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Writing for the Trees: Drawing an Iconic New York City Tree
Writing for the Trees: Drawing an Iconic New York City Tree In this installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares her experience at a Tree Wonder gathering in Washington Square Park. All photos by Jean Zimmerman Would you like to draw the [...]
This is a Big One! Applications for IRA-Funded UCF Grants Now Open, Close June 1
At an event today in New Jersey, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced more than $1 billion in grants to increase equitable access to trees and green spaces in urban and community forests where more than 84% of Americans live, work and play. The grant funding is available to community-based [...]
NYSDEC Hosts Joyful UCF Awards Ceremony in Baldwinsville
Folks from Tree Campus Higher Education, Tree Line Utilities, and Tree City USA communities networked and shared ideas at the DEC Urban Forestry awards at the Fireside Inn in Baldwinsville (Onondaga County) earlier this month. DEC UCF Partnerships Coordinator Christina McLaughlin gave attendees the prompt, “What do you want [...]
April TAKING ROOT News is Here
The Legacy of Tree Advocate Hattie Carthan, Landscape Architect Margot Chiuten, Urban Forestry Awards at Vassar, Tree Preservation in NYC, New Issue of City Trees, 2023 NY ReLeaf Conference, more Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
Writing for the Trees: Tree Preservation in New York City
Writing for the Trees: Tree Preservation in NYC In this second installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author and blogger Jean Zimmerman shares her experience on one work site in Queens. All photos by Jean Zimmerman The tale of a root in danger is both complicated and [...]
Recommended Reading: Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects
Margot Chiuten (second from left) with (from left) her wife Shawna Black and their kids Keane, Graem, and Emerson. Dreaming and Building: Margot Chiuten and Chiuten Trowbridge Landscape Architects Margot Chiuten recently founded her own landscape architecture firm with longtime collaborator Peter Trowbridge. In this story in the [...]
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