Volunteers of all ages made native plant seed balls for distribution across the five boroughs of NYC. All photos courtesy Student Conversation Association On the 47th Annual Earth Day on April 22, 2017, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and young people from the Student Conservation [...]
Council Board Member Art Traver. Photo by Paul Maurer Landscape architect and longtime Council Board Member Art Traver works for Wendel Companies out of their Buffalo office. Were there childhood influences foreshadowing your career? Art Traver: I think I first noticed the “environment” [...]
Story and images by Mark McPherson, Executive Director of the Urban Forest Carbon Registry The urban forests of the U.S. are long overdue to earn certified carbon credits. Carbon buyers purchased $700 million in carbon credits in the U.S. over the last decade ($4.5 billion worldwide). Yet [...]
Baldcypress grove in Buffalo’s Forest Lawn Cemetery. Photo by Michelle Sutton Round 13 of the NYSDEC Urban Forestry Grants Program was announced on December 22, 2016. NYSDEC Commissioner Basil Seggos has announced the availability of $2.3 million for Round 13. Applications are due by March 1, [...]
2016 Onondaga Earth Corps crew members get to know each other at orientation. Photos & videos Courtesy OEC You may have noticed that every summer the ReLeaf conference gets an infusion of youthful energy when members of the Onondaga Earth Corps attend. Here, we learn [...]
The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) honors ten "Frederick Law Olmsted Award" recipients who stepped up after the October 12-13, 2006 freak snowstorm in which more than 12,000 trees in the City's Olmsted-designed park system were damaged by nearly 2 feet of snow. Here's an excellent video [...]
The beautiful 23-mile Bronx River. Photo Courtesy Natural Areas Conservancy This story comes to us from Bronx River Alliance Deputy Director Maggie Greenfield and Natural Areas Conservancy Communications and Public Outreach Manager Nicole Brownstein. The Bronx River has seen its fair share of history. It [...]
Sharon DiLorenzo is a program manager for Capital Roots, whose vision for the future of the Capital Region is “where every person has access to fresh, affordable, healthy food.” The organization is also involved in urban forestry projects and partnerships. She has served multiple terms on [...]
By Gregory Badger, CommuniTREE Stewards Volunteer I grew up hiking the woods of Honeoye in Western NY and learning about trees from my father and when I moved to Philadelphia after college, I began volunteering for some of their TreePhilly programs. Yard tree giveaways, street tree plantings, [...]
Sister Johnice of St. Adalbert’s Response to Love Center in Buffalo joined the community around the Broadway Fillmore area to help plant trees. Here, a priest from St. Adalbert’s blesses the new plantings. Photo by Paul Maurer This is the first in a series of [...]