Funding Will Help Support Tree Planting and Other Urban Forestry Projects Statewide Read on to find out about the awardees and their projects Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea). Photo by Rick Harper Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced grant awards totaling $2.3 million for urban forestry [...]
These abridged versions of 88 of the most popular Tree City USA Bulletins are a free, handy reference for the tree enthusiast or professional arborist. They are provided by the Arbor Day Foundation. Click on the bulletin to access and easily print or download a PDF. [...]
https://youtu.be/iDEPH7uBxlA?list=PLHPXm2Es8aQC-A4BA87YhFLPvxKK76qpm In their recent paper in Urban Forestry and Urban Greening, “Long-Term Remediation of Compacted Urban Soils by Physical Fracturing and Incorporation of Compost,” study authors Miles Sax, Nina Bassuk, Harold van Es, and Don Rakow published their findings after twelve years of applied research. The technique, [...]
In this post, NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests-Forest Health Oak Wilt Operations Coordinator Jennifer Kotary shares a simple way to prevent the spread of oak wilt. The connection between forest health and urban forestry is apparent in the management of oak wilt, a serious disease [...]
Ed and Betsy Gilman, married 37 years, overlooking the Brooklyn Bridge on a visit to NYC. Dr. Ed Gilman is a popular presenter among NY arborists and members of our state’s U&CF community, giving talks based on his decades of applied research at the University [...]
Our Council's blog was viewed more than 19,500 times in 2016! Here are the year's seven most-viewed posts. Blight-resistant chestnut seedlings. Photo by Allen Nichols Over a thousand people read Participate in the Reintroduction of the American Chestnut … by Simply Planting a Few Nuts. "Now [...]
This site is a good candidate for Soil Profile Rebuilding (SPR) because soil is compacted and has an impermeable layer that can likely be broken up by the backhoe subsoiling process. Note limestone gravel mixed in soil indicates pH will be high, which will not be [...]
Recently, the Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute, headed by Nina Bassuk, published a 57-page Comprehensive Guide to CU-Structural Soil. This is THE publication to share with your municipality’s engineers and leadership, to show the why and how of CU-Structural Soil. CU-Structural Soil®, also known as CU-Soil®, is a [...]
Balling up a mature bur oak in preparation for relocation. Photo by Greg Hove A repository of more than 30 roundtables from CITY TREES magazine 2005-2017 is freely available on the home page of the Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) website, www.urban-forestry.com. The roundtable format [...]
Above: Retired MD Dr. Henry Street of the Laporte PA Borough Shade Tree Commission illustrates how easy it is for volunteers to handle bare root trees, which typically contain 200% more roots (especially fine absorptive roots) than balled and burlapped trees of similar caliper. Cornell Urban Horticulture [...]