May 2021 TAKING ROOT News
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05, 2021
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04, 2021
Our 2020 Annual Report is Live!
We hope you'll check out our 2020 Annual Report on the theme of "Adapting, Connecting, and Reckoning." Designed by Sarah Gugercin and edited by Michelle Sutton, with help from Liana Gooding, Karen Emmerich, Gloria VanDuyne, and Alicia Ragusa.
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03, 2021
NYS Urban Forestry Council is Hiring a Part-Time Equity & Justice Coordinator
Applications due April 15, 2021 Job Description: The New York State Urban Forestry Council (NYSUFC) is a 501(c)3 organized formally in 1999 to advise and assist the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) in executing its urban and community forestry program. The mission of the NYSUFC is [...]
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01, 2021
2021 Council Membership Drive & Renewal: Just $25 ($10 for Students)
Do you enjoy the Council's popular online resources, grant programs, social media, and other output? Please take a moment to renew your membership or join the Council. It’s fast, easy, inexpensive, and means the world to this nonprofit. Mailings are exceedingly rare, and your info is not shared. [...]
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12, 2020
SMA Announces Giant Sequoia as 2021 Urban Tree of the Year
Vallejo, California artist Gary Stutler (garystutler.com) used charcoal and acrylic to depict this giant sequoia in his neighborhood. He says, “I have often admired many of Vallejo’s trees but had never before drawn such a singularly tree-honoring image. This was a strikingly suitable task because the [...]
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10, 2020
Volunteers Restore Manorhaven Preserve on Long Island with Native Plants
Interpretive signage for the native trees volunteers planted in the new Native Plant Garden in the Manorhaven Nature Preserve. “Trees are poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” Kahil Gebran Nassau County’s location on Long Island and Port Washington’s location in Nassau County. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Rcsprinter123 [...]
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10, 2020
Jamestown Community College Plants Sugar Maple to Celebrate 11 Years as Tree Campus USA
Council Board Member Lori Brockelbank sent news from Western NY: Jamestown Community College celebrates 11 years as a Tree Campus USA! Present at the Jamestown Community College planting of a Highland Park Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum 'Hipzam') in honor of 11 years of Tree [...]
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08, 2020
DEC Urban Forestry Series for Tree Check Month
This month NYSDEC Urban & Community Forestry Partnerships Coordinator Christina McLaughlin is filming UCF Program Technical Coordinator Dan Gaidasz for several Tree Check Month videos through FB Live. But you can watch them anytime! This video about Undoing the Damage Caused by Mulch Volcanos is available on [...]
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07, 2020
July 2020 TAKING ROOT News
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06, 2020