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Arbor Day Foundation Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Call for Proposals
Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Call for Proposals: Click HERE to Submit Your T.R.E.E. Proposal Today! From ADF: As the Arbor Day Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary, our simple mission of inspiring people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees has had an immense impact all over the globe. In five decades, [...]
Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: Staghorn Sumac
Council Vice President James Kaechele has been walking past this pollinator garden along the Queensboro Bridge for four years. It's a garden in which staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is functioning as a beautiful mid-sized tree, providing stature and shading other plants. Photos by James Kaechele "I’ve [...]
Council Joins Signatories to Inflation Reduction Act UCF Support Letter
Dear Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi: The undersigned organizations, many of which are members of the Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition, are writing to strongly support the important urban and community forest provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. From combating climate change and creating more equitable communities to improving [...]
ReLeafers Stream into Watertown: A Pictorial Recap
ReLeaf goers were grateful for the tree shade during the Watertown Downtown Arboretum tour. Photo by Karen Emmerich Watertown Planning and Community Development Director Mike Lumbis led the tour of the Watertown Downtown Arboretum. Here, he's alongside the dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides), planted bare root, in [...]
2022 Tree City USA Reward Grants Announced for Fall Planting
Tree planters in South Glens Falls, New York. New York State Senator Daphne Jordan is third from right. The intent of this competitive grant is to encourage municipalities to sustain their community forestry program and maintain their status as a Tree City USA through a celebratory tree planting [...]
August 2022 TAKING ROOT News
American Chestnut Restoration Update; The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview; History of ReLeaf Part 2; NYC Parks and Formula E Partner to Plant Trees; Apply by August 7th for 2022 Municipal Forestry Institute Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
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