Sponsorship Details and Fillable Form From Council President Steve Harris: We are writing to invite you to support and participate in the 2022 NYS ReLeaf Conference – back in person! This annual event is attended by community decision makers, professional arborists, volunteers, educators and environmental professionals -- [...]
April 26, 2022 marks the 200th anniversary of Frederick Law Olmsted's birth. Photo in Public Domain Story by Michelle Sutton Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)—and the firm that his sons and associates continued long after his retirement—designed more than 6000 landscapes across North America. For many [...]
See the full job description here (click on Instructor of Horticulture) Finger Lakes Community College (FLCC) is seeking applications for a full-time (10 month), tenure-track Instructor of Horticulture in the Environmental Conservation and Horticulture Department at its main campus in Canandaigua, New York. The Horticulture program at [...]
George Schichtel receiving a Lifetime Member award from PLANT WNY: The Professional Landscape & Nursery Trade Association. Photo from PLANT WNY (plantwny.com). Schichtel’s Nursery scion George Schichtel passed away on December 31, 2021 at age 93. Here, Nina Bassuk and Andy Hillman share their histories [...]
Lions, Tigers, and Bears… OH MY! SOLD OUT but you can still donate! Join us for Earth Corps Encore at the Rosamond Gifford Zoo. A Celebration of OEC’s accomplishments this past year and preview of the year ahead. Click the link below for more info! https://onondagaearthcorps.org/earthcorpsencore/ Make [...]
Thank you to the marvelous Danielle Watson of the Society of American Foresters for this update and to American Forests for providing always-helpful resources. The budget reconciliation and bipartisan infrastructure bills have been drafted and are expected to see important action in Congress this month, likely before October 31. These [...]
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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.
By Jean Zimmerman, Council Board Member and Commercial Arborist for SavATree Some folks out there are not that fond of the Eastern redbud, who judge its spread as almost invasive, the way a single specimen will proliferate along a roadside during April like a brightly colored blossoming [...]
In the New Issue of Onondaga Earth Corps Newsletter (Yvonne Chu, Editor): OEC Excited to Announce Release of Syracuse’s Urban Forest Master Plan Now OEC Accepting Applications for Youth and Young Adult Program Employment Meet Aneesah Evans: OEC's New Admin Assistant Transforming the Westcott Reservoir Landscape Tree [...]