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ACT Environmental Justice Training July 9th
ACT’s next environmental justice training will be held on Tuesday, July 9 from 10:30am to 12:00pm Central Time. This month's session is titled Community Outreach Using Lessons from Public Health Communication and will be facilitated by Dr. Christine Carmichael of Fair Forests Consulting. In this 90-minute training, Alliance for Community Trees [...]
2024 ReLeaf Conference Scholarships!
The New York State Urban Forestry Council is pleased to announce scholarships for members to attend the 2024 ReLeaf Conference. We are offering two available scholarship categories. Category A is a scholarship for up to $259 to assist new members, either student members or individual members starting out in [...]
Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition Virtual Town Hall June 27th
The Sustainable Urban Forests Coalition (SUFC) is sponsoring its inaugural Town Hall event on Thursday, June 27 from 12-1:30 pm Central Time. This free 90-minute virtual learning and networking session to bring urban and community forestry partners together. This first Town Hall will have a focus on work [...]
Writing for the Trees: Oaks and Roses in the Urban Forest
In this installment of a somewhat regular feature, NYSUFC Board Member, author, blogger and Taking Root editor Jean Zimmerman considers the fantastic plants of New York City’s urban forest. Forests and New York City is not a pairing that would make sense to some people [...]
The Tree Flowers of Sprummer
Guest Contributor: Georgia Silvera Seamans, Founder, Local Nature Lab; Director, Washington Square Park Eco Projects All photos courtesy Georgia Silvera Seamans The word sprummer is making the rounds on social media. Sprummer describes the time between spring and summer; spring weather is still here and there while summer [...]
A Celebratory Liverpool Middle School Arbor Day Tree Planting!
Contributing Writers: Lillian Jackson and Saturn Rothblatt, 8th grade members of the Liverpool Middle Green Warriors Environmental Club It all started at the beginning of the year when our club, the Liverpool Middle Green Warriors Environmental Club, was trying to think of green things [...]
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