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The 2023 NYSACC Conference on the Environment, Part One
The synergy between the efforts of arborists and conservationists came apparent in the New York State Association of Conservation Commission’s 2023 Conference on the Environment: Local Steps for a Better Climate Future, Challenges and Opportunities, held in the last days of summer in Tompkins County. Events included a [...]
Save Lemurs! If You Will Be Attending the World Forum on Urban Forests
Kicking off at 8:00am on Monday 16 October, plan to pick up your name badge at the Renaissance Washington on Sunday, October 15th from 2pm-7pm. Every badge picked up on Sunday will plant a tree in Madagascar to restore critical lemur habitat. Learn more about this important planting project. The [...]
A Conversation With Simon Skolnik, President of NYSACC
New York State Association of Conservation Commissions President Simon Skolnik shared his perspective on the goals of the organization. This is a fortuitous time for the group, according to Skolnik. NYSACC was founded by NY Department of Environmental Conservation in 1972 as an independent organization representing conservation councils throughout the [...]
Home Tree Value Fallacies and Truths
Contributing Writer: Chris Olson BCMA/TRAQ All photos courtesy of Chris Olson. Fact or fiction: Do trees make home values fall? It’s no secret that trees have benefits. Front-line warriors in climate change, they accomplish more than we oft-times remember: oxygen creation, cleaning of air [...]
Trees, Please!
Elm and Sycamore, Clinch River Valley, Virginia/Photo Nancy Wolf “…whatever comes One hour was sunlit and the most high gods May not make boast of any better thing Than to have watched that hour as it passed.” -Ezra Pound
Sylvan Bookshelf
Is there a fantastic book about trees that you love, that furnishes terrific information, that you’re always pressing upon friends and colleagues? Consider recommending that great book with Taking Root’s new occasional feature, Sylvan Bookshelf! Here’s all you need to do. Select the book. Briefly answer three questions: What [...]
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