From Akwesasne Community Forest to the City of Watervliet, this compendium is a solid resource for folks who are looking for examples of Urban/Community Forestry Management Plans from NYS communities. There are 45 of them and counting; many were funded by cost-share grants through NYSDEC. The application [...]
Photo by Leslie Berckes The Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) recently hosted a virtual Town Hall to learn more about $1.5 billion in additional federal funding for urban and community forestry (UCF) provided by the Inflation Reduction Act. The Town Hall moderator was SMA Executive [...]
NY ReLeaf Workshops in November; New City Trees issue out; more. Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
by Michelle Sutton My Mom and I used to get coffee and donuts and park near an abandoned warehouse to admire this crabapple tree. Mature and healthy, with a beautiful branch structure, it seemed to me the most perfect expression of the crabapple. A hip fracture in [...]
Michelle Sutton by Michelle Sutton Trickles are Better than Sprinkles, and Other Watering Advice Newly planted trees need more localized water. You will frequently encounter the guideline that plants need 1 to 2 inches of water per week provided by some combination of rainfall and [...]
Retired Pound Ridge Police Chief David Ryan (left) was honored by Former Pound Ridge Elementary School Principal (PRES) Amy Fishkin (center), current PRES Principal Dr. Stephanie Bell (not pictured), Town Supervisor Kevin Hansan (right) and other community members when a redbud (Cercis canadensis) was planted in [...]
Art Presson Application Period for Green-Wood’s 2023 Research Awards in Urban Environmental Science and Human/Nature Interactions is now open! In November 2021, Green-Wood launched two new research awards designed for emerging investigators. 2022 projects were selected in February 2022; you can read about them in this [...]
Pound Ridge Conservation Board Chair Ellen Grogan practices structural pruning on a young tree with instruction from DEC Region 3 Senior Forester George Profous at a NY ReLeaf workshop and tour in Newburgh. Photo by Gloria Van Duyne On Friday, September 30, 2022, NY ReLeaf [...]
A pervasive misconception of root growth is shown above right: that roots grow as a mirror reflection of the canopy. Most species grow as depicted above left: large, shallow plates of mostly fine roots extending well beyond the canopy. Illustrations by Larry Decker Story by Michelle Sutton [...]
Mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia) thriving on the property? The soil is likely acidic. Story and photos by Michelle Sutton In Part I we saw how urban stresses on trees, while particularly grievous along city streets, are present to varying degrees in our parks and home [...]
