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2020 Community Resilience Grants for Tree City USA Communities

News from the Arbor Day Foundation 2020 Bank of America Community Resilience Grant Application is Now Live! For existing Tree City USA communities Applications due Feb 21, 2020 From ADF: Thank you for your continued dedication to the health of your community forest and participation in the Tree City USA [...]

By Jean|January 28th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

2020 ReLeaf Conference News!

Canisius College in Buffalo DEC and the NYS Urban Forestry Council are pleased to announce the 2020 ReLeaf Conference! We hope you will be able to join us. The conference will be July 23 – 25th at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. […]

By Jean|January 27th, 2020|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

American Chestnut Update: Big Funding News, Public Comment Needed, Seed Engraving, and a Podcast

(Above) Sergey Jivetin creates elaborate engravings on the shells of seeds, including a series carved on American chestnut seeds depicting The American Chestnut Foundation’s restoration efforts. One nut (enlarged) illustrates the American Chestnut Research and Restoration Project’s insertion of the oxalate oxidase gene into the American chestnut genome. To see [...]

By Jean|January 24th, 2020|Categories: Diseases and Insects, Forest Restoration, Research|Tags: Allen Nichols, American Chestnut Foundation, American chestnut restoration, American elm restoration, SUNY ESF, TCAF-NY|0 Comments

Getting to Know Council VP & Syracuse City Arborist Steve Harris

Steve Harris at the Syracuse Parks Department’s annual community tree planting event involving approximately 100 trees and 100 volunteers. The event is organized in partnership with local partners Cornell Cooperative Extension-Onondaga County and Onondaga Earth Corps. “It is always the highlight of the year,” Steve says. Photo Courtesy Onondaga [...]

By Jean|January 23rd, 2020|Categories: Member Profiles, Organizational News|Tags: Onondaga Earth Corps, Steve Harris|0 Comments

Underutilized Trees for Urban Use: ‘Harvest Gold’ Linden

Glossy summer foliage of ‘Harvest Gold’ linden. Photo by James Kaechele This post comes to us from NYSUFC Board Member and New York Tree Trust Development Director James Kaechele. Harvest Gold Linden (Tilia cordata x mongolica ‘Harvest Gold’) As an open-pollinated hybrid of T. cordata and T. mongolica, [...]

By Jean|January 23rd, 2020|Categories: Underutilized Urban Trees|Tags: Harvest Gold linden, Tilia cordata x mongolica 'Harvest Gold'|0 Comments

Renew Membership or Join the Council for Just $25 (Students $10) for 2020

Support urban forestry and community efforts around New York State. Please take a moment to renew your membership or join the Council. It’s fast, easy, inexpensive, and means the world! Mailings are exceedingly rare, and your info is not shared. Thank you!

By Jean|January 23rd, 2020|Categories: Organizational News|Tags: Renew Membership|0 Comments

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New York State’s Urban Forestry program is a partnership of public, private, and volunteer organizations and individuals that fosters comprehensive planning, management, and education throughout New York to create a healthy urban and community forest and enhance quality of life.

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Central Park, NYC by Carlos Alcazar