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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 [...]

15 07, 2023

Buffalo State’s Arboretum and “Big Dig”

By |2023-07-17T15:34:02-04:00July 15th, 2023|Categories: History, Tree Campus Higher Education, Tree Campus USA|Comments Off on Buffalo State’s Arboretum and “Big Dig”

The Maud Gordon Holmes Arboretum at Buffalo State University has brought thousands of students closer to nature on the 100+ acre urban campus, along with providing educational benefits. Formally dedicated in 1962 in honor of Maud Gordon Holmes, founder of the Garden Center Institute of Buffalo, [...]

11 06, 2021

Town of Pound Ridge Dedicates White Oak to Essential Workers for Arbor Day 2021

By |2021-06-11T10:12:42-04:00June 11th, 2021|Categories: Arbor Day, Grants, Tree Campus USA|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Thank you for Pound Ridge Conservation Board Member Ellen Grogan for supplying text and photos.  The Town of Pound Ridge (Westchester County) used a NYSUFC Tree City USA Reward Grant to fund the planting of a white oak (Quercus alba) in a prominent spot in the Town’s [...]

19 03, 2021

DEC Hosts Virtual Tree City, Tree Campus, Tree Line USA Celebration

By |2021-03-23T01:37:32-04:00March 19th, 2021|Categories: Awards, NYSDEC, Tree Campus USA, Tree City USA, Tree Line USA|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

26 10, 2020

Jamestown Community College Plants Sugar Maple to Celebrate 11 Years as Tree Campus USA

By |2021-02-27T23:05:59-05:00October 26th, 2020|Categories: Tree Campus USA, Tree Planting, Uncategorized|Tags: |0 Comments

Council Board Member Lori Brockelbank sent news from Western NY: Jamestown Community College celebrates 11 years as a Tree Campus USA! Present at the Jamestown Community College planting of a Highland Park Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum 'Hipzam') in honor of 11 years of Tree [...]

12 05, 2019

For Arbor Day 2019, Hofstra Adds Pink-Flowering Dogwoods to its Campus Arboretum

By |2019-05-12T20:35:21-04:00May 12th, 2019|Categories: Arbor Day, Tree Campus USA, Tree Planting|Tags: , |1 Comment

All photos by Kathy King On April 24, four pink-flowering dogwood trees were planted on the Hofstra campus in Hempstead, Long Island in celebration of Arbor Day 2019. The planting is part of an ongoing effort by the university’s Tree Advisory Committee to create a [...]

12 04, 2019

Joyful 2019 Urban Forestry Awards Celebration

By |2019-04-12T13:47:11-04:00April 12th, 2019|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Awards, NYSDEC, Tree Campus USA, Tree City USA, Tree Line USA|Tags: |0 Comments

Along with showing their support and helping to accept Syracuse’s Tree City USA Award, a team from Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) shared recent OEC achievements with the audience. From left to right: Syracuse City Arborist Stephen Harris, OEC Crew Leader Shadrach McKinney, Crew Leader Taveon Stenson, [...]

12 04, 2018

2018 Urban Forestry Awards Celebration Warms Hearts in March

By |2018-04-17T12:05:53-04:00April 12th, 2018|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Awards, NYSDEC, Tree Campus USA, Tree City USA, Tree Line USA|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Eight years ago, Council Board Member Lori Brockelbank (second from left) helped Jamestown Community College become the first community college in NYS to be a Tree Campus USA. And once again, Lori brought students with her to celebrate the College’s ongoing Tree Campus USA status: Avery [...]

2 06, 2017

SUNY New Paltz Earns Tree Campus USA Designation

By |2017-06-02T16:27:07-04:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Tree Campus USA|0 Comments

From SUNY New Paltz News: SUNY New Paltz has joined a select group of U.S. colleges and universities that have met campus environment standards established by the Arbor Day Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees. “Earning Tree Campus USA status demonstrates to [...]

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