Guest Contributor: Amy Mackenzie, NYSDEC Urban Forester and Chair of the Regions 4&5 ReLeaf Committees ReLeaf sponsored an awesome workshop at Draves Arboretum in Darien Center on June 13. Attendees received a broad overview of preparation and response activities for before, during and after storms. The focus was [...]
The New York State Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce scholarships for members to attend the 2024 ReLeaf Conference. We are offering two available scholarship categories. Category A is a scholarship for up to $259 to assist new members, either student members or individual members [...]
This year’s conference features three tracts: equity and engagement, research and technology, and planning and funding. Join your fellow tree people from across the state for talks from: Leslie Berckes– Executive Director, Urban and Community Forestry Society; Deborah Hilbert, Ph.D– Many Trees Consulting; Josh Behounek– Davey [...]
The most “tree-tacular” conference in New York is about two months away! Visit the ReLeaf Conference page to register and view the agenda for the ReLeaf Conference and book your hotel room now in the block. This year’s conference features three tracts: equity and engagement, research and technology, [...]
Good tree info. Great new contacts. Fun. The traditional tree people trifecta proved to be in full force at the thirtieth annual New York ReLeaf Conference. From July 20-22, 2023, arborists gathered on the campus of Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. The theme of the [...]
Two dozen enthusiasts accompanied Don Leopold on a tree biology and ID walk though historic Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse on June 21 to learn about the 160-acre site’s fantastic urban forest. Leopold, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Environmental Biology at SUNY College of Environmental Science and [...]
In this issue of TAKING ROOT, Register Now for the 2023 NY ReLeaf Conference; Meet Fiona Watt, New Director of NYSDEC Division of Lands and Forests and New York State Forester; DEC Urban and Community Forestry Grants - Round 16 is Open; A New Direction for Michael [...]
Fiona Watt joined DEC on February 21, 2023, after more than 25 years at NYC Department of Parks & Recreation. Photo Courtesy NYSDEC We at the NYSUFC are pleased to reprint this piece, with permission, from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) Lands [...]
Some of the attendees of the ReLeaf Region 3’s December 2022 meeting at Lasdon Arboretum in Katonah (Westchester County), enjoying a crisp and sunny early winter day. Photo by Christina McLaughlin Thank you to NY ReLeaf Region 3 Co-chairs Jean Zimmerman and George Profous for [...]
An example of flooding-related root failure in NYC in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. NYC Parks and Recreation Superstorm Sandy was the sixth most costly hurricane in the history of the U.S. In NYC, 48 people died, thousands were evacuated, and there was an estimated [...]