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Results from a Formal Survey of Urban Forest Management in New York State: Part 3, Planting and Planting Assessments
Guest Contributor: Rebecca Hargrave, Associate Professor at SUNY Morrisville and Ph.D. candidate, UMass Amherst Part 3 of a Series Focusing on Urban Forest Management in New York State In 2021, researchers at UMass Amherst in conjunction with the NYSDEC Urban and Community Forestry Program [...]
Media Magic: Turning Your Work into Headlines with Effective PR
This webinar, produced by Alliance for Community Trees, is scheduled to take place Wednesday, August 21 from 1-2:00pm (Central Time). How do you ensure your vital mission gets the attention it deserves? This educational webinar is dedicated to helping nonprofits shine in the local and national media landscape. The [...]
New York State Awards 23 Projects $7 Million in Urban and Community Forestry Grants
Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the recipients of the Urban and Community Forestry Grants funded by the U.S. Forest Service through the historic Inflation Reduction Act. Grants totaling more than $7.1 million will support 23 urban forestry projects, particularly in disadvantaged communities most burdened by environmental pollution and the [...]
Spotted Lanternfly: It’s Here. What Now?
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County will offer a free webinar Thursday, Sep 5, 2024 at 7:00pm for consumers and the commercial industry. The spotted lanternfly arrived in New York City in 2020 and is now established around the State. This invasive planthopper can become a real nuisance [...]
DEC Announces Nearly $2 Million Partnership With SUNY ESF to Study Impacts of Urban Heat Island Effect on Disadvantaged Communities
New York State DEC Interim Commissioner Sean Mahar announced nearly $2 million awarded to SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) to help identify, model and map urban heat islands, to assess extreme heat impacts and responses and to support climate actions to address urban heat island effects [...]
Trees, Please!
Summer Sumac. Photo Ulysses Tree Planter “You must go in quest of yourself, and you will find yourself again only in the simple and forgotten things. Why not go into the forest for a time, literally? Sometimes a tree tells you more than can be read in books." [...]
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