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Nina Bassuk Receives Frederick Law Olmsted Award from Arbor Day Foundation

By Jean|2016-06-29T15:37:51-04:00May 1st, 2015|Categories: Arbor Day, Member Profiles, Organizational News, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: Arbor Day Foundation, Frederick Law Olmsted Award, Nina Bassuk|1 Comment

Last fall, the NYSUFC nominated beloved Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) Director and longtime former Council President Nina Bassuk for the Arbor Day Foundation’s Frederick Law Olmsted Award. Current Council President Andy Hillman read the award description and said, “This appears to have been written for Nina!” [...]

Urban Forestry Award Winners

The DEC recognized the Arbor Day Poster Contest winner, 5th Grader Annika Chang from John Mandracchia Sawmill Intermediate School in Commack, accompanied here by her parents and NYS Urban Forestry Program Manager Mary Kramarchyk (right). State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens recognized [...]