The winning 2019 Fifth Grade Arbor Day Poster Contest winner will depict the theme, "Habitats for Bats." Entries are due December 21, 2018. Full contest rules along with lesson plans for teachers can be found here. According to NYSDEC, most bats eat a variety of things including [...]
Urban Forestry 2020 has released its findings and “Recommendations for Strategic Actions,” aimed at guiding the professional community within urban forestry toward an impactful, inclusive, and sustainable profession. These recommendations culminate five years of research. […]
North Collins kindergartners helped heel in the swamp white trees planted on Arbor Day 2018, the town’s first AD celebration. Photos Courtesy Town of North Collins With the help of a grant from the Council, the Town of North Collins (pop. approx 3600) in Erie [...]
Arboreta are a unique component of the urban forest, a place where we can see the breadth of beautiful trees and shrubs suited to our climate. They also make excellent outdoor environmental education labs. For the 7th year, NYSUFC organizational member The Pine Hollow Arboretum in Slingerlands [...]
Congratulations to 5th grader Sydney Starkey from Pocantico Hills School in Sleepy Hollow, who won the 5th Grade 2018 NY Arbor Day poster contest! This year’s theme was “Trees for Bees.” She is seen here with her parents, Catherine and David, at the DEC Urban Forestry [...]
from left: Sarah Werner, 2017 winner of the statewide 5th grade Arbor Day poster contest; Warwick Mayor Michael Newhard; and Patricia Reinhardt, chair of the Arbor Day Committee and a member of Warwick Valley Gardeners. Photo by Denise Werner Last spring, many students from the [...]
Volunteers planting in the Brighton Neighborhood of Syracuse. Photos Courtesy Save the Rain From Clare Evelyn Carney, CCE Onondaga Urban Forestry Educator: The Save the Rain (STR) Tree Planting Program had a wonderful year of planting street trees throughout the City of Syracuse. In 2017, over [...]
Photo by Pete Cheswick by Addie Cappello, Horticulture Assistant, CCE Nassau County As part of the ongoing Asian Longhorned Beetle (ALB) Reforestation Grant, we ALB project staff (Nick Bates, Rob Calamia, and Addie Cappello) entered the fall 2107 planting season excited to be out of [...]
NYSDEC Senior Forester Greg Owens facilitated native tree planting and other activities in the All About Trees workshop. Photo by Diana Pedi The 22nd New York City Green Horizons middle school careers event was held October 19, 2017 in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx. [...]