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Writing for the Trees: A Brand-New Timber Bridge in Manhattan
In this installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author, blogger and Taking Root editor Jean Zimmerman shares her visit to New York’s High Line Park. The Timber Bridge is a towering anachronism in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood of New York City. [...]
Federal Annual Urban & Community Forestry National Challenge Cost Share Grants Now Available!
This year's annual Urban and Community Forestry Challenge Cost Share Grant Program will provide up to $500,000 for Urban and Community Forestry investments that address the National Ten Year Urban and Community Forestry Action Plan (2016-2026) (Action Plan): Goal 5 Improve Urban and Community Forest Management, Maintenance and Stewardship. The [...]
Extreme Urban Heat: Issues, Questions, Answers
A symposium on the critical topic of extreme urban heat organized by ReLeaf Region 3 Hudson Valley on Friday, June 9 in Yonkers proved a rousing success. Groundwork Hudson Valley cosponsored the event, hosted by the Sarah Lawrence College Center for the Urban River at Beczak and its President [...]
2023 NYS Urban Forestry Council Tree City USA Reward Grant Notice
The NYS Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce available funding for communities to plant large specimen trees or a grove of trees in a prominent location within the community. Communities in New York State that have been a Tree City USA for at least the past five consecutive years [...]
Greetings!
I am pleased to be assuming a new role as editor of Taking Root, replacing the irreplaceable Michelle Sutton. We all know that Michelle has done a super job with the NYSUFC blog and monthly newsletter for the past nine years. She will be missed. As a new voice at [...]
NYC Urban Bird Explorers Guide, Trees-Focused and Graphic Novel-Style
Look Up! Look Down! Look all around these NYC neighborhood parks and find the birds and trees highlighted in this Urban Bird Explorers Guide. This beautiful brochure with illustrations of birds and trees was developed in partnership with Washington Square Park Eco Projects, Natural Areas Conservancy, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance, [...]
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