On this rainy Arbor Day, New Windsor veterans, school kids, and other community members moved the tree dedication indoors, to the New Windsor Volunteer Ambulance Corps bays. On April 27, 2018 the Town of New Windsor Tree Committee, in conjunction with the Town of New Windsor, [...]
DEC Extends Application Period for Environmental Justice Community Impact Grants Deadline to Apply for Grants Extended to July 27, 2018 Green infrastructure (bioswale). Photo by Karen Emmerich New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos recently announced the extension of the application [...]
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DEC Announces $525,000 in Grant Funding Available to Improve Water Quality Through Tree Planting Projects 07/03/2018 DEC Announces $525,000 in Grant Funding Available to Improve Water Quality Through Tree Planting Projects Streamside Plantings Improve Wildlife Habitat, Protect Water Quality and Increase Resiliency New York State Department of Environmental Conservation [...]
Arboreta are a unique component of the urban forest, a place where we can see the breadth of beautiful trees and shrubs suited to our climate. They also make excellent outdoor environmental education labs. For the 7th year, NYSUFC organizational member The Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands [...]
from left: Bob Sympson, Laura Cullen, Rob Alvey, Norma Gonsalvez, Richard Anerdos, and Lawrence Ferrandiz planting the serviceberry tree at the Nassau County Executive Bldg for Arbor Day. All photos courtesy Nassau County Tree Advisory Board Bob Sympson of Nassau County is a volunteer tree [...]
Our campus host for Rochester ReLeaf 2018 is the world-renowned Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). RIT is a privately endowed, coeducational university with nine colleges emphasizing career education and experiential learning. RIT was founded in 1829! How is this possible, you say? You can read the history [...]
The Friday morning keynote address for Rochester ReLeaf will be given by Laura E. Ayers, Esq., who specializes in property matters all over the State. One of her firm’s specialties is adjoining landowner disputes that involve tree ownership and maintenance. In this hour keynote, Laura will present [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yBlb73RlQ2U On Thursday afternoon (July 26) of the Council's ReLeaf Conference in Rochester, panelists Cornell Extension Associate Mark Whitmore, NYS Parks Natural Heritage Program's Julie Lundgren, and Finger Lakes Partnership for Regional Invasive Species Management (PRISM) Coordinator Hillary Mosher will be screening “The Hemlock Woolly Adelgid: A [...]
One of ReLeaf 2018’s (July 26-28 in Rochester) Saturday morning workshops is “EcoDistricts: Resilient and Sustainable Cities from the Neighborhood Up.” Rochester’s High Falls neighborhood is the site of the first registered EcoDistrict in the State of New York. The international EcoDistricts organization provides the protocol for [...]