Research

16 01, 2024

Massachusetts Tree Wardens’ and Foresters’ Association 111th Annual Conference

By |2024-01-15T17:16:21-05:00January 16th, 2024|Categories: Arboriculture, Conferences, Research|Comments Off on Massachusetts Tree Wardens’ and Foresters’ Association 111th Annual Conference

The MA Tree Wardens’ meeting on January 9-10, 2024 offered opportunities for learning, networking and fun. The state is different, some of the terminology is different, but New York and Massachusetts share most of the same concerns and have much to teach each other. [...]

19 12, 2023

Green-Wood Environmental Research Fellowship Award 2024 Applications Now Open

By |2023-12-19T02:25:39-05:00December 19th, 2023|Categories: Funding, Research|Comments Off on Green-Wood Environmental Research Fellowship Award 2024 Applications Now Open

The Green-Wood Research Fellowship Award in Urban Environmental Science provides support for emerging investigators to conduct original research that utilizes the landscape and collections of The Green-Wood Cemetery and Historic Fund to advance the study of urban ecology and/or climate resilience. The grant award is $5,000. Proposals [...]

2 10, 2023

The Fall 2023 New York State Arborists Conference & Expo

By |2023-10-05T08:20:56-04:00October 2nd, 2023|Categories: Arboriculture, Conferences, Research|Comments Off on The Fall 2023 New York State Arborists Conference & Expo

Syracuse was the hub for important education, thoughtful discussion and good networking at NYSA’s Fall Conference. Outside the DoubleTree Hilton, late summer hydrangeas ran riot. Inside, the meeting got underway. New York State Urban Forestry Council offered cookies and information on grants [...]

29 08, 2023

The Urban Heat Island and Extreme Heat: Eight Guidelines for Trees in the Urban Landscape

By |2023-08-30T14:39:07-04:00August 29th, 2023|Categories: Research, Urban Forest Ecology|Comments Off on The Urban Heat Island and Extreme Heat: Eight Guidelines for Trees in the Urban Landscape

Guest Contributor: George Profous, Senior Forester, Division of Lands & Forests, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. What was once dubbed the Urban Heat Island (UHI), is now ominously termed Extreme Heat.  But whatever the terminology, trees can help to reduce this warming. The increase [...]

8 07, 2023

Extreme Urban Heat: Issues, Questions, Answers

By |2023-07-12T08:07:56-04:00July 8th, 2023|Categories: ReLeaf Workshops, Research, TAKING ROOT News, Urban Forest Ecology|Comments Off on Extreme Urban Heat: Issues, Questions, Answers

A symposium on the critical topic of extreme urban heat organized by ReLeaf Region 3 Hudson Valley on Friday, June 9 in Yonkers proved a rousing success. Groundwork Hudson Valley cosponsored the event, hosted by the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak [...]

16 02, 2023

Widening the Funnel: Issues and Actions for Addressing Low Urban Tree Diversity, with Dr. Grant Thompson

By |2023-02-16T19:57:16-05:00February 16th, 2023|Categories: Arboriculture, Research, Society of Municipal Arborists, Training, Webinars & Online Workshops|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on Widening the Funnel: Issues and Actions for Addressing Low Urban Tree Diversity, with Dr. Grant Thompson

We know the critical importance of diversifying tree canopy in cities. What are the obstacles to getting to our biodiversity goals for urban forests, and how can they be overcome? On February 13, Dr. Grant Thompson of Genus Landscape Architects presented a superb webinar on Widening the [...]

4 10, 2022

Funded Research Opportunities at Green-Wood Cemetery

By |2022-10-04T13:34:12-04:00October 4th, 2022|Categories: Funding, NYC, Research|Tags: |0 Comments

Art Presson Application Period for Green-Wood’s 2023 Research Awards in Urban Environmental Science and Human/Nature Interactions is now open! In November 2021, Green-Wood launched two new research awards designed for emerging investigators. 2022 projects were selected in February 2022; you can read about them in this [...]

22 09, 2022

The Ultimate Urban Forestry Resources Page …

By |2022-09-22T11:04:42-04:00September 22nd, 2022|Categories: Environmental Justice, Funding, Grants, Innovative Projects and Programs, Invasive Plants, NY ReLeaf, Research, Tree Campus Higher Education, Tree City USA, Tree Inventory, Underutilized Urban Trees, Urban Horticulture Institute, USFS|0 Comments

... is here at NYSUFC! Benefits of Trees and Urban Forests Climate Change Environmental Justice Grants Invasive Plants, IPM, Pests, and Diseases Municipal Certifications Professional Organizations State and Local Assistance Tools and Training Tree Boards & Tree Ordinances  Tree Identification Tree Inventories & Urban Forest Management Plans [...]

14 07, 2022

The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview

By |2022-07-21T11:25:13-04:00July 14th, 2022|Categories: Arboriculture, Innovative Projects and Programs, Member Profiles, Organizational News, Research, Tree Planting, Underutilized Urban Trees, Urban Horticulture Institute|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

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 [...]

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