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: 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 York State Tree Climbing Championship is a gathering of the top tree workers in New York State to display their tree climbing skills and abilities in a series of competitive events. Join them at Washington Park in Albany, NY on Saturday, [...]
Guest Contributor: Georgia Silvera Seamans, Founder, Local Nature Lab; Director, Washington Square Park Eco Projects All photos courtesy Georgia Silvera Seamans Winter is the most wonderful time of the year to notice some of the features of deciduous trees that are overshadowed [...]
The MA Tree Wardens’ meeting on January 9-10, 2024 offered opportunities for learning, networking and fun. The state is different, some of the terminology is different, but New York and Massachusetts share most of the same concerns and have much to teach each other. [...]
Contributing Writer: Doug Still, Consulting Arborist; Host and Producer, This Old Tree radio show and podcast; Providence, R.I. City Forester (2005 to 2022); Past President, Society of Municipal Arborists. Good trees don’t always make good neighbors. We’d like to think so, but “boundary trees” [...]
Contributing Writer: Rebecca Johnson, Certified Arborist at Arborholic, LLC All photos courtesy Rebecca Johnson We all recognize that trees are a big part of the solution to global climate change. Organizations around the globe are launching ambitious and aggressive tree planting campaigns. To meet [...]
Syracuse was the hub for important education, thoughtful discussion and good networking at NYSA’s Fall Conference. Outside the DoubleTree Hilton, late summer hydrangeas ran riot. Inside, the meeting got underway. New York State Urban Forestry Council offered cookies and information on grants [...]
Taking Root conducted an informal survey at the New York State Arborists Conference in Syracuse September 17-18. We said: Under President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the Federal government has just allocated over one billion dollars for 400 projects involving trees and green spaces in all [...]
New York State Arborists has sponsored a booth at the New York State Fair since 1982. That makes this the fortieth year. (Covid resulted in no Fair in 2020.) Dedicated volunteers help people who drop by with concerns about their trees. Every square inch [...]