Member Profiles

10 10, 2023

A Conversation With Simon Skolnik, President of NYSACC

By |2023-10-10T16:22:47-04:00October 10th, 2023|Categories: Member Profiles|Comments Off on A Conversation With Simon Skolnik, President of NYSACC

New York State Association of Conservation Commissions President Simon Skolnik shared his perspective on the goals of the organization. This is a fortuitous time for the group, according to Skolnik. NYSACC was founded by NY Department of Environmental Conservation in 1972 as an independent organization representing conservation [...]

5 09, 2023

Steve Harris: Urban Tree Champion

By |2023-09-05T13:56:03-04:00September 5th, 2023|Categories: Member Profiles, Municipal Forestry Insitute, Urban Forest Management Plans|Comments Off on Steve Harris: Urban Tree Champion

There’s a lot to know about Steve Harris. Steve is the outgoing President of New York State Urban Forestry Council. He has acted as Syracuse City Forester for twenty years. He’s a great guy, and an impassioned advocate for urban trees. Something [...]

14 07, 2022

The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview

By |2022-07-21T11:25:13-04:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Innovative Projects and Programs, Member Profiles, Organizational News, Research, Tree Planting, Underutilized Urban Trees, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

by Michelle Sutton The Council’s beloved Dr. Nina Bassuk (who prefers to go by “Nina”) will formally retire from Cornell at the end of this August (2022). When the world’s foremost authority on street trees and urban forestry retires after 42 years, there’s significant anxiety among those [...]

25 02, 2022

Tree Watertown at 26 Years: Urban Forestry Excellence in the North Country

By |2022-03-03T12:15:31-05:00February 25th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Bare Root, Innovative Projects and Programs, Member Profiles, Organizational News, Recommended Urban Trees, Tree City USA, Tree Inventory, Tree Planting, Underutilized Urban Trees, Urban Forest Management Plans, Volunteers|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Multigenerational Tree Watertown volunteers gather every fall for a bare root tree planting event. Here, volunteers assemble in fall of 2018. Story by Michelle Sutton, NYSUFC Editor 🌳 Photos Courtesy Tree Watertown The City of Watertown (population ~ 25,000, in Jefferson County) is an esteemed [...]

2 07, 2021

Andy Hillman Reflects on Career, What’s Next, and Why UCF Has Arrived

By |2021-07-02T12:21:00-04:00July 2nd, 2021|Categories: Essays and Reflections, Member Profiles, Municipal Forestry Insitute, Organizational News, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: , |5 Comments

  Last April, former Council President, current Grants Committee Chair, and longtime Council Board Member Andy Hillman retired from a decade (to the day) of work as a business developer for Davey Resource Group. Prior to that, he was Ithaca’s longtime city forester, and prior to that [...]

7 10, 2020

Artist, Arborist, and Horticulturist Noreen Riordan

By |2021-02-27T23:06:31-05:00October 7th, 2020|Categories: Diseases and Insects, Emerald Ash Borer, Member Profiles, ReLeaf Conference|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Noreen at the Friday picnic of the 2018 NY ReLeaf Conference in Rochester. Photo by Michelle Sutton Noreen Riordan attended the Rochester ReLeaf Conference in 2018. She lives in Henrietta and serves a greater Rochester territory as an Arborist Representative for Bartlett Tree Experts. Her [...]

20 08, 2020

HWS Junior Lauryn Tabolt’s Summer with Watertown’s Trees ?

By |2021-02-27T23:06:52-05:00August 20th, 2020|Categories: Member Profiles, Youth|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Meet Lauryn Tabolt, a Hobart & William Smith junior who worked in the Watertown Planning Department this summer on tree care with Planning & Community Development Director Mike Lumbis and Planner (and Council Board Member) Mike DeMarco, who wrote this about Lauryn's vital work during a hot, [...]

23 01, 2020

Getting to Know Council VP & Syracuse City Arborist Steve Harris

By |2020-01-30T12:53:50-05:00January 23rd, 2020|Categories: Member Profiles, Organizational News|Tags: , |0 Comments

Steve Harris at the Syracuse Parks Department’s annual community tree planting event involving approximately 100 trees and 100 volunteers. The event is organized in partnership with local partners Cornell Cooperative Extension-Onondaga County and Onondaga Earth Corps. “It is always the highlight of the year,” Steve says. [...]

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