Arbor Day Foundation 2019 Awards: Noms Due Oct 31
See the six categories here. Past winners have included the Council's own Nina Bassuk; see blog post.
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09, 2018
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05, 2018
Winning 2018 Fifth Grade NY Arbor Day Poster Contest Artist
Congratulations to 5th grader Sydney Starkey from Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, who won the 5th Grade 2018 NY Arbor Day poster contest! This year’s theme was “Trees for Bees.” She is seen here with her parents, Catherine and David, at the DEC Urban Forestry [...]
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04, 2018
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo Announces $2.2 Million in UCF Grants
Also in this update from the Governor’s office: DEC Honored with 10-Year Achievement in Sustainable Forest Management Status for Forest Certification Student and State Arbor Day Poster Contest Winners Announced Highlighting Albany’s 16th Year as a Tree City USA Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced $2.2 million [...]
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04, 2018
2018 Urban Forestry Awards Celebration Warms Hearts in March
Eight years ago, Council Board Member Lori Brockelbank (second from left) helped Jamestown Community College become the first community college in NYS to be a Tree Campus USA. And once again, Lori brought students with her to celebrate the College’s ongoing Tree Campus USA status: Avery [...]
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04, 2017
Another Joyful Tree City/Tree Campus/Tree Line USA Awards Event
Celebrating Beacon’s 20th year as a Tree City USA! (from left) NYSDEC Urban Forestry Program Assistant Mary Martin, City of Beacon Highway Superintendent Reuben Simmons Jr., DEC Region 3 Senior Forester George Profous, and NYSDEC Urban Forestry Partnerships Coordinator Sally Kellogg. For the NYS urban [...]
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12, 2016
Top Seven Blog Posts of 2016
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 [...]
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05, 2016
Fifth Grader Maheen Naqvi Creates “Un-Fir-Gettable” Arbor Day Poster
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 [...]
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09, 2015
Bassuk, Luley, and Nowak Receive Awards at ISA Orlando
Chris Luley accepting his R.W. Harris Author's Citation Award, granted to authors for sustained excellence in the publication of timely information pertaining to the field of arboriculture. In early August, at the International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) Annual International Conference and Trade Show in Orlando, [...]