Mid-summer harvesting at Salt City Harvest Farm in Kirkville, New York, where New Americans can grow crops from their family cultures. Photo by Nafisa Tabassum Nafisa Tabassum: Most of the week of July 13 was spent working at home because of a potential COVID-19 exposure, [...]
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This month, the Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC) kicked off its fifth annual City University of New York (CUNY) internship program. As New Yorkers adjust to new working styles due to COVID-19, the NAC team has worked tirelessly to move the program to a virtual format. They are [...]
Sharing with permission of NYC-based urban forester, researcher, and educator Georgia (@localecologist on Instagram) an elegantly simple idea for raising folks’ awareness about city trees through tree ID. See also @wspecoprojects for clever, local environmental education project ideas. […]
In case you missed the announcement in May's TAKING ROOT news ... From President Karen Emmerich Sadly, due to the pandemic, we had to cancel the 2020 ReLeaf conference scheduled for July 23-25th in Buffalo. But the good news is that the Region 9 ReLeaf group has agreed [...]
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Photo Credit: Art Presson Join Green-Wood staff and their research collaborators on Zoom on four Fridays: May 15, May 22, May 29, and June 5 from noon to 1 p.m. to learn about urban grasslands, veteran trees, common mushrooms, and wild bees at Brooklyn's storied [...]
Last month, NYSDEC Commissioner Basil Seggos announced the winner of DEC's Annual 5th Grade Arbor Day Poster Contest - Nicole Halaseh from Casimir Pulaski School in Yonkers, Westchester County. "This year's 5th grade Arbor Day Poster Contest winner Nicole Halaseh's unique artwork captures the importance of New [...]