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July 2020 TAKING ROOT News
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Natural Areas Conservancy Welcomes 12 CUNY Interns for Summer 2020
This month, the Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC) kicked off its fifth annual City University of New York (CUNY) internship program. As New Yorkers adjust to new working styles due to COVID-19, the NAC team has worked tirelessly to move the program to a virtual format. They are proud to continue [...]
Green-Wood Cemetery as Habitat & Ecosystem: Webinar this Friday June 26th
Friday, June 26, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Credit: Art Presson Register here Did you know that Green-Wood is actively converting areas of traditional lawn to naturalistic meadow plantings? We are leading the way in this new trend among cemeteries. These meadows provide wildlife habitat and other important ecosystem services— all while [...]
NY ReLeaf Webinar: Ecological Assessment of New York City’s Natural Areas
Join NY ReLeaf for an urban forestry webinar on July 21st at 10 AM! The Natural Areas Conservancy (NAC) exists to restore and conserve the green and blue spaces of New York City in order to enhance the lives of all New Yorkers. In this webinar, NAC Project Manager Justin [...]
What’s a Tree Worth? Nina Bassuk Students Annual Tree Tag Tradition
What’s a tree worth? In what has become an annual tradition (save, sadly, for the spring of 2020), students in Nina Bassuk's Creating the Urban Eden: Woody Plant Selection, Design, and Landscape Establishment class at Cornell are helping to make people more aware of the full value of trees. [...]
Quick Start Grant Recipient Town of Glenville Achieves Tree City USA Status, Plants 200 Trees
Town of Glenville staff Matt and Joe plant trees as part of the community’s extended 2020 Arbor Day celebration, funded in part by a NYSUFC Quick Start grant. The Town also recently achieved Tree City USA status. Congrats to Glenville! This account was provided by the Town of [...]
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