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2024 Arbor Day Posters Now Available
Courtney Bradt of Amsterdam, NY captured the winning photograph for the DEC’s 2024 NYS Arbor Day poster! DEC Urban and Community Forestry received more than one hundred submissions for this year’s contest, making the selection process pleasantly challenging for the Arbor Day Poster Committee. Posters, as well as bookmarks [...]
Embrace the Mud
When you can’t do the rock walk or find logs to use as stepping stones to navigate through muddy areas, the next best option is to embrace the mud! With spring seeming to come earlier this year, so is mud season. Trying to avoid a mud puddle by going around [...]
Trees, Please!
Cornus kousa 'Satomi'Planted With Diameter Size of a Pencil in 1999/Photo Christine Banigan “For in the true nature of things, if we rightly consider, every green tree is far more glorious than if it were made of gold and silver.” — Martin Luther
Upcoming ReLeaf Workshops
ReLeaf Workshop: EHAT and First Aid/CPR (In-person Training) Electrical hazard awareness training will be held again this year May 1 and 2, 2024 at the Italian American Community Center of Rochester. If you attended in previous years, you will receive a link to register when registration opens. New this year [...]
Onondaga County Has Two New Tree Cities!
Contributing Writer: Leanna Nugent, Community Forestry & Natural Resources Educator, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County The Town of Geddes and the Village of Camillus were each designated as a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation. The Arbor Day Foundation annually awards the status of [...]
DEC Does What?!
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a new podcast, “DEC Does What?!” to spotlight the important work of DEC experts working to protect New Yorkers and the state’s environment. Hosted by Executive Deputy Commissioner Sean Mahar and Chief of Staff Erica Ringewald, this bi-weekly podcast [...]
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