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September 2022 TAKING ROOT News
ReLeafers in Watertown Pictorial; City Trees now free; James Kaechele on Staghorn Sumac for Urban Use; more. Read this month's TAKING ROOT news here and subscribe here.
What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act for Urban and Community Forests?
The NYSUFC was one of the signatories to a letter to Congress in support of the urban and community forestry related funding within the Inflation Reduction Act. Here's an except from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) press release that breaks down how the money will be allocated. Washington, D.C. – The [...]
DEC’s Lowville Arboretum in the North Country, with Glen Roberts
Fringetree (Chionanthus virginicus) in the Lowville Forestry Demonstration Area Arboretum. Council Board Member and Longtime Region 6 Senior Forester Glen Roberts retired earlier this year after 31 years with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). Roberts had the good fortune to work out of a [...]
City Trees Magazine Now Freely Available to All
The Society of Municipal Arborists (SMA) Board recently voted to make City Trees freely available to everyone. Here's how you can access City Trees, an international, bimonthly online magazine about all things urban forestry. The Sept/Oct 2022 City Trees is here From the Sept/Oct 2022 link (or any other issue link) [...]
Arbor Day Foundation Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Call for Proposals
Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 Call for Proposals: Click HERE to Submit Your T.R.E.E. Proposal Today! From ADF: As the Arbor Day Foundation celebrates its 50th anniversary, our simple mission of inspiring people to plant, nurture, and celebrate trees has had an immense impact all over the globe. In five decades, [...]
Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: Staghorn Sumac
Council Vice President James Kaechele has been walking past this pollinator garden along the Queensboro Bridge for four years. It's a garden in which staghorn sumac (Rhus typhina) is functioning as a beautiful mid-sized tree, providing stature and shading other plants. Photos by James Kaechele "I’ve [...]
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