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3 07, 2017

Grand Island Celebrates First-Ever Arbor Day

By |2017-07-03T20:46:23-04:00July 3rd, 2017|Categories: Arbor Day, Grants, Youth|0 Comments

  With the aid of an Arbor Day grant administered by the NYSUFC, the Town of Grand Island in Erie County held its first-ever Arbor Day Celebration on April 29, 2017. About 40 people attended, including Girl Scout Daisies and Brownies. Senior Girl Scout Gillian Worrall (second [...]

3 07, 2017

Tree Planted in Honor of 2017 Arbor Day Poster Contest Winner

By |2017-07-03T19:15:39-04:00July 3rd, 2017|Categories: Arbor Day, Youth|Tags: , |0 Comments

2017 Arbor Day poster contest winner Sarah Werner from Warwick Valley Middle School with NYSDEC Urban Forestry Partnerships Coordinator Sally Kellogg. The artwork of Sarah Werner, a fifth-grader at Warwick Valley Middle School, was selected as the official NYS 2017 Arbor Day poster after winning [...]

16 06, 2017

Batavia Unveils New Tree Management Plan

By |2017-06-16T16:38:10-04:00June 16th, 2017|Categories: Grants, Tree Inventory, Urban Forest Management Plans|Tags: , , , , |1 Comment

With the assistance of consultant Jerry Bond from Urban Forest Analytics LLC, the City of Batavia recently completed their first comprehensive Tree Management Plan. It was funded through Round 12 of the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) Cost-Share Grant program, administered by NYSDEC. City of Batavia Director of [...]

6 06, 2017

Postcards for Urban Forestry Advocacy

By |2017-06-07T16:18:49-04:00June 6th, 2017|Categories: Advocacy|0 Comments

Author Mike DeMarco shows off the Council's new easy-to-use advocacy postcards. by Mike DeMarco, Council Board Member and City of Watertown Planner As a newly appointed board member to the NYS Urban Forestry Council, I can't imagine a more important time to be present, focused, [...]

2 06, 2017

SUNY New Paltz Earns Tree Campus USA Designation

By |2017-06-02T16:27:07-04:00June 2nd, 2017|Categories: Arbor Day Foundation, Tree Campus USA|0 Comments

From SUNY New Paltz News: SUNY New Paltz has joined a select group of U.S. colleges and universities that have met campus environment standards established by the Arbor Day Foundation, the nation’s largest nonprofit membership organization dedicated to planting trees. “Earning Tree Campus USA status demonstrates to [...]

31 05, 2017

Sponsorship of Municipal Forestry Programs & Events

By |2017-05-31T20:36:45-04:00May 31st, 2017|Categories: Arbor Day, Funding, Innovative Projects and Programs, Youth|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Rock climbing at Surrey’s Party for the Planet, a daylong celebration made possible by cultivating sponsorships. For three years, the Council has been administering Arbor Day grants that provide funding to communities who wanted to have their first-ever Arbor Day celebrations and begin to build [...]

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