tacf chapters meeting black mountain, nc march 17, 2012 tacf c hapter u pdates
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TACF CHAPTERS MEETINGBLACK MOUNTAIN, NC
MARCH 17, 2012
TACF CHAPTER UPDATES
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OVERVIEW OF CHAPTER BREEDING PROGRAMS
BREEDING PROGRESS
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Region Chapter Source of Resistance
Number of Lines
Date of Seed Orchard Planting Progeny Tests; location Progeny Test
EstablishmentNew England Maine Graves 20 2012 0
New England Maine Clapper 20 2012New England VT/NH Graves 15 2015 0; one planned for 2012 New England MA/RI Graves 20 2012
0
New England MA/RI Clapper 20 2013New England MA/RI Nanking 10 N/ANew England Connecticut Clapper 17 2014 0
North Central PA/NJ Clapper 20 2002
2; Waynesboro Watershed; Chestnut Ridge 2010; 2011North Central PA/NJ Graves 20 2011
North Central PA/NJ Other 42 N/ANorth Central New York Transgenics N/A N/A N/A North Central Indiana Clapper 20 2008 1; Hoosier National Forest 2011North Central Ohio Nanking 4 N/A 0
Mid Atlantic Virginia Graves 22 2015 1: Big Island, VA 2011Mid Atlantic Virginia Nanking 8 N/AMid Atlantic Maryland Musick 11 2014 0
Mid Atlantic Maryland Clapper 31 2014Mid Atlantic West Virginia N/A N/A N/A 1; Mead WestVaco, Rupert, WV 2011
South Alabama Clapper 14 2014 0 South Georgia Graves 11 2014 0 South Kentucky Graves 14 2014 0 South Carolinas Clapper 20 2012 1; Asheville, NC
2010South Carolinas Graves 6 2017South Tennessee Clapper 18 2013 0
TACF TACF --- --- --- 3 (more?); Cherokee NF (NC); Daniel Boone NF (KY); Jefferson NF (VA)
2008/ 2009 / 2010
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YOU ALL WORK HARD, LET’S TOOT SOME HORNS!
CHAPTER SUCCESSES
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New England
ME - Completed selection and roguing of 10 lines of BC3 trees
VT/NH - Participated in 10 different outreach events – shows/festivals/demos/presentations
MA/RI - Identified and began to prepare 2 seed orchard sites
CT - Held a very successful Annual Meeting at Yale University and has pursued GIS research with Uconn
ME and MA/RI also held their first big Restoration Branch events
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North Central
IN – Planted progeny test on Hoosier NF. Started grafted American orchard
NY – Planted 4 locations with transgenic material as part of regulation and regional trials.
OH – Continued planting on strip mines and established demo and breeding orchards. Using Learning boxes at talks and outreach events.
PA/NJ – Restoration branch at Raystown Lake. Grant to put together 10 Learning Boxes.
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Mid-Atlantic
MD – TACF’s adoption of the American chestnut learning box as a product of TACF for sale, Establishing a partnership with GenOn, Inc.
VA – Hosted ‘A Sylvan Affair Chestnut Gala’ in spring of 2011.
WV – Establishment of first public progeny test planting involving local volunteers
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Southern Appalachians
AL – Strengthened partnerships with current orgs and gained new ones with demo and ceremonial plantings. Working toward a MS Chapter
GA – Restoration Branch events and new demo orchards with new partners
CC – Restoration Branch event at Cataloochie Ranch
TN – Completing first B3F2 linesKY – ARRI plantings, SAF
meeting on chestnut and a $10K grant from the USFS!
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IT’S NOT EASY, SAVING TREES…
CHAPTER CHALLENGES
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“Not enough active participants to handle the increasing workload.”
This is a VERY common issue among our chapters!
We Need More Help!
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“Current Leadership has been in place for over five years and has not been able to
cultivate replacements.”How have others approached succession of
leadership and continuity?
Leadership
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…or lack thereof!!!Many of our chapters have struggled to
maintain current and organized records of all the breeding work they do.
Data Standardization
We hope the
new TreesDB
will help!
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We had a few additional challenges to deal with during the 2011 field season: Ambrosia Beetle Wet year in 2011= Pythium!
Breeding Challenges