$7.34 million in Environmental Justice Community Impact Grants is available to help communities most vulnerable to the impacts of pollution and climate change address environmental concerns and legacy pollution. Grants will support community-based organization projects that engage their communities around environmental justice issues and deploy community-driven solutions. This funding [...]
Guest Contributor: Ruby A. Olisemeka, Director of Urban Engagement, Westchester Land Trust Photos by John Zeiger What is a vision? It’s a thought or image that captivates the mind, demanding the use of our human creative capacity to bring it into existence. [...]
Guest Contributor: Jessica Pyrda, District Forester, Oneida County Soil & Water Conservation District It was a pleasure working as a mentor with Eric Bugbee and Angela Martin, the TREE TEAM from the Mount Markham Central School District, and Arborist Terry Hawkridge on [...]
Contributing Writer: Rebecca Johnson, Certified Arborist at Arborholic, LLC All photos courtesy Rebecca Johnson We all recognize that trees are a big part of the solution to global climate change. Organizations around the globe are launching ambitious and aggressive tree planting campaigns. To meet [...]
The Village of Hempstead Arbor Day Celebration took place on Saturday, April 22, 2023, at the Village of Hempstead Park, Denton Green located on James A. Garner Way in Hempstead, New York. The Arbor Day event provided community members and students an opportunity to become involved in [...]
The excellent e-flyer that went out to Schenectady community members in advance of the summer 2022 tree planting. See also the earlier blog post: Schenectady Plants 50 Trees with New Collaborative Initiative In the summer of 2021, ReTree Schenectady, the City of Schenectady, Schenectady County, Community [...]
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 [...]
More Than 50 Species Available from Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery School Seedling Program Application Period Now Open The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced the start of the Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery annual spring seedling sale, which [...]
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 [...]