The American Chestnut Foundation ACF
 United States  / North Carolina  |  Environment

The goal of THE AMERICAN CHESTNUT FOUNDATION is to restore the American chestnut tree to its native range within the woodlands of the eastern United States, using a scientific research and breeding program developed by its founders.

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The American Chestnut Foundation is restoring a species - and in the process, creating a template for restoration of other tree and plant species. We harvested our first blight-resistant nuts in 2005, and the Foundation hopes to begin reforestation trials with blight-resistant American-type trees before the end of this decade, using sound ecological principles. Meadowview , Virginia is home to the research farms of The American Chestnut Foundation with almost 34,000 trees planted on over 150 acres. The return of the American chestnut to its former niche in the Appalachian hardwood forest ecosystem is a major restoration project that requires a multi-faceted effort involving 6,000 members & volunteers, research, sustained funding and most important, a sense of the past and a hope for the future.

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