American Chestnut Cooperative Research and Restoration
Support American Chestnut Restoration by planting ACCF All-American Blight Resistant Chestnuts (non-GMO, no hybrid or foreign genes), Growing Trees and Reporting Their Progress. ACCF is a 501(c)(3), 509(a)(1)/170(b)(1)(A)(vi) non-profit organization. All contributions are tax deductible. Please send donations to: American Chestnut Cooperators' Foundation c/o Martin Arthur CPA PO Box 6174 Christiansburg, VA 24068
Growing American Chestnuts
Become Involved by Growing ACCF Seednuts. Each Generation Produces a Higher Percentage of Blight Resistant Trees
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Report Your Trees Progress by Emailing Annual Grower Reports Using our Reporting Template. Read ACCF Newsletters to Compare Notes
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In the first 40 years of the 20th century, blight destroyed 3.5 billion American chestnut trees. What had been the most important tree in our Eastern forest was reduced to insignificance. No comparable devastation of a species exists in recorded history,
Appalachian American Chestnuts
Redwoods of the East-Durable Lumber
American Chestnut Bur and Nuts
Mannah from Heaven-Food for People and Livestock
American Chestnut Leaves
Leaves of a Giant-Uniquely SawtoothedACCF Board of Directors
Ed Greenwell, President, MBA Electrical Engineer, New Johnsonville, TN***Jennifer Abla, Vice President, Arborist, Black Mountain, NC***Joyce G. Foster, Secretary, Research Biochemist, Beaver, WV*** Lucille Griffin, Executive Director Emeritus, Newport, VA***Phillip N. Martin, Treasurer, CPA, Christiansburg, VA***Denise Greenwell, Director, Computer Engineer, New Johnsonville, TN******
ACCF Founders
American Chestnut Site Visit
ACCF Directors
Lucille and Ed Planting Nutgrafts