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MillionTreesNYC Short Film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWwojMOCyTo My friend Jinghua Tu made a two-minute short film of MillionTreesNYC stewardship day in Van Cortland Park, in which she interviewed some volunteers and staff. The MillionTreesNYC campaign is now over 954,399 trees strong and as we get closer to reaching a million, our need is greater than ever [...]
Arbor Day Celebration: Utica
Ruth Meier, a Master Gardener from the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County assists student volunteers from the Notre Dame High School NJROTC with properly planting and mulching one of 20 bare root katsuras that will help restore the Olmsted-designed tree canopy in Utica’s FT Proctor Park. (photo (c) [...]
The Red Hook Way, Part II: Cost-Share Grant Success
In 2011, the Town of Red Hook Tree Commission successfully applied for a Round 10 NYS DEC Urban and Community Forestry Cost-Share grant that they used for a tree inventory and tree planting. Victoria Rolfe (standing) and Nancy Guski working on the Town of Red Hook’s tree inventory. Photos [...]
The Red Hook Way, Part I: Stellar Tree Commission
by Brenda Cagle, Red Hook Councilwoman Q: What do you call a highly functioning, well-informed, enthusiastic tree Committee? A: The Town of Red Hook Tree Commission (TC) The Red Hook Tree Commission worked with young community volunteers on planting at the Town of Red Hook Recreation Park. They renovated five [...]
A Perennially Joyful Urban Forestry Recognition Ceremony
(left to right) NYS DEC Urban Forestry Program Assistant Sally Kellogg with the Village of Red Hook’s Deputy Mayor Brent Kovalchik and Village Green Committee member Frances Uku. The Village has been a Tree City USA for 14 years. The 9th annual Tree City/Line/Campus USA Recognition Ceremony was [...]
Nina Bassuk Receives Frederick Law Olmsted Award from Arbor Day Foundation
Last fall, the NYSUFC nominated beloved Cornell Urban Horticulture Institute (UHI) Director and longtime former Council President Nina Bassuk for the Arbor Day Foundation’s Frederick Law Olmsted Award. Current Council President Andy Hillman read the award description and said, “This appears to have been written for Nina!” The Frederick Law [...]
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