Conservation<br />
Club<br />
<strong>The</strong> National Hardwood<br />
Lumber Association<br />
National Wild Turkey<br />
Federation<br />
Natural Lands Trust<br />
<strong>The</strong> Nature<br />
Conservancy<br />
New York Division of<br />
Science Technology<br />
and Innovation<br />
Norcross Wildlife<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Northeast Wilderness<br />
Trust<br />
Northern Connecticut<br />
Land Trust<br />
Northern Nut Growers<br />
Association<br />
Old Sturbridge Village<br />
Penn Cumberland<br />
Garden Club<br />
Penobscot County<br />
Conservation<br />
Association<br />
Piedmont<br />
Environmental Council<br />
Public Service of New<br />
Hampshire<br />
Quality Deer<br />
Management<br />
Association<br />
Red Clay Reservation,<br />
Delaware<br />
Schuylkill Headwaters<br />
Association<br />
Sewickley Civic Garden<br />
Club<br />
Shade Sportsmen’s<br />
Club<br />
Silver Ridge Hunt Club<br />
Smithsonian<br />
Conservation Biology<br />
Institute<br />
Stanback <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Stronghold, Inc.<br />
Tenafly Nature Center, NJ<br />
ThorpeWood<br />
Trexler Nature Preserve<br />
Tyler Arboretum<br />
Unger Vetlesen<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
University of Rhode<br />
Island Master<br />
Gardeners<br />
Washington Suburban<br />
Sanitary Commission<br />
Western Maryland<br />
Research and<br />
Education Center<br />
Western Pennsylvania<br />
Conservancy<br />
<strong>The</strong> Wilds<br />
Woodbridge Land Trust<br />
Smoky Mountains Hiking Club enjoying the big chestnut tree<br />
stop. <strong>The</strong> day before the snowstorm. March 5, 1932<br />
Photo courtesy University of Tennessee digital collections.<br />
www.acf.org<br />
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DONORS<br />
Major Government, <strong>Foundation</strong>,<br />
and Corporate Sponsors<br />
Allegheny <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
<strong>American</strong> Electric Power<br />
ARCADIS US, Inc.<br />
Archie W. and Grace Berry<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
<strong>The</strong> Ceres Trust<br />
Constellation Energy<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> for Pennsylvania<br />
Watersheds via GenOn<br />
Settlement Funds<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> for Sustainability<br />
and Innovation<br />
<strong>The</strong> Manton <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
MeadWestvaco <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Richard King Mellon<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
National Forest <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Norfolk Southern <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Donors<br />
$25,000 +<br />
Brad Stanback and Shelli<br />
Lodge-Stanback<br />
Richard and Carol Will<br />
$10,000 to $24,999<br />
Dr. John D. Agricola<br />
Robert H. Dunlap<br />
William Winston Hoy, Jr.<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Fred<br />
Stanback, Jr.<br />
Timothy Sweeney<br />
TACF-Pennsylvania/New<br />
Jersey State Chapter<br />
TACF-Virginia State Chapter<br />
Northern Connecticut Land<br />
Trust<br />
Peabody Energy<br />
Sordoni <strong>Foundation</strong>, Inc<br />
Steele-Reese <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Sustainable Forestry<br />
Initiative<br />
<strong>The</strong> Tucker <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Upper Tennessee River<br />
Roundtable<br />
USDA Forest Service<br />
USDA Forest Service,<br />
Southern Research Station<br />
USDA Natural Resources<br />
Conservation Service<br />
<strong>The</strong> WestWind <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Wolf Creek Charitable<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
$5,000 to $9,999<br />
Donald and Mary Stout<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Wallace and Nancy McCurdy<br />
Jack McKee<br />
Jay and Jennifer Mills<br />
<strong>The</strong> Neil and Anna<br />
Rasmussen <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Burton J. Willingham<br />
$1,000 to $4,999<br />
Ailene Phillips Trust<br />
Betty and John Allison<br />
Anonymous<br />
Steve Antoline<br />
Apple Matching Gifts Program<br />
Ralph Arthur<br />
Gadi Avshalomov<br />
Bailey Nurseries <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Anne Bain<br />
Stephen G. Banks<br />
Steven Barilovits III<br />
Beaver Run Hunting and<br />
Fishing Club<br />
Jack Bertsch<br />
Shelby Bonnie<br />
Mr and Mrs. Darnall W. Boyd<br />
A. Mitchell Burford Jr.<br />
Ronnie W. Camp<br />
Dr. Gary and Darlene Carver<br />
Philip Chaplin<br />
Charles W. Gaddy and Lucy<br />
Finch Gaddy Endowment<br />
Fund of the North Carolina<br />
Community <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
John Cholin<br />
Peter Dartley<br />
John and Katie Dawes<br />
Michael Doochin<br />
Susan Dorward<br />
Philip and Jennifer Dubois<br />
EcoRebates, Inc.<br />
Friends of Raystown Lake<br />
E. Marianne Gabel<br />
R Michael Gadbaw<br />
Georgia Pacific<br />
Charles Gleason III<br />
Graham-Kucera Philanthropic<br />
Fund at the Community<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> for Greater<br />
Buffalo<br />
H.O. Peet <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Lois Hindhede<br />
Isaac W. Jeanes III<br />
James and Gretchen L.<br />
Johnson<br />
Barbara B. Knapp<br />
Knox Family <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Sandy Lerner<br />
Little Acorn Fund of the<br />
Community <strong>Foundation</strong> of<br />
Western North Carolina<br />
Donald K. Lorenzo<br />
Dr. William and Nora<br />
MacDonald<br />
Jacqueline Mars, Stonehall<br />
Farm<br />
Charles Mathes<br />
Catherine and Randall D.<br />
Mayes<br />
Richard D. McClure<br />
Kincaid and Allison Mills<br />
Geary and Beth Mizuno<br />
Isaac A. Morris<br />
Mrs. Justin J. Nathan<br />
Mrs. Shirley Nicholson<br />
Catherine A. Novelli<br />
OppenheimerFunds Legacy<br />
Program<br />
Robert and Elizabeth Owens<br />
Alan Palmer<br />
Deborah Pearsall<br />
Dr. V. Watson Pugh<br />
Celia and Jim Rutt<br />
Patrick Scanlan<br />
Frederic W. Scott, Jr.<br />
Nicholas A. Skinner<br />
William T. Smith<br />
<strong>The</strong> T. Rowe Price Program for<br />
Charitable Giving<br />
TACF-Maryland State Chapter<br />
Turner <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<br />
- Raystown Lake<br />
Rufin Van Bossuyt<br />
Bruce Wakeland<br />
Kelley and Stephen Wilkinson<br />
Peter H. Williams<br />
Richard Wipperman<br />
Vanguard Charitable<br />
Endowment Program<br />
Stephen & Suzan Zoukis<br />
$500 to $999<br />
Preston H. Abbott<br />
Peter Alexeas<br />
Anita Antenucci<br />
Bruce Atkinson<br />
Sarah Barlow<br />
Daniel K. Barthels<br />
David Bartlett<br />
Mr. and Mrs. Peter P.<br />
Blanchard III<br />
Bernd Blossey<br />
Roberta Bocock<br />
Mary Brock<br />
Henry and Maria Campell<br />
Phillip and Cynthia Chase<br />
Jon and Lois Claycomb<br />
Ralph L. Crisp, Jr.<br />
D. Blair Crump<br />
Robert L. deCourcy<br />
James Donowick<br />
Oliver and Eileen B. Evans<br />
Thomas Gerstle<br />
John Gerstmayr<br />
Keith Halstead<br />
Wayne and Jeanne Hearn<br />
Guy Hendrix<br />
Beth and Dale Howell<br />
Victoria Jaycox<br />
James and Gretchen L.<br />
Johnson<br />
Peter Kemmerer<br />
Chandis and Violet Klinger<br />
Joseph Kohrs<br />
Walter G. Lake<br />
Harold Levy<br />
Cortney Lo<br />
Carlos Lopez<br />
William and Faye Lord<br />
Emon Mahony<br />
Kathleen and Rob Marmet<br />
Vincent J. Marold, Jr.<br />
David Mason<br />
Doug McBeth<br />
Debby Lundstrom McMullen<br />
Alex Minard<br />
Robert More<br />
Elizabeth T. Muir<br />
Dr. Anne M. Myers Bobigian<br />
Joseph Nicholson<br />
Tim Onnen<br />
George L. Ohrstrom II<br />
Douglas H. Oswald<br />
Oliver and Barbara Parker<br />
Joseph and Sarah Parrish<br />
Andrew Place<br />
Ponoco Lake Preserve<br />
Allen and Susan Proper<br />
Thomas M. Pugel<br />
Noel Rowe<br />
Lorin S. Rydstrom<br />
Safari Club International New<br />
England <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
David Shapira<br />
Edith Shapira<br />
Katherine J. Simpson<br />
Gregory M. Somerville<br />
Donald W. Strickler<br />
Cynthia and Terrence Tobias<br />
Naomi Tokos<br />
Hilltop Conservancy, Inc.<br />
Edward W. Wilburn<br />
Donald Willeke Esq.<br />
David Wilson<br />
Michael and Mary Wise<br />
Brad B. Worrall<br />
John Zavodni<br />
Dr. and Mrs. T. Price<br />
Zimmermann<br />
$300 to $499<br />
Arnold Abel<br />
Carolyn Adams<br />
David Adams<br />
Edmund and Marion Adams<br />
Matthew Akers<br />
Steve Albright<br />
Allegheny Chapter of the<br />
Safari Club<br />
Kenneth Allshouse<br />
Clyde Anderson<br />
Gail Anderson<br />
Dr. Stephen R. Angeli<br />
Dale Angerman, M.D.<br />
Clay Angle<br />
Richard Antes<br />
James D. Arnholt<br />
AT&T Matching Gift Program<br />
TJ and Wendy Atkinson<br />
David Aurand<br />
Sandra Backauskas<br />
William Baker<br />
Dr. Richard S. Banfield, Jr.<br />
Edwards Barham<br />
Andrew Barnebey<br />
Harry Barnes III<br />
Mrs. Gretchen Bauta<br />
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DONORS<br />
Kenneth Beard<br />
Don Beaver<br />
Chris Beckham<br />
David Behunin<br />
Jane R. Bensche<br />
Keith A. Bibbee<br />
Ryck Birch<br />
Lucille S. Bishop<br />
Bobst Mountain Hunting Club<br />
Catherine Boettner<br />
James A. Bolinsky<br />
Ed Bowen<br />
Karen J. Boyd<br />
Dan Boyer<br />
John Brady<br />
Dr. Peter M. Bradley<br />
Greg Bragg<br />
Eleanor Braun<br />
Daniel Breunig<br />
George D. Brooks<br />
Tim and Michelle Brookshire<br />
Keith I. Brown<br />
Kenneth Brown<br />
Magalen Bryant<br />
Dale Buchanan<br />
Charles Buck<br />
Todd Burnworth<br />
Carol Burrill<br />
Ben Burton<br />
Connie Calvey<br />
Carl L. Campbell<br />
James Campbell<br />
Wayne Capolupo<br />
Robert W. Carmony<br />
Mr. Eugene M. Carr, Jr.<br />
Rachel Caviness<br />
Kent Chastain<br />
<strong>The</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> Hill Garden Club<br />
Scott Chinery<br />
James Clodfelter<br />
Christopher Clouser<br />
<strong>The</strong> Coca-Cola <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Dennis and Catherine Collis<br />
Wayne Conley DDS<br />
Bob and Kit Corley<br />
Henry and Irene Cotter<br />
John Crabtree<br />
Walter Cwynar<br />
Dr. Laura N. Dabinett<br />
Henry and Adrienne Danforth<br />
Iris and David Daugherty<br />
Mrs. Lois Davie<br />
Maria and Glenn Davis<br />
David Dawson<br />
Alex and Sandy Day<br />
Michael Day<br />
Brian Decker<br />
Michael Deimler<br />
Scott Deitchman and<br />
Irene Hall<br />
Kenneth DeRoche<br />
C. A. Detwiller<br />
Dan and Eileen Detwiller<br />
James DeYoung<br />
Douglas Deyton<br />
Rick Dietz<br />
Robert A. Dietz<br />
James and Susan Ditmore<br />
Frank Dorman, Jr.<br />
Nicholas Dovidio<br />
Ms.Thayer Drew,<br />
Greenwood Farm<br />
Thomas Dumm<br />
E.I. DuPont de Nemours and<br />
Company<br />
Duquesne University<br />
Charles and Mary H. Edwards II<br />
Norman Egbert<br />
Katia Engelhardt<br />
Brock D. Eppley<br />
Gene Erickson<br />
Ken Evans<br />
<strong>The</strong> Evergreen <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Peter Ewing<br />
Anne and Jerry Farkas<br />
Josephine G. Farwell<br />
Mervin Feathers<br />
Ben Finegan<br />
Dr. Mary F. Finlay<br />
Rodney Fleck<br />
Eugene Foor<br />
Thomas Franz<br />
Richard Frase<br />
Andrew Fronk<br />
Thomas Garigan<br />
Jean C. George<br />
Gloria Geyer-Zora<br />
Joanne K. Gianniny<br />
Dorian S. Goldman<br />
Frank Green<br />
Pamela Greenwood<br />
Mike Grice<br />
William Hamric<br />
Dwight and Peggy Harley Sr.<br />
Wayne and Cheryl Harlow<br />
Robert Kevin Harrell<br />
Mr. Norman Harsh<br />
Harry’s Valley Rod and Gun<br />
Shain Haug<br />
Jonathan Hayes<br />
Hewlett-Packard Company<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Darlene Hills<br />
Christina T. and Sturtevant<br />
Hobbs<br />
Richard L. Hoffman<br />
John Hopple<br />
Illinois Tool Works <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Jeff Jens and Ann Boisclair<br />
William P. Jewett<br />
Dan and Karol Lynn Johnson<br />
Patrick Johnson<br />
Sherwood Johnson<br />
Gregory Jones<br />
Jerry L. Jones<br />
Matthew Jones<br />
Juan Jorge<br />
Markus Jork<br />
Ernst Juhl<br />
Ronnie Justice<br />
Diane Kent<br />
Francis Kerchenske<br />
Dale and Linda Kerns<br />
Julius P. Kreier<br />
Jeff and Lori Krause<br />
Ronald Kuipers<br />
Clarence A. Larson<br />
Simeon Duke Layfield<br />
League of Kentucky<br />
Sportsmen, Inc.<br />
John Lee<br />
Jon M. Lindbergh<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Garden Club of Rye<br />
Little Schuylkill<br />
Conservation Club<br />
Greg Long<br />
Richard D. Long<br />
Anthony and Caroline Longo<br />
James Losch<br />
Marshall Lowe<br />
Alice P. Lupton<br />
Nicholas Lynn<br />
Joey Malone<br />
William Marcus<br />
Mark R. Martin<br />
Thomas McArdle<br />
Eleanor McCain<br />
Drs. Brian and Dawn C.<br />
McCarthy<br />
Dwaine and Frances<br />
McCollum<br />
Kyle McNamara<br />
Larry J. McReynolds<br />
Eric Medici<br />
Wilhelm Merck<br />
Microsoft Matching Gifts<br />
Program<br />
Luke Miller<br />
Richard Mingle<br />
Anthony Miyake<br />
Mark Mohr<br />
Carol L. Moore<br />
Bill Morgan<br />
Morgan/Limestone Alabama<br />
TREASURE Forest<br />
Association<br />
Andrew Morison<br />
Dr. David and Katherine L.<br />
Morris<br />
James Morrison<br />
James Muir<br />
Robert F. Mulch, Jr.<br />
George Naugle<br />
Network for Good<br />
Steve Neu<br />
Ann Newell<br />
Dennis and Carol Oakley<br />
John C. Oliver<br />
Gail and Dick Olson<br />
Anne Todd Osborn<br />
Manuel Ovando<br />
Roxane Palone<br />
Tom Parsons<br />
Kathleen A. Patnode<br />
Pamela and Dallas Peak<br />
Bryan Pearson<br />
Donald G. Peck<br />
Jean Perin Edgewood<br />
Sam Pettway<br />
Jim Phillips<br />
Mrs. Daniel and May Pierce<br />
Justin and Margaret Prassel<br />
George and Nicole Price<br />
Edward A. Raymond III<br />
Thank you for all that you make possible<br />
Neel Rich<br />
Robert C. Richardson<br />
Roger Roahrig<br />
Quincy and Charlotte Robe<br />
Alan Robertson<br />
Jeffrey and Andrea Roesch<br />
Ross Rogalski<br />
John Rogers<br />
Margaret Ronsheim<br />
Paul D. Ross, Jr.<br />
Stephen Rozak<br />
M. E. Sarvay<br />
Douglas Sauer<br />
Hans Schaefer<br />
Paul Schaefer<br />
Schrack Realty<br />
Mark A. Scheel<br />
Jerome J. Schentag<br />
Thomas Schmidt<br />
Harvey Schorr<br />
Mr. and Mrs. David B.<br />
Sherwood, Jr.<br />
Robert and Nancy Shipman<br />
Joe Slater<br />
Lucas Smith<br />
Perry Smith<br />
Roy Smith<br />
Ken and Laura Southworth<br />
James Spagnoli<br />
Starlight Forests LLC<br />
Joshua Stevens<br />
Chris Stockdale<br />
William S. Strong<br />
Dave Stubbs<br />
Carolyn Summers and David<br />
Brittenham<br />
Roy R. Sumner<br />
Jeff Szkutnik<br />
George and Carol Taylor<br />
Richard and Dianne L. Taylor<br />
Barry Thacker<br />
Dr. Bruce Thomas<br />
Dale Thorpe<br />
David A. Travalini<br />
Nathaniel W. Tripp<br />
Jason Vagliano<br />
David Vaughn<br />
Lou Ventura<br />
Guy A. Wadsworth<br />
Robert Walker<br />
Roderick S. Walker<br />
David A. Wallace<br />
Gil Warmoth<br />
Philip L. Watts, Jr.<br />
Nancy L. Weiss, M.D.<br />
Robert E. Weiss<br />
Judith Wentz<br />
Christopher White<br />
William Whitesell<br />
Jim Wightman<br />
William T. Oxenham<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong>, Inc.<br />
Richard Williams<br />
Ronald Williams<br />
Lawrence E. Williamson<br />
Erin Willigan<br />
Richard Wilt<br />
Michael Wright<br />
William Wright<br />
Robert and Janice Yelnosky<br />
Christopher Zach<br />
www.acf.org<br />
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DONORS<br />
A Legacy Tree<br />
Legacy Trees represent one of the most advanced stages of TACF’s breeding process,<br />
and at Meadowview Research Farms they form our core “seed orchard.” <strong>The</strong><br />
Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong> 1.0 seeds produced by this orchard contain the greatest level<br />
of <strong>American</strong> chestnut characteristics and the most blight resistance that we have<br />
achieved to date. Many of the trees in the Legacy Tree Orchard have been sponsored<br />
by individuals, either in their own name, the name of a company or organization,<br />
or in honor of a friend or relative. <strong>The</strong>se sponsors have made a significant donation<br />
that will help fund our scientific research and hands-on restoration efforts. In effect,<br />
each tree in this orchard is a living legacy to the work of TACF’s scientists and<br />
volunteers, and each Restoration <strong>Chestnut</strong> 1.0 seed that is harvested holds, as<br />
Ralph Waldo Emerson once said “the promise of a hundred future forests.”<br />
Please visit our website for more information at<br />
http://www.acf.org/Legacy_Tree.php<br />
Our Legacy<br />
Tree Sponsors<br />
21st Century Parks Inc.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Family of the Rev. and<br />
Mrs. Hugh W. Agricola, Jr.<br />
Allegheny <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Anonymous in honor of<br />
Maine Chapter of TACF<br />
Steve Antoline<br />
Stephen G. Banks in honor of<br />
Glenn Banks<br />
David and Annie Bingham<br />
<strong>The</strong> Blackmore-Gott<br />
Families<br />
Jonathan Butler in memory of<br />
Dr. John M. Butler<br />
John M. Cholin<br />
William Coffey in honor of<br />
Richard Will<br />
Scott Conking & Thomas<br />
Wall in memory of Jerry S.<br />
Conking<br />
Randolph and Grace Knight<br />
<strong>The</strong> LaRoche Family, Ted,<br />
Gloria, Ashley & David, their<br />
spouses and children<br />
Lewis & Kate Lobdell in<br />
honor of Kale Partners<br />
and <strong>The</strong> <strong>Chestnut</strong> Ridge,<br />
Pennsylvania<br />
Partners in Conservation<br />
Maine Chapter of TACF<br />
Mark Mayer in honor of<br />
Richard Will<br />
Paul McArthur in honor of<br />
Richard Will<br />
Meadwestvaco <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Peter Mennen<br />
Janice Michelle <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Northern Virginia Community<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong> in memory of<br />
Henry B.R. Brown<br />
Robert I. Owens<br />
Yvonne & Alan Palmer<br />
Richard Will in honor of:<br />
TACF Volunteers<br />
Donald Willeke<br />
Dr. Norman Borlaug<br />
Brad & Shelli Stanback<br />
Dr. Al Ellingboe<br />
Rex Mann<br />
James Ulring<br />
Dr. William MacDonald<br />
Marshal Case<br />
Dr. Paul Sisco<br />
Dr. Fred Hebard<br />
Phil Rutter<br />
Daphne Van Schaick<br />
Marilyn & Alan Youel<br />
Suzan and Stephen Zoukis in<br />
honor of Cashiers Village<br />
Connecticut Chapter of TACF<br />
Deborah Pearsall<br />
Robert W. Cramer in honor of<br />
Lewis L. Cramer<br />
Linda and Michael Doochin<br />
and Family<br />
Robert H. Dunlap, Mennen<br />
Environmental <strong>Foundation</strong>,<br />
dedicated to Gary & Lynn<br />
Anderson<br />
Dr. Gary Roop Family<br />
Emily Rutherford in honor of<br />
children and grandchildren<br />
of the Rutherford, Smykal,<br />
and Cookerly families<br />
William T. Smith in honor<br />
of the Myers and Smith<br />
families of Pennsylvania<br />
John Evangelakos Family<br />
Edwin Smoots<br />
<strong>The</strong> George Family,<br />
Chappaqua, NY<br />
Donald and Mary Stout<br />
<strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Georgia Chapter of TACF<br />
Peggy & Dwight Harley, Sr. in<br />
honor of Harley and Ringer<br />
Families<br />
In memory of Robert C.<br />
Hempel<br />
Betty Johnson in honor of<br />
Marshal Case<br />
Kentucky Chapter of TACF<br />
<strong>The</strong> Sudbury <strong>Foundation</strong> in<br />
honor of John Taft<br />
Timothy Sweeney<br />
Rufin Van Bossuyt<br />
Virginia Chapter of TACF<br />
West Virginia Chapter of<br />
TACF<br />
Westwind <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
Richard Will Family<br />
30 TACF ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2012</strong>
FINANCIALS<br />
Statement of Activities and Changes in Net Assets (July 1, 2011 - June 30, <strong>2012</strong>)<br />
PERMANENTLY<br />
PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE UNRESTRICTED RESTRICTED TOTAL<br />
Contributions and foundation grants $ 1,451,556 – $ 1,451,556<br />
Federal grants 371,885 – 371,885<br />
Membership dues 324,369 – 324,369<br />
Investment income (loss) (95,957) 4,441 (91,516)<br />
Merchandise sales (net of cost of $16,332) 18,230 – 18,230<br />
Donated services 263,500 – 263,500<br />
Other support and revenue 787 – 787<br />
TOTAL PUBLIC SUPPORT AND REVENUE 2,334,370 4,441 2,338,811<br />
13%<br />
8%<br />
79%<br />
EXPENSES<br />
Program services 2,026,655 – 2,026,655<br />
Management and general 348,737 – 348,737<br />
Fundraising 205,957 – 205,957<br />
TOTAL EXPENSES 2,581,349 – 2,581,349<br />
Change in Net Assets (246,979) 4,441 (242,538)<br />
Net Assets, beginning of year 3,791,094 19,772 3,810,866<br />
NET ASSETS, END OF YEAR 3,544,115 24,213 3,568,328<br />
Program Services<br />
Management and General Expenses<br />
Fundraising<br />
As of June 30, <strong>2012</strong>, according to Cusack & Co. Complete<br />
audited financials and TACF’s 990 are available at<br />
http://www.acf.org/annual.php or by calling (828) 281-0047.<br />
Chart reflects expenditures for fiscal year ending June 30, <strong>2012</strong>.<br />
Officers<br />
Glen Rea, Chair<br />
Carolyn Hill, Vice-Chair,<br />
Development Cabinet<br />
Dr. Kim Steiner,<br />
Vice-Chair,<br />
Science Cabinet<br />
Catherine Mayes,<br />
Secretary<br />
Steve Barilovits III, Treasurer<br />
Donald C. Willeke, Esq.,<br />
Legal Counsel<br />
Bryan Burhans,<br />
President & CEO (non-voting)<br />
Board of Directors<br />
(as of June <strong>2012</strong>)<br />
William Adamsen<br />
Steve Barilovits III<br />
Dr. Gary Carver<br />
Dr. J. Hill Craddock<br />
Herb Darling<br />
Timothy Eck<br />
Dr. Albert H. Ellingboe<br />
Yvonne Federowicz<br />
Sean Fisher<br />
Lynn Garrison<br />
Doug Gillis<br />
Carolyn Hill<br />
Hugh Irwin<br />
Dr. Joseph B. James<br />
Jimmy Jenkins<br />
Grace Knight<br />
Dr. William Lord<br />
Dr. William MacDonald<br />
Rex Mann<br />
Bryant Marsh II<br />
Catherine Mayes<br />
Dr. Brian C. McCarthy<br />
James O. Mills<br />
Joe Nicholson<br />
Tim Phelps<br />
Mac Phillippi<br />
Glen Rea<br />
Dr. John Scrivani<br />
Tom Scrivener<br />
Dr. Paul Sisco<br />
Bradford Stanback<br />
Dr. Kim Steiner<br />
George Thompson<br />
Rufin Van Bossuyt<br />
Bruce Wakeland<br />
Richard S. Will<br />
Donald C. Willeke, Esq.<br />
Honorary Directors<br />
<strong>The</strong> Honorable James Earl<br />
Carter, Jr.<br />
Dr. Richard A. Jaynes<br />
Mrs. Mary Belle Price<br />
Dr. Peter H. Raven<br />
Mr. Phillip A. Rutter<br />
Office Locations<br />
TACF National Office<br />
160 Zillicoa Street, Suite D<br />
Asheville, NC 28801<br />
(828) 281-0047<br />
TACF Meadowview<br />
Research Farms<br />
29010 Hawthorne Drive<br />
Meadowview, VA 24361<br />
(276) 944-4631<br />
Northern Central<br />
Regional Office<br />
<strong>The</strong> Pennsylvania State<br />
University<br />
206 Forest Resources Lab<br />
University Park, PA 16802<br />
(814) 863-7192<br />
New England<br />
Regional Office<br />
Northern Research Station<br />
Forest Service<br />
705 Spear Street<br />
South Burlington, VT 22903<br />
(802) 999-8706<br />
Mid-Atlantic<br />
Regional Office<br />
Virginia Department of Forestry<br />
Central Office<br />
900 Natural Resources Drive<br />
Charlottesville, VA 22903<br />
(434) 906-9312<br />
State Chapters<br />
Alabama<br />
Carolinas (North and South)<br />
Connecticut<br />
Georgia<br />
Indiana<br />
Kentucky<br />
Maine<br />
Maryland<br />
Massachusetts/Rhode Island<br />
New York<br />
Ohio<br />
Pennsylvania/New Jersey<br />
Tennessee<br />
Vermont/New Hampshire<br />
Virginia<br />
West Virginia<br />
“<strong>The</strong> <strong>American</strong><br />
<strong>Chestnut</strong> <strong>Foundation</strong><br />
has earned five<br />
consecutive 4-star<br />
ratings from premier<br />
charity rating company, Charity<br />
Navigator. Only 4% of the charities that<br />
Charity Navigator rates have received<br />
five consecutive 4-star evaluations”.<br />
– Ken Berger, President and CEO<br />
of Charity Navigator<br />
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