Trees, Please!
“Colorless green ideas sleep furiously.” — Noam Chomsky
6 08, 2026
6 08, 2026
Nature as Infrastructure
Parks and trees are infrastructure. Treating them that way is how communities stretch limited budgets to meet climate, equity, and resilience goals. On Wednesday, August 19, 2026, from 2-3:00 PM ET PlanIt Geo will offer a free webinar, Nature as Infrastructure: [...]
6 08, 2026
American Forests at 2026 NY ReLeaf
Guest Contributors: Christina McLaughlin, Director of Northeast Urban Forestry, American Forests; Becky Schwartz, Director, Tools and Resources, Urban Forestry, American Forests We were pleased to attend and present at this year’s NY ReLeaf Conference in New York City at Manhattan University! The conference, [...]
28 07, 2026
Trees, Please!
“To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.” — Robert Bly
28 07, 2026
ReLeaf 2026 — A Team-Building Experience
Guest Contributors: Michael Sawyer, Forestry Manager, Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy; Nikolai Harper, Tree Care Technician, BOPC; Christopher Hall Tree Care Technician, BOPC Michael Sawyer: My team and I had such a wonderful experience attending this year’s summer ReLeaf conference at Manhattan University, [...]
22 07, 2026
TREE TALK at ReLeaf 2026
TREE TALK spoke with attendees at the 33rd Annual ReLeaf Conference. We had some diverse responses from a dozen urban foresters when we posed these questions: What’s the biggest challenge you face in your tree work…And why are you the best person to help meet that [...]
14 07, 2026
Trees, Please!
“Lovin' a free and feelin' spirit Of huggin' a tree when you get near it Diggin' the snow and the rain and the bright sunshine” —Tommy James
14 07, 2026
2025 NYSUFC Annual Report Available Now!
We are pleased to offer a link to the digital version of our 2025 Annual Report. This year’s AR highlights the efforts of Regional ReLeaf group efforts, including two stories about different events by Taking Root guest contributors. The cover image is drawn from one of those articles. [...]
6 07, 2026
Trees, Please!
Yellow Birch Claiming Its Territory!/Photo Jim DeLellis “What is a forest but a city of nature's own, full of hardy and innocuous living things, where there is nothing dead and nothing made with the hands, but the citizens themselves are the houses and public monuments? There is [...]
24 06, 2026
Trees, Please!
“Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember nothing stays the same for long, not even pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go.” — May Sarton