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Street Tree Diversity in Three Northeastern U.S. States
Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute Director Nina Bassuk and Dept of Horticulture Post-doctoral Associate Fred Cowett recently published a paper called "Street Tree Diversity in Three Northeastern U.S. States" in Arboriculture & Urban Forestry, the scientific journal of the International Society of Arboriculture. What follows is the abstract, and the full paper [...]
Getting to Know USDA Forester Eric Greenfield
Greenfield at left with daughter Abby and wife Brenda. Can you tell us about childhood influences that foreshadowed getting interested in forestry and urban forestry? Eric Greenfield: I grew up in Delhi, New York in the western Catskills. Delhi is small community surrounded by agriculture and forests [...]
ReLeaf 2017: Save the Date & Preview!
Flyer here also (for more crisp viewing)
The Phenomenal, Interactive New York City Street Tree Map
Using data from the TreesCount! 2015 inventory, NYC Parks brings us the interactive New York City Street Tree Map, the world's most extensive, accurate, and detailed tree map. With the Map, anyone can access data about any street tree in the City. Users can learn about the inventory as [...]
Governor Cuomo Once Again Supports $1 Million for Urban Forestry
Good news! For FY 2017-2018, Governor Cuomo's proposed budget once again designates $300 million for the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), including $1 million for urban forestry for the second year in a row. This will ensure another round of EPF/cost-share grants either later this year or in 2018. NYS Urban [...]
2017 Arbor Day Grant Notice & Application Packet!
2017 Arbor Day Grant Information Packet The NYS Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce available funding for small communities to have an Arbor Day tree planting event and to establish a community based forestry program. This funding has been provided by the USDA Forest Service and the NYS DEC [...]
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