The weather might have been scorching, but the climbers were undeniably cool. Awesome, every one. The 2024 New York State Tree Climbing Championship took place in Albany’s pleasantly shady Washington Park on June 22. Sponsored by The New York [...]
Guest Contributor: Chiu Yin Hempel, Village of Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory Board On April 22 the Village of Tuxedo Park celebrated Arbor Day/Earth Day and nine years of being a Tree City USA. It was a great day for all. [...]
New York State Urban Forestry Council is proud to present our 2023 Annual Report, which highlights some of our varied initiatives over the course of the year. You’ll find an Arbor Day tree planting funded by a NYSUFC Quick Start Grant; a ReLeaf-sponsored tree ID walking [...]
Guest Contributor: Amy Mackenzie, NYSDEC Urban Forester and Chair of the Regions 4&5 ReLeaf Committees ReLeaf sponsored an awesome workshop at Draves Arboretum in Darien Center on June 13. Attendees received a broad overview of preparation and response activities for before, during and after storms. The focus was [...]
The new Urban and Community Forestry Society LGBTree affinity group is open to all urban and community forestry professionals who identify as LGBTQ+. LGBTree is dedicated to promoting inclusivity and diversity within urban and community forestry. The group provides support to LGBTQ+ identifying urban and community [...]
Guest Contributor: Jessica Pyrda, District Forester, Oneida County Soil & Water Conservation District It was a pleasure working as a mentor with Eric Bugbee and Angela Martin, the TREE TEAM from the Mount Markham Central School District, and Arborist Terry Hawkridge on [...]
ACT’s next environmental justice training will be held on Tuesday, July 9 from 10:30am to 12:00pm Central Time. This month's session is titled Community Outreach Using Lessons from Public Health Communication and will be facilitated by Dr. Christine Carmichael of Fair Forests Consulting. In this 90-minute training, Alliance [...]
The New York State Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce scholarships for members to attend the 2024 ReLeaf Conference. We are offering two available scholarship categories. Category A is a scholarship for up to $259 to assist new members, either student members or individual members [...]
The Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition (SUFC) is sponsoring its inaugural Town Hall event on Thursday, June 27 from 12-1:30 pm Central Time. This free 90-minute virtual learning and networking session to bring urban and community forestry partners together. This first Town Hall will have a [...]
In this installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author, blogger and Taking Root editor Jean Zimmerman considers the fantastic plants of New York City’s urban forest. Forests and New York City is not a pairing that would make sense [...]