New York State DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced nearly $2 million awarded to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to help identify, model and map urban heat islands, to assess extreme heat impacts and responses and to support climate actions to address urban [...]
Summer Sumac. Photo Ulysses Tree Planter “You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things. Why not go into the forest for a time, literally? Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be [...]
Guest Contributor: Rebecca Hargrave, Associate Professor at SUNY Morrisville and a Ph.D. candidate, UMass Amherst Part Two of a Series Focusing on Urban Forest Management in New York State In 2021, researchers at UMass Amherst in conjunction with the NYSDEC Urban [...]
The Arbor Day Foundation (ADF) is a recipient of grant funding from the USDA Forest Service Urban & Community Forestry Program under the Inflation Reduction Act (Funding Opportunity #: USDA-FS-2023-UCF-IRA-01). The Foundation will serve as a national pass-through partner of the Forest Service, providing funding [...]
“How can I tell if my tree is a sugar maple and not a Norway?” “Is it too late to save my ash?” “What is all this green crusty stuff growing all over my tree?” “How can I find an arborist where I [...]
Stoneleigh, Villanova. Photo John Tweddle “Is the tree as it rises delighted with its many branches, each one like a poem?” —Mary Oliver
Guest Contributor: Rebecca Hargrave, Associate Professor, SUNY Morrisville and a Ph.D. Candidate at UMass Amherst Part One of a Series Focusing on Urban Forest Management in New York State In 2021, many communities across New York State participated in a [...]
Guest Contributor: Nancy A. Wolf, Environmental Education Consultant In early April 2024, Trees Atlanta was the site of the first-ever reunion of the founders of the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT). Twenty urban forestry veterans greeted each other with hugs, memories and [...]
NYSA will host an opportunity in Western New York for tree services professionals to network and learn about tree care and resources available. Place: Drave’s Arboretum, 1815 Sharrick Rd, Darien Center Date: Thursday, August 15, 2024 Program: 8:00 am Welcome and Introductions 8:30-9:30 am [...]
$7.34 million in Environmental Justice Community Impact Grants is available to help communities most vulnerable to the impacts of pollution and climate change address environmental concerns and legacy pollution. Grants will support community-based organization projects that engage their communities around environmental justice issues and deploy community-driven solutions. This funding [...]