The Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy (BOPC) honors ten "Frederick Law Olmsted Award" recipients who stepped up after the October 12-13, 2006 freak snowstorm in which more than 12,000 trees in the City's Olmsted-designed park system were damaged by nearly 2 feet of snow. Here's an excellent video [...]
Gathering round the newly planted ‘October Glory’ red maple. Village of Otisville Trustee and Park Commissioner Ike Palmer shared this account of his community’s planting and celebration in Veterans Memorial Park, funded in part by a NYSUFC Arbor Day grant. Ike Palmer: First of all, I [...]
This site is a good candidate for Soil Profile Rebuilding (SPR) because soil is compacted and has an impermeable layer that can likely be broken up by the backhoe subsoiling process. Note limestone gravel mixed in soil indicates pH will be high, which will not be [...]
Volunteers prep to plant a weeping larch in Perry’s Village Park on Arbor Day 2016. Photos by Steve Townes The Village of Perry is another community that received Arbor Day 2016 funding through our Council in partnership with the [...]
Lori Brockelbank (second from left) with fellow NYS riders. Photo by R. Jeanette Martin October 9-15, 2016, cyclists will experience a week of unforgettable scenery, cycling and camaraderie as the Tour des Trees rolls through the Piedmont region of North and South Carolina, starting and [...]
Sharon DiLorenzo is a program manager for Capital Roots, whose vision for the future of the Capital Region is “where every person has access to fresh, affordable, healthy food.” The organization is also involved in urban forestry projects and partnerships. She has served multiple terms on [...]
Students from the High School of American Studies at Lehman College in the Bronx plant an evergreen on campus. The students are left to right: Magella Sheehan, Owen McFadzean, and Rajesh Persad. Photo by Anthony Thoman Due to spring holidays, schools in New York [...]
OCSWCD & CCE staff and volunteers planting bare-root trees. [...]
CCE-Nassau County Horticulture Assistant K.C. Alvey (left) helped with the distribution of free trees to PSEG customers and with giving them planting advice. On April 30, 2016, PSEG Long Island, in partnership with New York State Urban Forestry Council and the Arbor Day Foundation, provided [...]
St. Rose students and employees, TD Bank staff, and City of Albany employees planted trees around Albany’s Hoffman Park in October 2015. Photo by Lisa Thomson Savvy community forestry programs are always on the lookout for funding opportunities. One avenue is through two urban forestry [...]