Otisville, NY Garden Club members planted this red maple and other trees as part of the Village's 2016 Arbor Day celebration, which was supported by an Arbor Day grant from the New York State Urban Forestry Council. Communities that are just getting their urban [...]
Students from the High School of American Studies at Lehman College in the Bronx plant an evergreen on campus. The students are left to right: Magella Sheehan, Owen McFadzean, and Rajesh Persad. Photo by Anthony Thoman Due to spring holidays, schools in New York [...]
Maheen Naqvi and family at last March's DEC-hosted awards ceremony. The DEC's Arbor Day celebration recognized the artwork of DEC’s children’s poster contest winner, Maheen Naqvi, 5th Grader from Dutch Lane Elementary School, Hicksville, Nassau County. The theme of this year’s children’s artwork was "New [...]
Warwick Arbor Day poster contestants with their artwork. NYSUFC Board Member Karen Emmerich serves on the Warwick Town Tree Commission. Here she shares the Town’s 2015 Arbor Day celebration and activities, supported by an Arbor Day grant of $1000 from the Council (stay tuned to [...]
Ruth Meier, a Master Gardener from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County assists student volunteers from the Notre Dame High School NJROTC with properly planting and mulching one of 20 bare root katsuras that will help restore the Olmsted-designed tree canopy in Utica’s FT Proctor [...]
by Brenda Cagle, Red Hook Councilwoman Q: What do you call a highly functioning, well-informed, enthusiastic tree Committee? A: The Town of Red Hook Tree Commission (TC) The Red Hook Tree Commission worked with young community volunteers on planting at the Town of Red Hook Recreation Park. [...]
(left to right) NYS DEC Urban Forestry Program Assistant Sally Kellogg with the Village of Red Hook’s Deputy Mayor Brent Kovalchik and Village Green Committee member Frances Uku. The Village has been a Tree City USA for 14 years. The 9th annual Tree City/Line/Campus USA [...]
Last fall, the NYSUFC nominated beloved Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) Director and longtime former Council President Nina Bassuk for the Arbor Day Foundation’s Frederick Law Olmsted Award. Current Council President Andy Hillman read the award description and said, “This appears to have been written for Nina!” [...]
Thoughts turn to Arbor Day as the NYSUFC recently awarded Quick Start Grants of up to $1000 each to 12 New York communities or non-profits that want to work in partnership with municipalities to celebrate Arbor Day 2015 and form a shade tree committee. The recipients of [...]
By Tim Chick, NYSUFC Board Member, Town of Lake Placid Tree Board Member, Paul Smith’s adjunct professor Photos by Sally Kellogg, DEC Urban Forestry Program Assistant (left to right) Kris Alberga, NYS DEC; Craig H. Randall, Village of Lake Placid Mayor; Tim Chick, Town of Lake [...]