Author: Audrey Owen

Purchase tickets HERE,

or RSVP to pay at the door: phone 814-863-7192 or email aso5287@psu.edu.

The schedule for the meeting is as follows:

8:30-9:30 Breakfast / social hour

9:30-9:45 Introduction by chapter president Dan O’Keefe

9:45-10:45 Presentation by Sue Tantsits; Agroforestry and the American Chestnut

10:45-11:15 Chief conservation officer Sara Fitzsimmons to discuss historical perspective

11:15 -12:15 Presentation by Vasiliy Lakoba; Recent and Ongoing Trials- Strategic Science at Meadowview Farms

12:15-1:15 lunch

1:15-2:15 Presentation by Lake Graboski; Applied Science at the Chapter Level

We can’t wait to see you there!

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PA/NJ Chapter Internships at Penn State University

Help restore the American chestnut while getting paid!

Operate tractors, mowers, and chainsaws (equipment use and maintenance); learn inoculation techniques (plant pathology), seedling care (greenhouse management and horticulture), and silvicultural techniques (forestry); and perform data collection, entry, and analysis (research). Work will be 50/50 inside and outside.

Applications are accepted from January 1 through March 1. This is a 10 week position, beginning May (flexible start date) through August, with potential work through the fall semester. This is a chestnut research project on the Penn State University campus. Chosen interns will be employees of PSU. (Go Nittany Lions!) To be included in our review for an internship with The PA/NJ chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation at PSU, please email a cover letter, references, and a resume to TACF North Central Regional Science Coordinator Lake Groboski lake.graboski@tacf.org and Penn State Orchard Manager Noah Vincent nev5073@psu.edu.