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Council Recognizes Nancy Wolf with Heartwood Award

You may recognize this year’s Heartwood Award winner as the author of the meticulously researched and lively document, “How it Happened: New York ReLeaf—A Brief History of Urban Forestry in the United States and the Creation of the New York State Program, Part 1.” Part 1 is available on the [...]

By Michelle Sutton|July 22nd, 2021|Categories: Awards, Organizational News, ReLeaf Conference|Tags: Heartwood Award, Nancy Wolf|0 Comments

New Rochelle Honors County Parks Workers with Bur Oak Specimen Tree

Westchester Parks Foundation, Westchester County Parks Recreation and Conservation staff, and other dignitaries attended the ceremonial bur oak planting in New Rochelle. Photo Courtesy Westchester Parks Foundation Thank you to Westchester Parks Foundation for providing this account of the planting/celebration. See also this blog post from Council Board [...]

By Michelle Sutton|July 13th, 2021|Categories: Arbor Day, Funding, Grants, Tree Planting|Tags: New Rochelle, Tree City USA Reward Grant, Westchester County, Westchester Parks Foundation|0 Comments

July 2021 TAKING ROOT News

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By Michelle Sutton|July 2nd, 2021|Categories: TAKING ROOT News|Tags: July 2021 TAKING ROOT News|0 Comments

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

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 he worked for [...]

By Michelle Sutton|July 2nd, 2021|Categories: Essays and Reflections, Member Profiles, Municipal Forestry Insitute, Nina Bassuk, Organizational News, SMA, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: Andy Hillman, Davey Resource Group|3 Comments

American Forests Releases Tree Equity Scores for 150K+ Neighborhoods in the U.S.

🟣 See the Tree Equity Map for the scores for metropolitan NYC, Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, Ithaca, Elmira, Vestal, Utica Watertown, Saratoga Springs, and the Hudson Valley. This week, American Forests released Tree Equity scores for 486 urbanized areas of the United States, giving scores for 150,000+ neighborhoods correlating tree [...]

By Michelle Sutton|June 25th, 2021|Categories: Environmental Equity, Research|Tags: American Forests, Tree Equity Score|0 Comments

Fall 2021 NYSUFC Quick Start Grants & Tree City USA Reward Grants Application Period Open

Quick Start Grants: Applications due September 9th, 2021 The NYS Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce Quick Start grants for communities to hold a tree planting event in the fall of 2021 celebrating Arbor Day, with the intention of moving toward becoming a Tree City USA. Communities can apply [...]

By Michelle Sutton|June 23rd, 2021|Categories: Grants, Organizational News, Tree City USA|Tags: Council Quick Start Grants, Council Tree City USA Reward Grant, Wuick|0 Comments

Council Grants for Fall 2021 Tree Planting Events — Accepting Applications Now

Quick Start Grants: Applications due September 9th, 2021

Tree City USA Reward Grants: Applications due September 16, 2021

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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