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NYC Urban Forester Sumana Serchan: Get to Know Her!
Sumana Serchan is an urban forester with NYC Parks and Recreation. Sumana has a master’s degree in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and a bachelor’s degree in Natural Resources/Conservation from the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources (University of Vermont). She grew up [...]
National Urban Forest Priorities: Your Thoughts, Please!
The National Urban and Community Forestry Advisory Council (NUCFAC) is seeking input on their 2016-2026 Urban Forestry Action Plan through an online survey. This is your chance to give our national urban forest leadership your opinions about what urban forest funding and program priorities should be going forward. When you [...]
Join us for Forestry Awareness Day on February 2
Forestry Awareness Day (FAD) 2015 is coming up on February 2 in Albany. Please join us! Participation/Registration is free for NYSUFC members. FAD is sponsored by The Council of Forest Resource Organizations (CFRO), of which our NYS Urban Forestry Council is a member. (Among the other 14 organizations are The [...]
Buffalo’s New Cherry Blossom Festival
Kwanzan cherry blossoms BUFFALO'S NEW CHERRY BLOSSOM FESTIVAL Last May (2014), in collaboration with the Buffalo History Museum and the Buffalo Olmsted Parks Conservancy, volunteers organized the First Annual Buffalo Cherry Blossom Festival, a celebration of cherry blossoms, music, activities, and Japanese culture. Most activities took place in the [...]
Top Seven Blog Posts of 2014
The blog and e-news incarnation of TAKING ROOT (TR) began in March of 2014. Blog entries get posted weekly, and with this one, we're up to 45 posts. In total the TR blog has been viewed over 8000 times! Thank you to all who read the blog, write for it, [...]
Ed Dore and a Glimpse into Upstate’s Community Tree Planting Movement
This is an article, adapted for TAKING ROOT, that I originally wrote for Upstate Gardeners’ Journal in 2013. It’s about the amazing metro-Buffalo-based community tree advocate Ed Dore and how a portion of the upstate community tree planting movement has evolved in the last 15 years. –Michelle Sutton, TR Editor [...]
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