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Mostly Mulberry: A Natural History

Guest Contributor: Georgia Silvera Seamans, founder of Local Nature Lab, a nature education nonprofit based in New York City. She holds a PhD from University of California Berkeley and is an adjunct professor of environmental studies. She has published peer-reviewed articles in Urban Forestry & Urban Greening  and Arboriculture & Urban Forestry. She [...]

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Trees, Please!

Chamaecyparis obtusa. Photo Anonymous “Clouds drift through my heart, Woods dream my dream.” — Hermann Hesse

By |September 25th, 2024|Categories: Trees Please|Comments Off on Trees, Please!

Every Neighborhood Leafy (Part Two)

Guest Contributor: Emily Nobel Maxwell, Founder and Principal, Nobel Cause Consulting, Senior Advisor, Urban Forestry, City Parks Foundation Part Two of a two-part post. Article originally published in Vital City. Part One: https://nysufc.org/every-neighborhood-leafy-part-one/2024/09/19/ Some fairly recent government investments are helping put more trees where people need [...]

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Every Neighborhood Leafy (Part One)

Guest Contributor: Emily Nobel Maxwell, Founder and Principal, Nobel Cause Consulting, Senior Advisor, Urban Forestry, City Parks Foundation Part One of a two-part post. Article adapted courtesy of Vital City. In Fall 2023, two important laws related to the urban forest went into effect in New York [...]

By |September 19th, 2024|Categories: Tree Campus USA, Tree Planting, Youth|Comments Off on Every Neighborhood Leafy (Part One)

Arboriculture Overhaul!

Described as “One part acrobat, one part expert rope climber, one part tree physiologist, and several parts competitor and thrill seeker,” Mark Chisholm is well known in the climbing world. Mark has won the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) New Jersey Chapter Tree Climbing Championship 21 of the [...]

By |September 17th, 2024|Categories: Trees Please|Comments Off on Arboriculture Overhaul!

Tree Talk Goes to New York ReLeaf 2024

Tree Talk attended the 31st Annual New York ReLeaf Conference (July 24-26, 2024) and asked attendees: What draws you to this ReLeaf Conference? Here are some of their responses. Abraham Watkins: “I would like to explore how other people plant trees and also the [...]

By |September 11th, 2024|Categories: Tree Campus USA, Tree Planting, Youth|Comments Off on Tree Talk Goes to New York ReLeaf 2024
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