There’s a lot to know about Steve Harris. Steve is the outgoing President of New York State Urban Forestry Council. He has acted as Syracuse City Forester for twenty years. He’s a great guy, and an impassioned advocate for urban trees. Something [...]
Guest Contributor: George Profous, Senior Forester, Division of Lands & Forests, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. What was once dubbed the Urban Heat Island (UHI), is now ominously termed Extreme Heat. But whatever the terminology, trees can help to reduce this warming. The increase [...]
NYSDEC and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced an Equity and Climate Justice stakeholder roundtable on the development of the State's Cap-and-Invest Program to reduce the emissions driving climate change. The Cap-and-Invest Program was recommended in the Climate Action Council's Scoping Plan and proposed in [...]
The Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) is a high-level training opportunity that guides professionals in the leadership and managerial aspects of urban forestry. This week-long intensive educational program delivers a challenging, yet rewarding, opportunity to learn how to grow more successful community tree programs. Attendees will master leadership and management tools [...]
Platanus x acerifolia ‘Brooklynium’/Photo: Neil White. “For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone.” -Herman Hesse [...]
Guest Contributor: Alec Phoenix, Butternut Tree Enthusiast Tucked away between a red oak and a black cherry on a sloping five-acre tract in Arcadia, New York, the lone butternut had been there the whole time but I had somehow missed it. I had mowed under the [...]
A gathering at Jones Beach State Park’s Environmental Center the evening of Friday, July 21 featured a plentiful raw bar along with beer and an informal repast. Some swam. Some found treasures. Others simply socialized as dusk fell. A good time [...]
DEC has announced Round 2 of the Community Forest Conservation Grant. This grant opportunity aims to provide municipalities with financial assistance in purchasing forest land for the purpose of creating community forests. The Community Forest Grant Program awards grants ranging from $50,000 to $300,000. Community forests can [...]
Toddsville Chestnut Tree/Photo: Allen Nichols. "The wonder is that we can see these trees and not wonder more." -Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Alliance for Community trees has been focusing on engaging disadvantaged communities with urban and community forestry efforts through impending Inflation Reduction Act funding, Links are available to some of its latest recorded environmental justice trainings. These training sessions are facilitated by Dr. Christine Carmichael of Fair Forests [...]