Join Jack Swatt from The American Chestnut Foundation for a talk on the Restoration of the American Chestnut, followed by a walk to the TACF Back-cross Conservation Orchard at Fox Forest with Jack and Fox Program Forester Inge Seaboyer.

American Chestnut once dominated the forests of the east, until a devastating fungal blight reduced virtually the entire population to remnant stump sprouts. Come and learn the history of the American Chestnut and the efforts underway to restore it to the forests of the eastern US.

Jack Swatt has been a member of TACF since 1993 and the CT Chapter President since 2018. In 2025 he joined the TACF Board of Directors and chairs the Restoration Committee. He is also an active volunteer for the VT/NH Chapter of TACF.