Join us at noon for this brown bag lunch talk at Bent Creek Experimental Forest. Please register to attend. Space is limited to 50 participants.
USDA Forest Service scientist Stacy Clark will distill nearly two decades of silviculture research on American chestnut and the blight-resistance of traditionally bred backcross hybrid. Clark partnered with chestnut breeding programs The American Chestnut Foundation and The Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station who developed the hybrids for testing. Clark and colleagues from the National Forest System and The University of Tennessee’s Tree Improvement Program established the first test plantings of hybrid seedlings in ‘real-world’ forest conditions.
The seminar will cover results from these field tests including blight resistance, growth characteristics, and future considerations for restoration in a changing forest environment.
Dr. Clark is a research forester with the Southern Research Station since 2005. She is based in Knoxville, TN on the University of Tennessee campus where she is adjunct assistant professor. Her primary research interests are American chestnut restoration, artificial regeneration of oak, and dendrochronology.