Arbor Day Foundation

2 02, 2024

Could Your K-12 School Qualify for a 2024 NYSUFC Tree Campus Grant?

By |2024-02-02T12:55:49-05:00February 2nd, 2024|Categories: Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, Grants, Tree Campus USA, Youth|Comments Off on Could Your K-12 School Qualify for a 2024 NYSUFC Tree Campus Grant?

New York State Urban Forestry Council (NYSUFC) invites your school to participate in an exciting new program: the TREE TEAM! The TREE TEAM is a collaboration between K-12 schools and tree professionals, with the goal of moving schools toward recognition as an Arbor Day Foundation Tree Campus [...]

2 01, 2024

Calling All Mentors!

By |2023-12-29T15:26:18-05:00January 2nd, 2024|Categories: Arbor Day, Arbor Day Foundation, Tree Campus USA, Volunteers, Youth|Comments Off on Calling All Mentors!

Would you like to make a difference in helping kids to grow up appreciating, valuing, and knowing something about trees? NYSUFC is currently enrolling mentors for a pilot grant program called the TREE TEAM, which has been initiated to help winning New York State schools move [...]

13 11, 2023

The Tree City Application Deadline Is Less Than One Month Away!

By |2023-11-13T16:15:49-05:00November 13th, 2023|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Tree City USA|Comments Off on The Tree City Application Deadline Is Less Than One Month Away!

Be a part of the 2023 Tree City USA community in New York. Apply for Tree City USA status by December 1st, 2023. Last year, New York State had 174 approved Tree Cities, one of the best showings in the country! Want to learn more about the Tree [...]

11 10, 2023

Save Lemurs! If You Will Be Attending the World Forum on Urban Forests

By |2023-10-11T17:14:22-04:00October 11th, 2023|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Conferences|Comments Off on Save Lemurs! If You Will Be Attending the World Forum on Urban Forests

Kicking off at 8:00am on Monday 16 October, plan to pick up your name badge at the Renaissance Washington on Sunday, October 15th from 2pm-7pm. Every badge picked up on Sunday will plant a tree in Madagascar to restore critical lemur habitat. Learn more about this important [...]

9 08, 2023

Annual New York ReLeaf Conference in Hempstead, Part One

By |2023-08-09T17:34:23-04:00August 9th, 2023|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, NY ReLeaf, ReLeaf Conference|Comments Off on Annual New York ReLeaf Conference in Hempstead, Part One

Good tree info. Great new contacts. Fun. The traditional tree people trifecta proved to be in full force at the thirtieth annual New York ReLeaf Conference. From July 20-22, 2023, arborists gathered on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The theme of the [...]

19 07, 2023

Q and A with Dan Lambe, CEO, Arbor Day Foundation, on the Women in the Tree Industry

By |2023-07-25T14:50:19-04:00July 19th, 2023|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Arboriculture|Comments Off on Q and A with Dan Lambe, CEO, Arbor Day Foundation, on the Women in the Tree Industry

Photos courtesy of Arbor Day Foundation Q: To begin with how long have you been in the arboricultural industry? A: Seventeen years. I've been in nonprofit work my whole professional life, mainly focusing on consumer law issues, insurance issues. I came to [...]

9 02, 2023

2nd World Forum on Urban Forests Oct 16-20 in Washington DC to Integrate SMA and PCF Conferences

By |2023-02-15T16:18:27-05:00February 9th, 2023|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, International Society of Arboriculture, Partners Community Forestry, Society of Municipal Arborists|Tags: |Comments Off on 2nd World Forum on Urban Forests Oct 16-20 in Washington DC to Integrate SMA and PCF Conferences

The first World Forum on Urban Forests was held in Mantua, Italy (Mantova in Italian) in 2018. New Yorkers are fortunate that attending the second WFUF is more in reach: it will be Oct 16-20, 2023 in Washington, D.C. The New York State Urban Forestry Council will [...]

11 08, 2022

Arbor Day Foundation Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Call for Proposals

By |2022-08-11T14:29:22-04:00August 11th, 2022|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Funding, Grants, Tree Planting|Tags: |0 Comments

Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Call for Proposals: Click HERE to Submit Your T.R.E.E. Proposal Today! From ADF:  As the Arbor Day Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary, our simple mission of inspiring people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees has had an immense impact all over the globe. [...]

23 03, 2022

Recognizing NYS Tree City Communities, Tree Line USA Utilities, and Tree Campus Higher Education Awardees

By |2022-03-23T11:28:24-04:00March 23rd, 2022|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Awards, NYSDEC, Tree Campus Higher Education, Tree City USA, Tree Line USA, Volunteers|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

NYSDEC Urban and Community Forestry Program Coordinator Gloria VanDuyne highlighted some of the 168 Tree City USA communities in New York State, along with 23 Tree Campus Higher Education designees, and 5 Tree Line USA utilities in DEC's March 17th online celebration. Seventeen NYS communities also received [...]

12 11, 2021

Arbor Day Foundation Grant Opportunities

By |2022-03-16T15:01:07-04:00November 12th, 2021|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Funding, Grants, Tree Planting|0 Comments

Photo by Kathy King, Hofstra University NYS municipalities and NGOs have been receiving funding from the Arbor Day Foundation! ADF Project Development Manager for NYS Ashley Thiemann (Work: 402-473-9645; Cell: 402-875-2675; email [email protected]) is happy to answer your questions about a variety of grant opportunities through [...]

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