This in-person climate-stewardship-focused workshop will allow participants to learn about a variety of topics, including beech leaf disease, urban trees and carbon, NYC Housing Authority tree projects, youth involvement in green careers, and the Woodlawn Arboretum. Hosted by ReLeaf Region 2, the event will take place [...]
The synergy between the efforts of arborists and conservationists came apparent in the New York State Association of Conservation Commission’s 2023 Conference on the Environment: Local Steps for a Better Climate Future, Challenges and Opportunities, held in the last days of summer in Tompkins County. [...]
ReLeaf is offering a free webinar – a lunch time event on October 25, 2023, noon EST, with Dr. Lincoln Larson of NC State on his research into equitable urban greening. Trees are excellent partners in the fight against climate change and recent federal funding in the Inflation [...]
Description The Yale Forest Forum is offering a Fall 2023 Speaker Series Webinar entitled "Understanding Climate-Smart Forestry in Practice" on Mondays September 11 – November 27 from 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm U.S. ET. The series will feature speakers from public-sector organizations like the U. S. Forest [...]
National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call EPA invites Environmental Justice (EJ) advocates to participate in the next National Environmental Justice Community Engagement Call taking place on Tuesday, July 18, 2023, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. (Eastern Time). These calls are free and open to the public. Register to [...]
The Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool will be used to track the Justice40 Initiative, a key deliverable of the Inflation Reduction Act. Major funding is provided for urban and community forestry grant applicants in the IRA. Here's what we know thus far about the IRA funding [...]
At the 2019 NY ReLeaf Conference last July in Rochester, Dr. Leslie Brandt presented a fascinating talk about her work on urban forest adaptation to climate change, and she offered up powerful resources and tools to our community. Here’s a brief summary of those resources compiled by [...]
Saturday’s keynote speaker, Andrew Revkin (pictured here with his partner, Lisa) brought an international perspective and images in his talk, “Forest Lessons in a Changing Climate.” Revkin is a celebrated environmentalist and musician who, fortunately for us, lives in the Hudson Valley. Davey Resource [...]
We are most fortunate to have USFS Climate Change Specialist Dr. Leslie Brandt as the 2019 ReLeaf Conference Friday morning plenary speaker and leader of a workshop later that morning. In the plenary she will discuss "Assessing Climate Change Vulnerability of Urban Forest and Natural Ecosystems in [...]