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2018 Urban Forestry Awards Celebration Warms Hearts in March
Eight years ago, Council Board Member Lori Brockelbank (second from left) helped Jamestown Community College become the first community college in NYS to be a Tree Campus USA. And once again, Lori brought students with her to celebrate the College’s ongoing Tree Campus USA status: Avery Sirwatka (standing next [...]
The Story of New York Heartwoods, with Co-founder Megan Offner
Black walnut table from a salvaged urban tree in Warwick. All photos from New York Heartwoods New York Heartwoods (NYH), located in Kingston, was founded in 2011 out of Megan Offner’s love of forests, passion for quality craftsmanship, and desire to create environmental and economic solutions in her [...]
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2018 Omnibus Bill Contains Good News for our Urban Forests
Calls, emails, letters, and in-person visits to federal legislators by advocates for Urban and Community Forestry have paid off! You'll recall President Trump's proposed FY 18 Budget zeroed out funding for UCF. Citizens and UCF advocacy groups sprung into action to educate our representatives in Congress about the myriad quantifiable [...]
Manuel Alarcon is 2018 Recipient of Helen Sternberg Cutler Memorial Scholarship in Urban Forestry
By Lewis Cutler I am pleased to announce that Manuel A. Alarcon, a senior at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), was awarded the Helen Sternberg Cutler Memorial Scholarship in Urban Forestry for 2018. He will be graduating with a BS in Forest Resources Management. He [...]
Urban Forests Focus of 2018 UN International Day of Forests
In 2012, the United Nations General Assembly declared that 21 March of each year is to be observed as the International Day of Forests. 2018 Theme: Forests and Sustainable Cities This global celebration of forests provides a platform to raise awareness of the importance of all types of woodlands and [...]
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