Volunteers powered 2017 fall bare root tree planting in municipalities across Onondaga County. Photos Courtesy CCE Onondaga County From Clare Carney, Natural Resource Educator for CCE Onondaga County: This year, as part of an Onondaga County Community Development Block Grant, CCE Onondaga worked with multiple [...]
Funding Will Help Support Tree Planting and Other Urban Forestry Projects Statewide Read on to find out about the awardees and their projects Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea). Photo by Rick Harper Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced grant awards totaling $2.3 million for urban forestry [...]
Planting a ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) in Millbrook. Photo by Karen Emmerich On Thursday, October 12, 2017 Hudson Valley ReLeaf and NYSDEC held a workshop called “Back to Basics” hosted at CCE Dutchess County in Millbrook. Sessions were given on tree biology, tree planting specifications, young [...]
The Village of Cambridge in Washington County celebrated Arbor Day on April 29, 2017 with the help of a Council grant. Villagers met at the playground to plant four sugar maples in spots where playground users are in need of shade. […]
Town Supervisor Robert LaColla speaks at the dedication of the newly planted trees at Fishkill’s War Memorial. On the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, the Town of Fishkill celebrated Arbor Day with the help of an Arbor Day grant administered through NYSUFC. The funding was [...]
On May 6, the Village of Champlain on the west shore of Lake Champlain in Clinton County held its first-ever Arbor Day Celebration with financial assistance from the NYSUFC. The Celebration kicked off a wave of the Village’s revitalization efforts centering on the playground, pavilion, basketball courts, [...]
The Village of Port Chester in the Town of Rye in Westchester County recently wrapped up its Arbor Day Kick-Off Event, funded in part by an Arbor Day Grant from the NYSUFC. Port Chester Mayor’s Office, Department of Public Works, and Department of Planning & Economic Development [...]
Photo by Pat Evens For the third consecutive year, the New York State Urban Forestry Council has partnered with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation as the administrative and award mechanism for community Arbor Day grants (once known as “Quick Start” grants), providing a total [...]
Volunteers of all ages made native plant seed balls for distribution across the five boroughs of NYC. All photos courtesy Student Conversation Association On the 47th Annual Earth Day on April 22, 2017, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and young people from the Student Conservation [...]