NYSDEC

25 09, 2020

Free ReLeaf Webinars 10/2 and 10/9 Volunteers and Professionals Creating Connections

By Jean|2021-02-27T23:06:31-05:00September 25th, 2020|Categories: NYSDEC, ReLeaf Workshops, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: Volunteers and Professionals Webinar|0 Comments

10/2 9 AM Part 1 of NYC ReLeaf Webinar Creation Connections – Volunteers and Professionals Part 1 Registration link: https://meetny.webex.com/meetny/onstage/g.php?MTID=e89d6205feae266f5343836acb8c4ba32 Join NYC ReLeaf for a 2-part webinar series on Creating Connections: Volunteers and professionals. This virtual workshop features presentations on environmental education and volunteers, urban soils, a discussion [...]

25 09, 2020

Free ReLeaf Webinar 10/16: Municipal Tree Ordinances and Management Implications

By Jean|2021-02-27T23:06:31-05:00September 25th, 2020|Categories: NYSDEC, ReLeaf Workshops, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: Jeanne Grace, Jim Maloney, Laura Ayers|0 Comments

Ithaca City Forester and Council Board Member Jeanne Grace will be one of the presenters for the NY ReLeaf Webinar on Municipal Trees Ordinances and their Mgmt Implications. Photo by Justin Zoll from Ithaca.com 10/16 9 AM Central NY ReLeaf Municipal tree ordinances and associated [...]

29 03, 2020

DEC: Tree Nursery 2020 Seedling Sale & Buffer in a Bag Giveaway

By Jean|2020-03-29T15:37:41-04:00March 29th, 2020|Categories: NYSDEC, Tree Planting|Tags: Buffer in a Bag, DEC Tree Nursery Seedling Sale|0 Comments

DEC Nursery's Spring Sale Happening Now DEC's Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery's annual seedling sale is happening now! Dozens of tree and shrub species are available for purchase for conservation plantings across New York State. You can browse this year's selection on our website, [...]

3 03, 2020

David Moore in ESF Magazine; Christina McLaughlin in Conservationist

By Jean|2020-03-03T21:44:02-05:00March 3rd, 2020|Categories: NYSDEC, Organizational News|Tags: Christina McLaughlin, David Moore, ESF Magazine, New York State Conservationist Magazine, SUNY ESF|0 Comments

An article about SUNY-ESF alum and Council Past President David Moore appeared in the Winter 2020 edition of ESF Magazine, a publication for alumni and friends of the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Called “Alumnus Honored as ‘Trailblazer’ Promotes Benefits of Urban Forestry,” the interview [...]

9 02, 2020

Getting to Know DEC’s Dan Gaidasz

By Jean|2020-02-10T11:40:01-05:00February 9th, 2020|Categories: NYSDEC, Organizational News|Tags: Dan Gaidasz, NYSDEC UCF Program|0 Comments

Dan (far left) teaching kids in the Capital Region about tree planting on Arbor Day 2019. Dan Gaidasz is the NYSDEC Urban and Community Forestry Program Technical Coordinator. Where did you grew up? Were you interested in nature from an early age? Dan Gaidasz: I [...]

29 11, 2019

Capital Region ReLeaf Hosts Chainsaw Safety Workshop

By Jean|2019-11-29T19:47:48-05:00November 29th, 2019|Categories: Arboriculture, NYSDEC, ReLeaf Workshops|Tags: Chainsaw Safety, Mike Burns|0 Comments

This GIF is from the recent Capital Region ReLeaf Chainsaw Safety Workshop in Schenectady, taught by Consulting Forester Mike Burns. Mike demonstrated the effect of chainsaws on “flesh” (ham) and then showed how chaps stop the saw. The workshop had 37 attendees across two sessions from around [...]

20 09, 2019

DEC Urban & Community Forestry’s Christina McLaughlin–Get to Know Her!

By Jean|2019-09-20T06:22:59-04:00September 20th, 2019|Categories: Member Profiles, NYSDEC, Organizational News|Tags: Christina McLaughlin, NYSDEC UCF Volunteer Coordinator|0 Comments

NYSDEC Urban and Community Forestry Volunteer Coordinator Christina McLaughlin travels widely. Last spring, she fed lorikeets at the San Diego Safari Park. I grew up in Pittsford, outside of Rochester. I was definitely interested in nature from an early age, because my house was in [...]

23 07, 2019

UCF Round 15 Grants Info Workshop Content Available Online

By Jean|2019-07-23T17:31:33-04:00July 23rd, 2019|Categories: Grants, NYSDEC|Tags: Gloria Van Duyne, Round 15 UCF Grant Workshop|0 Comments

NYSDEC Urban and Community Forestry Program Coordinator Gloria Van Duyne posted her UCF Round 15 Grant Workshop Power Point Presentation on DEC's website for the benefit of anyone who can't make a workshop in person or simply wants to revisit the content.

23 06, 2019

Governor Cuomo Announces $2.8 Million in Grant Awards to Combat Spread Of Invasive Species

By Jean|2019-06-23T21:33:48-04:00June 23rd, 2019|Categories: Grants, Invasive Plants, NYSDEC|0 Comments

A thicket of Japanese knotweed. Citation: Tom Heutte, USDA Forest Service, www.invasives.org Funding Supports Invasive Species Rapid Response and Control, Research, Lake Management Planning, and Aquatic Invasive Species Spread Prevention Programs. Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced more than $2.8 million in grants have been [...]

2 06, 2019

How Village of Massena Used its EPF Grant Dollars

By Jean|2019-06-02T17:40:11-04:00June 2nd, 2019|Categories: Grants, NYSDEC, Tree Inventory, Urban Forest Management Plans|Tags: Andy McMahon, EPF Grant, Massena, Massena Electric|0 Comments

Veterans Memorial Park in Massena The Village of Massena (pop. ~10,500) is located in Saint Lawrence County, just south of the Saint Lawrence River. Massena Utility CEO Andy McMahon coordinated the Village of Massena’s effort to secure an EPF grant to fund a tree inventory and tree [...]