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Reflections on the Sept 21 Climate Change March
This essay comes to us from NYC Parks Forester Bill Schmidt. Bill is a Certified Arborist who coordinates urban forestry for the Greening Western Queens project. NYC Forester Bill Schmidt Last Sunday, September 21, 2014, I joined over 300,000 of my fellow human beings in Manhattan for the [...]
To Fire You Up About Collaboration: The 3M Urban Wetlands Restoration Project in Columbia, MO
The 3M Flat Branch-Hinkson Creek Wetlands on reclaimed/restored land in the city of Columbia, Missouri. Foreground: buttonbush and cattails; background: mixed bottomland hardwood species. Photo by Brett O'Brien "Collaboration" and "Partnership" can be empty buzz words or they can be impressive manifestations of passion, hard work, and HEAPS of [...]
UF Must-Read: TD Bank’s Report on the Value of Toronto’s Urban Forest
photo as seen on sweetandloveable.com One of the summer’s most widely circulated urban forestry-related stories was about the TD Bank Group’s evaluation of the economic value of Toronto’s urban forest. TD Bank Group, which acts as a think tank as well as an advisory group of economists [...]
Vinnie Drzewucki on Tackling the Public’s Dendrophobia, the Fear of Trees
CCE Nassau County Horticulture Educator Vinnie Drzewucki At the 2014 ReLeaf Conference in July at Hofstra University, CCE Nassau County Horticulture Educator Vinnie Drzewucki (pron. “Sha-VOOT-ski”) gave an engaging talk on “Breaking the Fear of Trees: How to Help the Public Overcome their Dendrophobia.” He graciously shares the [...]
Ed Gilman Pruning Research Update: Reduction Pruning to Prevent Storm Damage
By Michelle Sutton Photos courtesy of the authors of Structural Pruning: A Guide for the Green Industry (Urban Tree Foundation 2013). Codominant stems can be avoided by appropriate structural pruning when trees are young. Studying tree pruning and its effects on tree stability is a classic form of applied [...]
David Moore: Get to Know Him!
David Moore is a city forester at the New York City Parks Department and serves on the Executive Council of our NYS Urban Forestry Council. How did he get here? What’s great and challenging about it? What are some of his other passions and interests that might surprise you? [...]
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