2021 Municipal Forestry Institute Registration Open
INFO AND REGISTRATION
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03, 2021
DEC Hosts Virtual Tree City, Tree Campus, Tree Line USA Celebration
NYSDEC State Forester Rob Davies opened the Tree City/Campus/Line USA celebration by acknowledging the difficulties of 2020 and the way in which nearly all recreation had to move outside, bringing further awareness to the critical importance of urban and community trees and green spaces. He quoted his [...]
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03, 2021
NYS Urban Forestry Council is Hiring a Part-Time Equity & Justice Coordinator
Applications due April 15, 2021 Job Description: The New York State Urban Forestry Council (NYSUFC) is a 501(c)3 organized formally in 1999 to advise and assist the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) in executing its urban and community forestry program. The mission of the NYSUFC is [...]
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03, 2021
Paul Smith’s College Arboriculture & Landscape Mgmt Program, with Randall Swanson
Paul Smith’s Arboriculture & Landscape Management student practices safe tree climbing and pruning skills. Randall Swanson has been the Program Coordinator for Paul Smith’s College Arboriculture & Landscape Management (AALM) program since 1989. Can you tell us about your own educational trajectory and career? Randall [...]
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03, 2021
March 2021 TAKING ROOT News is Here!
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02, 2021
2021 NY ReLeaf Conference: July 23 & Virtual, with Regional Small Outdoor Events to Follow
The 2021 NY ReLeaf Conference will be July 23rd and virtual, with regional small outdoor events to follow. The conference committee is hard at work work on the particulars. Please check back in mid to late March for speaker highlights / program details / outdoor event scoop! [...]
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02, 2021
Where Women Choose to Walk: Paths to Improving Cities and Nature Series Underway
Dr. Adrina Bardekjian and Liza Paqueo are fabulous speakers and facilitators. >>> The monthly discussion series, “Where Women Choose to Walk: Paths to improving cities and nature,” is open to everyone at no cost. Participants are from diverse cultural and economic backgrounds ranging from the global north [...]
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02, 2021
Urban Forestry Opportunities at Southern University Include Virtual Learning, Scholarships, and Degrees at the Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral Levels
NASA project team at Southern University Urban Forestry & Natural Resources Department at a wetland soil sampling day in 2019. Left to right: Simbrey Majors, who received a Master degree in Dec 2020; Zhu Ning – Institutional Principle Investigator (PI); Victor Rivera – LSU Co-PI; Chris [...]
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02, 2021
Yale Forest Forum Webinar Series on The Promise and Practice of Community-Based Forestry
Click here to see the full roster of talks and to register The Yale Forest Forum (YFF) has a free spring speaker series underway, hosted by The Forests Dialogue and the Urban Resources Initiative, on The Promise and Practice of Community-Based Forestry. Join the series every Thursday through April [...]
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02, 2021
DEC Round 15 Urban & Community Forestry Grant Recipients
Snowy egret fishing on a section of the Bronx River. The Bronx River Alliance (bronxriver.org) was one of the recipients of a 2020 DEC-mediated grant, which will be used for tree planting in the Bronx River floodplain. The funds come from the NY Environmental Protection Fund [...]