Tennessee Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation Meeting
The annual meeting of the TN-TACF Chapter was held in the Rochelle Center of the Thigpen Library at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee on January 19, 2008. Power Point slide shows were given on chestnut tree pollination, chestnut orchards, and chestnut research in Tennessee.
Click on the following links to see the presentations delivered at the meeting:
Opening chestnut presentation by TN Chapter
President, Greg Weaver
Westernmost American
chestnut populations inventoried in KY, TN, and MS by Joe Schibig
Update on the new TN-TACF backcross orchard in Monroe Co., KY by Clark Cropper
Report on the backcross orchard at the Bridgestone Firestone site in Warren County by Sean Fisher
Chestnut presentation by Hill Craddock
Prospective mother trees for the 2008 pollination season by Sam McInturff.htm
The 2007 father tree program at Meadowview Virginia by Clint Neel
Growing a TACF backcross orchard by Clint Neel
Agenda:
1. Open Meeting (Weaver).
2. Introduction of VSCC faculty President and Science Chair (Schibig).
3. Welcome and Introductory Remarks by Dr. Warren Nichols, VSCC President, and
Nancy Morris, VSCC Science Dept. Chair.
4. Inventory of American Chestnuts in Western KY, TN and MS (Schibig).
5. Tennessee Chapter President's Report. (Weaver).
6. Southern Regional Science Coordinator's Report (Sisco).
7. Chestnut Orchard Reports.
8. Lunch (Pizza provided by VSCC).
9. Walk on the Wild Side Video.
10. The American Chestnut (Craddock).
11. Announcement of Future Meetings.
12. Tree Planting Opportunities and Planning.
13. Chestnut tree give away and exchange of scion wood.
Photos of the meeting taken by Paul Sisco and Greg Weaver:
Greg Weaver, President of the TN-TACF
Chapter, opens the meeting.
Clint Neel talks about his chestnut orchard and the 2007 pollination results. Mark Vance (right) presents a copy of his M. S. Thesis to Joe Schibig
Nancy Morris addresses the audience. Clark Cropper gives a presentation on his new chestnut orchard.
Hill Craddock displays the number of chestnut seed assigned to each grower. Greg Weaver and Michael Doochin
Paul Sisco, TACF Science Coordinator, provides updates. Sam describes the new mother trees to be pollinated in 2008.
Sean Fisher, Vice President of the TN-TACF Chapter, talks about his chestnut orchard.
To see a map of the Volunteer State Community College (VSCC) campus and
directions, go to
http://www.volstate.edu/Map/
and type in your address. Map Quest will then give you directions to the
VSCC campus.
The Volunteer State Community College Campus is on US Hwy 31E (1480 Nashville Pike), just southwest of the center of Gallatin, TN.
From the East: Take I-40 westbound to Exit 232. Turn right onto TN 109 north toward Gallatin. In the center of Gallatin, turn left onto US 31E south (Nashville Pike) toward Nashville. The Volunteer State Community College campus entrance will be on your right in just a mile or so. (1480 Nashville Pike).
From the West: Take I-40 eastbound to I-65 North. Turn right at Exit 95 onto TN 386 north , which is the Hendersonville by-pass. In 9.5 miles you will merge onto US 31E heading northeast toward Gallatin. The Volunteer State Community College campus entrance will be on your left in about 4 miles.
From the North: Take I-65 South to Tenn Exit 2 (Franklin, Kentucky exit). After exiting, turn left onto US 31W in the direction of Portland, Tennessee; in 2.4 miles, take TN 109 (Ronnie McDowell Parkway) south through Portland in the direction of Gallatin. When you get into the town center of Gallatin, turn right onto US31E in the direction of Nashville. The Volunteer State Community College campus entrance will be on your right in just a mile or so. (1480 Nashville Pike).
