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Municipal Forestry Institute 2022 – Deadline Aug 7 to Apply – Diversity Scholarships Available

Apply now for MFI 2022! Diversity Scholarships Available Sept 25-30 2022 at Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio The Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) is an intensive, high-level week-long training that provides personal and professional development opportunities for key urban forestry decision makers. This unique leadership training was developed by [...]

By Jean|July 19th, 2022|Categories: Municipal Forestry Insitute|Tags: Diversity Scholarships, MFI 2022, Municipal Forestry Institute 2022|0 Comments

The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview

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 of us who [...]

By Jean|July 14th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Innovative Projects and Programs, Member Profiles, Organizational News, Research, Tree Planting, Underutilized Urban Trees, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: Cornell University, micropropagation, Nina Bassuk, Nina Bassuk Retirement, Plant Propagation|0 Comments

July 2022 TAKING ROOT News

ReLeaf Conference; Rahma Food Forest in Syracuse; Tree City USA Reward Grants; more. Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.

By Jean|July 3rd, 2022|Categories: TAKING ROOT News|Tags: July 2022 Taking Root News|0 Comments

American Chestnut Restoration Updates

The New York State Chapter of The American Chestnut Foundation (TACF) produces a terrific newsletter, The Bur. Here's the Spring 2022 Edition. It includes information about SUNY-ESF's latest research breakthrough, the ‘DarWin’ new line of transgenic blight-tolerant American chestnut trees. 'DarWin' is the first new line since 2015, when the [...]

By Jean|July 3rd, 2022|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: American Chestnut, Chestnut Chat, Chestnut Pollination, The American Chestnut Foundation|0 Comments

Rahma Food Forest: Permaculture in Practice on Syracuse’s South Side

Along with all community members, medical providers and staff from Rahma Free Health Clinic in Syracuse can enjoy picking fresh fruit like apples, Asian pears, medlar, paw paw fruit, and more. With Frank Cetera, written by Michelle Sutton Photos Courtesy The Alchemical Nursery The Rahma Food Forest on [...]

By Jean|June 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Justice, Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits, Urban Forest Ecology, Volunteers|Tags: Frank Cetera, Magda Bayoumi, Rahma Food Forest, Rahma Free Health Clinic, Robbie Colville, Syracuse NY, The Alchemical Nursery, Ursula Rozum|0 Comments

First-Ever Arbor Day Celebrations in Bombay, Oyster Bay, Penn Yan, and South Glens Falls

On May 2, 2022 the Town of Bombay (Franklin County; pop. ~ 1357) held its first-ever Arbor Day planting and celebration with 35 folks in attendance. The community planted red maples (Acer rubrum) and Japanese tree lilacs (Syringa reticulata 'Ivory Silk') and gave away tree seedlings, purchased from the Arbor [...]

By Jean|June 21st, 2022|Categories: Arbor Day, Grants, Tree City USA, Tree Planting, Uncategorized|Tags: Bombay, Oyster Bay, Penn Yan, Quick Start Grants, South Glens Falls|0 Comments

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New York State’s Urban Forestry program is a partnership of public, private, and volunteer organizations and individuals that fosters comprehensive planning, management, and education throughout New York to create a healthy urban and community forest and enhance quality of life.

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Central Park, NYC by Carlos Alcazar