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24 06, 2020

Green-Wood Cemetery as Habitat & Ecosystem: Webinar this Friday June 26th

By |2021-02-27T23:07:24-05:00June 24th, 2020|Categories: Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Friday, June 26, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Credit: Art Presson Register here Did you know that Green-Wood is actively converting areas of traditional lawn to naturalistic meadow plantings? We are leading the way in this new trend among cemeteries. These meadows provide wildlife habitat and other important ecosystem [...]

22 06, 2020

NY ReLeaf Webinar: Ecological Assessment of New York City’s Natural Areas

By |2021-02-27T23:07:24-05:00June 22nd, 2020|Categories: Natural Areas in the Urban Forest, ReLeaf Workshops, Research, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: |0 Comments

Join NY ReLeaf for an urban forestry webinar on July 21st at 10 AM! The Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC) exists to restore and conserve the green and blue spaces of New York City in order to enhance the lives of all New Yorkers. In this webinar, NAC [...]

19 06, 2020

Quick Start Grant Recipient Town of Glenville Achieves Tree City USA Status, Plants 200 Trees

By |2021-02-27T23:07:24-05:00June 19th, 2020|Categories: Arbor Day, Tree Planting|Tags: , |0 Comments

Town of Glenville staff Matt and Joe plant trees as part of the community’s extended 2020 Arbor Day celebration, funded in part by a NYSUFC Quick Start grant. The Town also recently achieved Tree City USA status. Congrats to Glenville! This account was provided by [...]

13 06, 2020

Creative Tree ID Education from @localecologist

By |2021-02-27T23:07:24-05:00June 13th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments

Sharing with permission of NYC-based urban forester, researcher, and educator Georgia (@localecologist on Instagram) an elegantly simple idea for raising folks’ awareness about city trees through tree ID. See also @wspecoprojects for clever, local environmental education project ideas. […]

2 06, 2020

Your Input Sought on a Possible New Urban Forest Certification Standard

By |2021-02-27T23:07:24-05:00June 2nd, 2020|Categories: USFS, Webinars & Online Workshops|0 Comments

From David Sivyer, Urban and Community Forestry Program Manager for the Eastern Region of the U.S. Forest Service  Greetings Urban and Community Forestry Program Managers and friends, Urban and community forests are a significant resource in North America and are likely to continue to increase in significance [...]

2 06, 2020

Managing Forests in Cities

By |2021-02-27T23:07:25-05:00June 2nd, 2020|Categories: Natural Areas in the Urban Forest, USFS, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

The past few months have highlighted the importance of parks and nature in cities. Urban natural areas are critical as refugia, protecting biodiversity and mitigating the impacts of climate change all while contributing to the health and wellbeing of nearby residents. However, natural areas are threatened by [...]

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