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2022 Tree City USA Reward Grants Announced for Fall Planting
Tree planters in South Glens Falls, New York. New York State Senator Daphne Jordan is third from right. The intent of this competitive grant is to encourage municipalities to sustain their community forestry program and maintain their status as a Tree City USA through a celebratory tree planting [...]
August 2022 TAKING ROOT News
American Chestnut Restoration Update; The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview; History of ReLeaf Part 2; NYC Parks and Formula E Partner to Plant Trees; Apply by August 7th for 2022 Municipal Forestry Institute Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
How It Happened: The History of New York ReLeaf, Part 2
Welcome to Part Two of Council Cofounder Nancy Wolf's meticulously researched and lively How it Happened: New York ReLeaf A Brief History of Urban Forestry in the United States and the Creation of the New York State Program Part 2 of 2 Answering questions such as: When did the first two [...]
NYC Parks, Formula E, and DHL Partner to Plant Trees in Red Hook, Brooklyn
Formula E Presenter Derin Odetosoye introduces the partnership and video. See the video here The ABB FIA Formula E World Championship, DHL, and NYC Parks recently partnered to leave a positive legacy behind after the New York City E-Prix, planting 50 trees in Red Hook in northwestern Brooklyn. [...]
Municipal Forestry Institute 2022 – Deadline Aug 7 to Apply – Diversity Scholarships Available
Apply now for MFI 2022! Diversity Scholarships Available Sept 25-30 2022 at Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, Ohio The Municipal Forestry Institute (MFI) is an intensive, high-level week-long training that provides personal and professional development opportunities for key urban forestry decision makers. This unique leadership training was developed by [...]
The Nina Bassuk Retirement Interview
by Michelle Sutton The Council’s beloved Dr. Nina Bassuk (who prefers to go by “Nina”) will formally retire from Cornell at the end of this August (2022). When the world’s foremost authority on street trees and urban forestry retires after 42 years, there’s significant anxiety among those of us who [...]
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