New York State Association of Conservation Commissions President Simon Skolnik shared his perspective on the goals of the organization. This is a fortuitous time for the group, according to Skolnik. NYSACC was founded by NY Department of Environmental Conservation in 1972 as an independent organization representing conservation [...]
There’s a lot to know about Steve Harris. Steve is the outgoing President of New York State Urban Forestry Council. He has acted as Syracuse City Forester for twenty years. He’s a great guy, and an impassioned advocate for urban trees. Something [...]
by Michelle Sutton The Council’s beloved Dr. Nina Bassuk (who prefers to go by “Nina”) will formally retire from Cornell at the end of this August (2022). When the world’s foremost authority on street trees and urban forestry retires after 42 years, there’s significant anxiety among those [...]
Multigenerational Tree Watertown volunteers gather every fall for a bare root tree planting event. Here, volunteers assemble in fall of 2018. Story by Michelle Sutton, NYSUFC Editor 🌳 Photos Courtesy Tree Watertown The City of Watertown (population ~ 25,000, in Jefferson County) is an esteemed [...]
Kim Zhang at Little Island Park in NYC in the summer of 2021. Kim Zhang grew up in the Bronx but has spent most of her adult life working and going to college in Syracuse. Next week she starts a new job as the City [...]
Last April, former Council President, current Grants Committee Chair, and longtime Council Board Member Andy Hillman retired from a decade (to the day) of work as a business developer for Davey Resource Group. Prior to that, he was Ithaca’s longtime city forester, and prior to that [...]
Last summer, we learned that Amanda had been hired by NYC Parks as a forester, but that the position was on hold for COVID reasons. Amanda gives us an update on her professional life since.
Noreen at the Friday picnic of the 2018 NY ReLeaf Conference in Rochester. Photo by Michelle Sutton Noreen Riordan attended the Rochester ReLeaf Conference in 2018. She lives in Henrietta and serves a greater Rochester territory as an Arborist Representative for Bartlett Tree Experts. Her [...]
Meet Lauryn Tabolt, a Hobart & William Smith junior who worked in the Watertown Planning Department this summer on tree care with Planning & Community Development Director Mike Lumbis and Planner (and Council Board Member) Mike DeMarco, who wrote this about Lauryn's vital work during a hot, [...]
Steve Harris at the Syracuse Parks Department’s annual community tree planting event involving approximately 100 trees and 100 volunteers. The event is organized in partnership with local partners Cornell Cooperative Extension-Onondaga County and Onondaga Earth Corps. “It is always the highlight of the year,” Steve says. [...]