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Winter Tree ID: Bark, Buds, and Needle Leaves
Guest Contributor: Georgia Silvera Seamans, Founder, Local Nature Lab; Director, Washington Square Park Eco Projects All photos courtesy Georgia Silvera Seamans Winter is the most wonderful time of the year to notice some of the features of deciduous trees that are overshadowed by showy flowers [...]
Trees, Please!
Tulip Tree/Photo Noreen Riordan, birdsong landscape design “I am done with great things and big plans, great institutions and big success. I am for those tiny, invisible, loving, human forces that work from individual to individual, creeping through the crannies of the world like so many rootlets, [...]
Not Yet a Tree City USA? Apply by March 7, 2024 for Quick Start Grant
The New York State Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce available funding for communities to hold a tree planting event in the spring of 2024 celebrating Arbor Day and to establish a community-based forestry program. Communities can apply for up to $1,000. Funding has been provided by the USDA [...]
Massachusetts Tree Wardens’ and Foresters’ Association 111th Annual Conference
The MA Tree Wardens’ meeting on January 9-10, 2024 offered opportunities for learning, networking and fun. The state is different, some of the terminology is different, but New York and Massachusetts share most of the same concerns and have much to teach each other. Occurring, as it [...]
When Neighbors Need Arbor Mediation
Contributing Writer: Doug Still, Consulting Arborist; Host and Producer, This Old Tree radio show and podcast; Providence, R.I. City Forester (2005 to 2022); Past President, Society of Municipal Arborists. Good trees don’t always make good neighbors. We’d like to think so, but “boundary trees” located on or [...]
DEC Women in Science Winter Webinar Series Begins January 10, 2024
Join DEC's Hudson River Estuary Program for a virtual Women in Science Winter Speaker Series, four free webinars which take place January 10th, 17th, February 7th and 21st, 2024. Meet and learn from scientists, researchers and environmental educators who work at the intersection of conservation and environmental justice. Topics covered [...]
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