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22 03, 2023

Writing for the Trees: Tree Preservation in New York City

By |2023-03-22T12:44:03-04:00March 22nd, 2023|Categories: Essays and Reflections|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Writing for the Trees: Tree Preservation in New York City

Writing for the Trees: Tree Preservation in NYC  In this second installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares her experience on one work site in Queens. All photos by Jean Zimmerman The tale of a root in danger is [...]

21 03, 2023

Recommended Reading: Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects

By |2023-03-21T19:51:23-04:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Recommended Reading: Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects

Margot Chiuten (second from left) with (from left) her wife Shawna Black and their kids Keane, Graem, and Emerson. Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects Margot Chiuten recently founded her own landscape architecture firm with longtime collaborator Peter Trowbridge. In this [...]

21 03, 2023

Recommended Reading: An African American Tree Activist Lived in Brooklyn

By |2023-03-21T19:48:35-04:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: History, NYC|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Recommended Reading: An African American Tree Activist Lived in Brooklyn

Hattie Carthan in 1978; photo from the New York Public Library. An African American Tree Activist Lived in Brooklyn Washington Square Park Eco Projects Director Georgia Silvera Seamans posted this story on the Brooklyn Botanic Garden blog about Hattie Carthan (1900-1984). Silvera Seamans writes, "[Carthan] [...]

17 03, 2023

Recap of the NYSDEC 2023 Urban Forestry Awards Celebration at Vassar College

By |2023-03-21T18:58:46-04:00March 17th, 2023|Categories: Awards, NYSDEC, Tree Campus Higher Education, Tree City USA, Tree Line USA|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |Comments Off on Recap of the NYSDEC 2023 Urban Forestry Awards Celebration at Vassar College

Celebrating the Village of Rhinebeck's 13 years as a Tree City USA! From left to right: NYSDEC Urban Forestry Partnerships Coordinator Christina McLaughlin; Joyce Meisinger and Connie Lown from the Village of Rhinebeck Tree Commission; and NYSDEC Urban and Community Forestry Coordinator Gloria Van Duyne. [...]

1 03, 2023

March April 2023 Edition of City Trees Features Rural Urban Forestry, SMA Conference in Seattle pics, New Horizon Elm, and New Role for Community Arboreta

By |2023-03-01T11:52:33-05:00March 1st, 2023|Categories: City Trees Magazine, Society of Municipal Arborists, Uncategorized, Underutilized Urban Trees|Tags: , , |Comments Off on March April 2023 Edition of City Trees Features Rural Urban Forestry, SMA Conference in Seattle pics, New Horizon Elm, and New Role for Community Arboreta

City Trees is the magazine of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) and is freely available to everyone. Here’s how you can access City Trees, an international, bimonthly online magazine about all things urban forestry:  The March/April 2023 City Trees is here From the Jan/Feb 2023 link (or any other issue [...]

28 02, 2023

Schenectady’s Dynamic Tree Planting Collaboration: 2022 Update

By |2023-02-28T14:52:03-05:00February 28th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Justice, Funding, Grants, Innovative Projects and Programs, Nonprofits, Training, Tree Planting, Youth|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on Schenectady’s Dynamic Tree Planting Collaboration: 2022 Update

The excellent e-flyer that went out to Schenectady community members in advance of the summer 2022 tree planting. See also the earlier blog post: Schenectady Plants 50 Trees with New Collaborative Initiative In the summer of 2021, ReTree Schenectady, the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, Community [...]

20 02, 2023

Writing for the Trees: How Arborists Can Communicate With the World and Have Fun Doing It

By |2023-02-20T20:15:22-05:00February 20th, 2023|Categories: Essays and Reflections|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Writing for the Trees: How Arborists Can Communicate With the World and Have Fun Doing It

Writing for the Trees In this first installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares ideas about How Arborists Can Communicate With the World and Have Fun Doing it Michelle Sutton wrote a great post recently about getting an article [...]

20 02, 2023

Register for Round 16 UCF Grants Virtual Information Session March 29

By |2023-02-20T11:21:04-05:00February 20th, 2023|Categories: Funding, Grants, NYSDEC|Tags: |Comments Off on Register for Round 16 UCF Grants Virtual Information Session March 29

  NYSDEC hopes to open the Round 16 UCF grant application period grants in spring (keep an eye out around Arbor Day!) If you’re interested in applying, the information session will be very useful for you. It will be recorded and sent to folks who register, so [...]

20 02, 2023

BIPOC Forestry Professionals Conversation Series Starts Feb 24th

By |2023-02-20T10:57:41-05:00February 20th, 2023|Categories: Innovative Projects and Programs|Tags: |Comments Off on BIPOC Forestry Professionals Conversation Series Starts Feb 24th

BIPOC Forestry Professionals Conversation Series Friday, February 24, 11:30am-1:00pm Central Register here! Beloved community is formed not by the eradication of difference but by its affirmation, by each of us claiming the identities of cultural legacies that shape who we are and how we live in the [...]

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