Thanks to DEC Urban and Community Forestry Program Environmental Education Assistant Matt Viglucci, all of the paper editions of Taking Root Newsletter from 2001-2013 that could be found in DEC files have been scanned and can be viewed here. Thank you, Matt! 🌳
DEC ReLeaf has made this recording available in case you missed the Tribal Values for the Natural World talk with Les Benedict of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. DEC's UCF Partnerships Coordinator Christina McLaughlin facilitated the webinar and says, "We hope you enjoy the presentation, and thank [...]
Matt Viglucci is the Environmental Education Assistant for DEC's Urban and Community Forestry Program Greetings! My name is Matt, and I am pleased to introduce myself to the urban forestry community! Having grown up in Delmar, New York, my parents frequently took my brother and [...]
NYSDEC announces a new Community Forest Conservation Grant Program. $1 million in grant funds will be available to municipalities for forest land acquisition to establish community forests. The grant program’s goal is to assist communities in the conservation of local forests to create opportunities for public access, [...]
Have you heard? New York State Conservationist Magazine is celebrating their 75th anniversary this year. In honor of this milestone, DEC is offering $2 subscriptions. Subscribe online to begin receiving the magazine yourself, or to give it as a gift: https://conservationist.secure.darwin.cx/I**002C
You've probably heard about or participated in citizen efforts to reduce spotted lanternfly, including some creative approaches like a combined pub crawl/lanternfly crushing event. Crushing egg masses is also helpful. The best time to destroy spotted lanternfly egg masses is winter through early spring. You just need [...]
To kick off the 2021 Collaborative Tree Planting Initiative in Schenectady, a Princeton elm (UImus ‘Princeton’) was planted at Martin Luther King Elementary School in honor of Earth Day. Attendees included Schenectady youth and representatives from the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, Schenectady Job Training Agency, [...]
We've posted the 2021 Virtual ReLeaf Conference presentations on our Council YouTube channel. Professor Rebecca Hargrave gave a superb talk on Structural Pruning of Young Trees, and there are terrific talks on Birds and Bats in the Urban Forest, Trees and Human Health, Tree Stewardship Partnerships in [...]
In celebration of Arbor Day, Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that grants totaling $1.18 million have been awarded to communities across the state to inventory, plant, and maintain public trees. The grants are part [...]
NYSDEC State Forester Rob Davies opened the Tree City/Campus/Line USA celebration by acknowledging the difficulties of 2020 and the way in which nearly all recreation had to move outside, bringing further awareness to the critical importance of urban and community trees and green spaces. He quoted his [...]