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Meet New Tree Campus USA Keuka College and Drew Rojek
Keuka College Grounds Manager Drew Rojek proudly accepts recognition for Keuka’s first year as a Tree City USA. Drew Rojek has been the Keuka College Grounds Manager for just over a year. With Rojek’s leadership, the College recently celebrated its first year as a Tree Campus USA, one [...]
SCA and NYRP Partner Up for 2017 Earth Day in NYC
Volunteers of all ages made native plant seed balls for distribution across the five boroughs of NYC. All photos courtesy Student Conversation Association On the 47th Annual Earth Day on April 22, 2017, New York Restoration Project (NYRP) and young people from the Student Conservation Association (SCA), in [...]
2016 Annual Council Report Now Available!
The Council’s 2016 Annual Report is now available! Please help us circulate this document that tells the story of the NYSUFC's many accomplishments in 2016. Our annual report serves many functions including defining mission and enumerating goals and then showing how those have been pursued and achieved. It creates a [...]
Another Joyful Tree City/Tree Campus/Tree Line USA Awards Event
Celebrating Beacon’s 20th year as a Tree City USA! (from left) NYSDEC Urban Forestry Program Assistant Mary Martin, City of Beacon Highway Superintendent Reuben Simmons Jr., DEC Region 3 Senior Forester George Profous, and NYSDEC Urban Forestry Partnerships Coordinator Sally Kellogg. For the NYS urban and community forestry [...]
The Red Hook Way: Town & Village Urban Forest Management Plans
Village Green and the Red Hook Town Tree Commission are pleased to share these urban forest management plans. Longtime Red Hook environmental advocate Brenda Cagle shares some background with us. The Town of Red Hook Forestry Management Plan is an example of a volunteer-created plan for a small community (pop. 8240). [...]
Meet NYC Parks Director of Street Tree Planting Navé Strauss
Navé Strauss has been director of street tree planting for NYC Parks since April 2016. Can you tell us about your childhood influences that foreshadowed getting interested in urban forestry? Navé Strauss: I grew up in suburban Long Island with a father who is an arborist. My parents [...]
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