Dad to two boys, Shawn Spencer (right) leads nature hikes with Cub Scouts, teaching them about trees and shrubs, animals, poison ivy ID, and Leave No Trace. Please tell us about childhood influences that may have foreshadowed your career. Shawn Spencer: I was born in [...]
Pine trees are among the Saratoga Tree Nursery’s offerings. Photo by Larry Decker DEC’s Tree Nursery Offers Variety of Seedlings to Create Effective Windbreaks and Snow Fences More than 50 species of trees and shrubs from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) [...]
Photo by Pat Evens Schools Can Complete Conservation Planting for Free Schools across New York are eligible to receive free seedlings for spring planting through the DEC School Seedling Program, which provides 50 tree seedlings or a mixed packet of 30 wildlife shrubs to any [...]
Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute Director Nina Bassuk and Dept of Horticulture Post-doctoral Associate Fred Cowett recently published a paper called "Street Tree Diversity in Three Northeastern U.S. States" in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, the scientific journal of the International Society of Arboriculture. What follows is the abstract, [...]
Greenfield at left with daughter Abby and wife Brenda. Can you tell us about childhood influences that foreshadowed getting interested in forestry and urban forestry? Eric Greenfield: I grew up in Delhi, New York in the western Catskills. Delhi is small community surrounded by [...]
Flyer here also (for more crisp viewing)
Using data from the TreesCount! 2015 inventory, NYC Parks brings us the interactive New York City Street Tree Map, the world's most extensive, accurate, and detailed tree map. With the Map, anyone can access data about any street tree in the City. Users can learn about [...]
Good news! For FY 2017-2018, Governor Cuomo's proposed budget once again designates $300 million for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), including $1 million for urban forestry for the second year in a row. This will ensure another round of EPF/cost-share grants either later this year or in [...]
2017 Arbor Day Grant Information Packet The NYS Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce available funding for small communities to have an Arbor Day tree planting event and to establish a community based forestry program. This funding has been provided by the USDA Forest Service and [...]
On Arbor Day in Lake Placid, Tim Chick teaches Girl Scouts and other groups about how to plant tree seedlings. Tim is semi-retired and a NYSUFC Board member. He works part-time as an adjunct forestry professor at Paul Smith’s College and consulting forester and is [...]