Chestnut Conservation Symposium

The Mass-Rhode Island Chapter of the American Chestnut Foundation will hold a Chestnut Conservation Symposium at Wright Hall at Smith College in Northampton on Saturday, March 30^th from 1 to 5 pm.

Schedule:

1 pm                              Welcome by MA/RI Chapter President, Kathy Desjardin

1:05-2 pm                    Braiding Old and New Science Toward Restoration of the American Chestnut — Sara Fitzsimmons, TACF Chief Conservation Officer,

2 -2:30 pm                   American Chestnuts In and Out of the Classroom

 2:30-2:45 pm           BREAK

2:45-3:25 pm             Challenges to Restoring the American Chestnut

3:30-4 pm                    The Highs and the Lows of Managing a Chestnut Orchard

4:05-4:35                     PMA Success Story: The Restoration of the Bald Eagle in Massachusetts

2-4 pm        Concurrent Sessions

Tabling Area outside Weinstein Auditorium

• Probability and Statistics in Breeding Chestnuts
• Germplasm Conservation Orchards
• Membership & Volunteer Opportunities

CEEDS’ MacHarg Room

• Cooking with Chestnuts
• Finding wildlife and chestnuts on AMC trails

Room 002

• Documentary Films & Photographs

4:40-5 pm                    Closing Remarks  — Brad Smith, MA/RI Chapter Board Member & Past President

The meeting will take place in Wright Hall. The closest parking lot is off Green St. If that lot is full, we recommend parking in the parking garage on Route 66 just beyond Forbes Library.

EV Charging is available in the Ford Hall Parking Lot.

All of these lots are open for FREE PUBLIC PARKING during our event.

To take part in this symposium, register at  https://forms.gle/Rt6VFktSp99JRDQR9