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Governor Cuomo Announces $2.3 Million in Urban Forestry Grants
Funding Will Help Support Tree Planting and Other Urban Forestry Projects Statewide Read on to find out about the awardees and their projects Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea). Photo by Rick Harper Governor Andrew M. Cuomo recently announced grant awards totaling $2.3 million for urban forestry projects in communities [...]
Hudson Valley ReLeaf Workshop Went Back to Basics
Planting a ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba) in Millbrook. Photo by Karen Emmerich On Thursday, October 12, 2017 Hudson Valley ReLeaf and NYSDEC held a workshop called “Back to Basics” hosted at CCE Dutchess County in Millbrook. Sessions were given on tree biology, tree planting specifications, young tree pruning, and [...]
Update on 2018 Federal Budget for UCF
Thanks to Danielle Watson, Assistant Director of Government Affairs & External Relations for the Society of American Foresters, for this legislative update (10/24/17) on the federal Urban and Community Forestry budget for FY 2018. In his budget proposal earlier this year, the President had zeroed out funding for UCF. However, the House [...]
Municipal Forestry Institute Coming to Connecticut in February 2018!
“Without hesitation, I would encourage anybody who is in the urban forestry field to attend MFI. Do whatever you have to do to get there! I found it so incredibly valuable.” —Karen Emmerich, NYSUFC President Photo by Paul Ries The Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) is an exciting, high-level [...]
Joe Charap, and Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery as Urban Arboretum
New NYSUFC Board Member Joseph Charap is the Director of Horticulture and Curator for Green-Wood in Brooklyn. He’s also a new dad—his son Benjamin was born on September 3rd. Charap and his Green-Wood colleagues are transforming the historic landscape of this cemetery into an urban arboretum/public garden and expanding the [...]
Nina Bassuk on Why the Fall Color is So “Meh” Thus Far
Our own Nina Bassuk was interviewed for this Schenectady Daily Gazette article about the thus-far disappointing fall color in the Capital Region and throughout much of New York State. The article includes an arresting pair of pictures contrasting the fall color at this time in 2016 with the fall color [...]
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