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12, 2018
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11, 2018
Services for Our Friend, Brian Skinner
Our longtime Council friend and champion Brian Skinner has passed away. RIP to a kind and generous man, devoted to family, his profession, and the Council. The details for services, and a link to Brian's obituary, are below. If you have a story of a time spent [...]
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11, 2018
MFI National Diversity Leadership Opportunity
Update 12/04/18: MFI 2019 is full. […]
20
11, 2018
Save the Date! ReLeaf 2019: July 18-20 in the Hudson Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=jbkxXlM96-I NY ReLeaf 2019 will be July 18-20 at Mount St. Mary College in Newburgh. "What a beautiful campus!" says Council President Karen Emmerich. "It has wonderful views of the Hudson, both north and south, and a view across to Beacon and the Hudson Highlands." Details of the [...]
27
10, 2018
Accounting for Trees in Stormwater Models
This paper is intended to help the stormwater engineering community more easily account for trees in runoff and pollutant load calculations so that they can more readily incorporate them into their stormwater management strategies. It summarizes existing hydrologic and hydraulic models that can be applied at the [...]
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10, 2018
New York with 22 Champs in 2018 American Forests Champion Trees Register
Council Board Member Joe Charap measuring the national champion Franklin tree (Franklinia alatamaha), located in Green-Wood Cemetery. Photo by Erik Danielsen The 2018 American Forests Champion Trees national register has 783 national champions and co-champions, including 165 newly crowned specimens. Of the 783, 22 champions reside [...]
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10, 2018
Fillable PDF Worksheet for Review of Municipal Codes & Ordinances
This new, free resource was designed to help communities conserve tree canopy during construction. Making Your Community Forest-Friendly is a 3-part publication that describes the components of a “forest-friendly” community, provides a fillable PDF worksheet for evaluating existing local regulations, and highlights additional ideas for making a community forest-friendly, beyond regulatory changes. […]
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09, 2018
Honoring Brian Skinner in Syracuse 9/25
Please join Brian's wide circle of friends, family, and colleagues for this tree planting in his honor. At this time we don't know if Brian will be able to be present.
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08, 2018
ReLeaf 2018 at RIT, Part II: Brian Skinner Receives First-Ever Heartwood Award
Council Vice President Steve Harris presented Brian Skinner with the Council's first Heartwood Award in recognition of Brian's many years of volunteer service to the Council in almost every conceivable capacity! We appreciate you so much, Brian. Thank you for being a model for the rest of [...]
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06, 2018
ReLeaf Conference Registration is now open!
.pdf about the conference Register here