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Ithaca’s Urban Forest Master Plan: A Template for Other Munis
Looking for a template as you craft or revise your community’s urban forest master plan (UFMP)? Ithaca once again leads the way. The newly revised document includes a master plan, tree inventory data, and arboricultural guidelines. To borrow from the Pittsburgh UFMP, “An Urban Forest Master Plan is a road [...]
Betty Shimo Looks Back
Betty Shimo served as Executive Secretary of the NYSUFC from 2005-2015 and she helped plan and coordinate and also facilitated 11 ReLeaf Conferences held all over the state. Betty first got connected to the Council when she was hired to facilitate the ReLeaf Conference in Utica in 2003. In 2004, [...]
The LEED Platinum-Certified Gateway Center: Our Home at ReLeaf 2015
The ReLeaf conference this year is in the heart of the SUNY ESF campus. The new Gateway Center, erected in 2012, surpasses qualification for its LEED platinum status with its renewable energy system, water quality and conservation systems, ecological landscaping, air quality and more. Conferees will get to tour the [...]
American Chestnut Program at SUNY ESF Featured at the Upcoming ReLeaf Conference
At the 2015 ReLeaf Conference, you will have the opportunity to go behind the scenes of the SUNY ESF Chestnut Research and Restoration Project. Why is this research so critical? Why is bread mold key to the restoration of the American chestnut (Castanea dentata)? Watch these videos, and just try not to [...]
Getting to Know Council Treasurer Lori Brockelbank
Lori (center) with fellow Tour des Trees riders in Wisconsin in 2014. Photo by R. Jeanette Martin Like so many of our members, Council Treasurer Lori Brockelbank is living a big, passionate life. This includes riding for the third year in a row in the STIHL Tour des [...]
Registration Open for ReLeaf at SUNY ESF!
It's going to be a great ReLeaf 2015! July 16-18 at SUNY ESF in Syracuse. Program, registration form, and conference details are available now on the NYSUFC website HERE. The theme, fitting for the conference venue, is "Environmental Science and Urban Forestry." Some conference highlights: *American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project [...]
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