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Karen Emmerich Reflects on Municipal Forestry Institute Experience
Karen Emmerich Environmental consultant Karen Emmerich serves on the NYSUFC Board, on the Region 3 ReLeaf Committee, and as Tree Commission Chair for the Town of Warwick. Last February, the Council provided a partial scholarship for Karen to attend the Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI), a weeklong leadership training [...]
Flood Damage to Trees after Hurricane Sandy: Lessons and Surprises
Section of Long Island following Hurricane Sandy photographed by U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Rob Simpson. Photo in the public domain. by Michelle Sutton The 2016 Atlantic Ocean hurricane season officially began June 1, with meteorologists offering varying opinions about how much activity we in the [...]
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Urban Forestry in the News: Goats, David Nowak/i-Tree, Pelham Bay Park Research, more
In “Can Hungry Goats Restore Urban Forests?” writer Jessica Leigh Hester describes how officials are using a herd of goats in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park to browse invasive plants that took hold after Hurricane Sandy blew down trees, leaving open earth exposed to sunlight. The herd is on loan from Green [...]
Onondaga Lake Park Tree Planting to Regenerate Canopy after EAB
OCSWCD & CCE staff and volunteers planting bare-root trees. [...]
Energy-Saving Trees Program: PSEG Long Island Provided 1,000 Free Trees to Customers
CCE-Nassau County Horticulture Assistant K.C. Alvey (left) helped with the distribution of free trees to PSEG customers and with giving them planting advice. On April 30, 2016, PSEG Long Island, in partnership with New York State Urban Forestry Council and the Arbor Day Foundation, provided 1,000 of its [...]
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