Darren's New Genetically Engineered Resistant American
Chestnut
Last updated March 20, 2002
Newsletter
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Welcome to "The
Page", my version of an on-line News Letter and Information Clearing House,
for those interested in following up to the minute details of my research
efforts, to restore the American Chestnut. These activities largely revolve
on trees and facilities located at the Beltsville Agricultural Research
Center (located in beautiful Beltsville, Maryland), but also include details
about forays ranging from the Mid-Atlantic states to Mid-Michigan. My other
pages that detailed the bulk of my efforts to Save The American
Chestnut were somehow squeezed out by Geocities/yahoo. Efforts are
currently underway to rebuild them here or with another provider.
If you have questions or comments, I'll be happy to get them. I hope to
hear from you soon! Keep your eyes on this page! Go on to view a list of
upcoming activities and a list of my favorite links.
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2002 Grafting Plans (last updated Thursday,
March 20, 2002)
Preliminary plans are being
laid for a grafting clinic to be held in late March
or early April at the beautiful Accokeek Maryland
location. If you would be interested in attending
please e-mail me your intentions to do so ASAP.
Include a day and evening phone number where
you can be reached and let me know what dates,
days and hours would be most convenient to you.
Slots will be reserved on a first come basis. This
clinic is recommended to anyone, even if you own no
trees. If I can learn to graft you can too.
Send email.
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Information
With the help of many friends a large
amount of scionwood has been gathered and will be
distributed soon. It never pays to hoard resources
especially renewable ones. I have a friend that
carefully guarded a select shoot of an important
variety. She feared cutting even one bud would lead
to infection or divert precious energy. The blight
killed the branch that scionwood was on, the shoot
died with it. The original source of the scionwood
died too. No known source of that variety exists.
Now no one has it. If you would like scionwood let me
know, I'm more than happy to share. Maybe you'll end up
sending me some in the future.
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List of Stuff To Do...
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Find a volunteer to look after the grafting sites at the Accokeek
Foundation's Chestnut Grove would be appreciated. If working outdoors for
20 minutes to an hour biweekly, at the beautiful Colonial Farm, interests
you, please send me e-mail or notify me at the clinic. This oversight
will continue until late summer or fall.
Click here to volunteer!
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Efforts to develope and characterise my own construct have been laid aside
temporarily due to the possibility of a cooperative agreement with a lab that is funded and
solely dedicated to the production of agenetically engineered tree . They have plenty of
constructs and a great deal of genetic engineering experience. I intend to help them with
hands on, practical field experience. It seems many people know lab work these days, not
so actually work in the field. More anon...
Links The Viewer Will Want To Visit
A Tennessean's Version
of an American Chestnut Page
A totally new and informative webpage, which will be added
to my permanent bibliography. Give it a try, you'll be happy you did!
An interesting Chestnut page.
Bat Conservation
International
An all informative page about these fascinating creatures.
Click
Here for a link to a great Engineers page
My brother is a great guy!
Email: Click
here to send Darren email
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