South Glens Falls, Spring of 2022 The New York State Urban Forestry Council (NYSUFC) is pleased to announce available funding for New York communities who aren't yet a Tree City USA to hold a Spring 2023 tree planting and ceremony event. Communities can apply for [...]
Thank you to Valley Stream Deputy Village Treasurer David Sabatino for sending in documentation for this event. On Saturday, December 12, 2022, more than 50 volunteers from the Valley Stream Beautification Community, including high school students, met at Arlington Park in Valley Stream (Nassau County) for tree [...]
Thank you to Richard W. Grover, Chair of the Village of Canton Tree Committee, for sending in photos and details about the Village's fall 2022 planting event. We planted a grove of five native trees on Saturday, November 5, 2022 in Canton Island Park, which is located [...]
The Town of Huntington has been a Tree City USA for 24 years and has received a TCUSA Growth Award for the past 8 years. Town Supervisor Ed Smyth addressed the assembled community members after the fall 2022 tree planting. Town of Huntington (Suffolk County) [...]
IRA Funding for UCF; Grant to Replace Ash Trees; Fall Planting Celebrations Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
Nyack community members gathered in late October to plant 25 bare root trees, commemorate 5 newly planted Ulmus 'Lewis & Clark' elms, celebrate Nyack's 8 years as a Tree City USA, and eat pizza! Thanks to Nyack Tree Committee Chair Marcy Denker for furnishing photos [...]
Members of the Park Avenue Elementary School Student Council helped backfill five tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica) trees during the October 2022 fall planting celebration in the Village of Warwick. The Village of Warwick held a tree planting event on Thursday, October 27, 2022 at Veterans Memorial [...]
Village of Perry Tree Board Members Felisa McKay and Dan Zerbe flag fall planting locations for the elm cultivars and other trees selected for planting on Elm Street. Photo by Dan Zerbe Thank you to Village of Perry Tree Board Chair Dan Zerbe for providing [...]
Thanks to Chiu Yin Hempel of the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory Board for forwarding photos and the following info about this event in Orange County. [Ed. note: the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory Board website is exceptionally good!] On Friday, November 4, 2022, the Tuxedo Park Tree Advisory [...]
River birch grove, Vassar College campus arboretum. Michelle Sutton The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Division of Lands and Forests Urban and Community Forestry (UCF) Program is pleased to announce available funding for tree planting in disadvantaged communities after ash tree loss. The purpose is [...]