June 2020 TAKING ROOT News
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06, 2020
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05, 2020
Trees Naturally Social Distance (and So Can You!): Planning Safe Tree Planting Events for the Fall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qD22bUsU6g Iowa-based Trees Forever has done some socially-distanced planting events this spring, and in this webinar they share what has worked for them, what to consider, and ways to make it work. They walk through some great tips as well as the online-survey they’re using to manage [...]
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04, 2020
Socially Distanced-Style, CCE Nassau Plants Tree for Arbor Day
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County planted a red oak (Quercus rubra) tree on Arbor Day on April 24th at the new location for their administration office. CCE Nassau County Hort and UCF Educator, Council Board Member, and ISA Certified Arborist Vinnie Drzewucki [...]
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03, 2020
DEC: Tree Nursery 2020 Seedling Sale & Buffer in a Bag Giveaway
DEC Nursery's Spring Sale Happening Now DEC's Colonel William F. Fox Memorial Saratoga Tree Nursery's annual seedling sale is happening now! Dozens of tree and shrub species are available for purchase for conservation plantings across New York State. You can browse this year's selection on our website, [...]
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02, 2020
Liverpool NY 2nd Annual Arbor Day Celebration
As part of the Village of Liverpool’s 2019 Arbor Day celebration, elementary students wrote and performed skits about trees. Thank you to the Village of Liverpool and Deputy Mayor Christina Fadden (Fitch) for forwarding this terrific account and photos of their 2019 celebration, funded by [...]
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01, 2020
Partnerships, Fruit Trees, and Land Restoration in the Peruvian Amazon, with James Kaechele
In his capacity as Arborist for the Fruit Tree Planting Foundation, James Kaechele demonstrated how to properly plant a limón sutil tree (Citrus aurantifolia) to a community in the Peruvian Amazon. All Photos Courtesy James Kaechele & Fruit Tree Planting Foundation What skills does an [...]
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12, 2019
i-Tree Planting Calculator Analysis of Buffalo’s Fall 2018 Tree Plantings
The planting sites used in Buffalo’s i-Tree Planting Analysis project as part of City Forester Ross Hassinger’s participation in the first-ever i-Tree Online Academy. As part of the first i-Tree Online Academy, participants were asked to complete a comprehensive final capstone project that demonstrated [...]
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12, 2019
Callery Pear Tree Buy-Back Event: A Template from Missouri
Like so many regions in New York, nearly every corner of Missouri has been hit hard with the invasive spread of Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana spp.). Callery pears are self-sterile, but it turns out they readily cross-pollinate with other cultivars. Also, the rootstock upon which a Bradford [...]
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11, 2019
Watertown’s Fall Tree Planting Attracts >60 Volunteers
Photo by Sam Booth Watertown’s 2019 Annual Fall Volunteer Tree Planting Project attracted more than 60 volunteers (many from Tree Watertown) to plant 28 bare root trees. The volunteer tree planting project was paid for in part by a $3000 grant from the Northern New [...]
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09, 2019
Town of Kent Launches Community Forestry Program with Aid of Council Grant
Town of Kent folks savor planting a white oak on park land around Lake Carmel. Photo by Bill Huestis The town of Kent, NY (pop. ~ 13,500) is located in Putnam County. In 2018, the freak EF2 (110 mph at peak) tornado of May 15 [...]