Blog
How Village of Massena Used its EPF Grant Dollars
Veterans Memorial Park in Massena The Village of Massena (pop. ~10,500) is located in Saint Lawrence County, just south of the Saint Lawrence River. Massena Utility CEO Andy McMahon coordinated the Village of Massena’s effort to secure an EPF grant to fund a tree inventory and tree management plan, both [...]
Akwesasne Uses EPF Grant to Create Stellar Community Forest Management Plan
The beautiful, 109-page Akwesasne Community Forest Management Plan was written and designed by Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Forestry Conservation Technician Aaron Barrigar. Through EPF grants, the community of Akwesasne and the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe Forestry Resources Department performed a tree inventory and created the 2018 Akwesasne Community [...]
How Kingston Used its EPF Grant Dollars–and Advice from the Grant Writers
This Q&A is with Kingston Assistant Planner Kyla DeDea, one of the grant writers for Kingston’s successful EPF Round 13 grant application. What was the work Kingston needed grant money for? Kyla DeDea: The City of Kingston applied to hire a professional tree service to conduct a street tree and [...]
Prospect Park’s EPF Grant Yields Superb Tree Management Plan
Image by Elizabeth Jeegin Colley for the Prospect Park Alliance Round 15 of the Environmental Protection Fund grants for urban forestry related activities will open later in 2019. Here on the blog, we continue to showcase work that emerged from successful grants and give advice to future applicants [...]
Urban Wood Academy, Sept 11-13, 2019 – Now Accepting Applications
Applications are now being accepted for the 2nd annual Urban Wood Academy, co-hosted by the USDA Forest Service, Humanim, and the City of Baltimore, with engagement by Dovetail Partners, Quantified Ventures, and Room & Board. The Academy workshop will be held September 11-13, 2019 in Baltimore, MD (travel days: Sept 10 and [...]
For Arbor Day 2019, Hofstra Adds Pink-Flowering Dogwoods to its Campus Arboretum
All photos by Kathy King On April 24, four pink-flowering dogwood trees were planted on the Hofstra campus in Hempstead, Long Island in celebration of Arbor Day 2019. The planting is part of an ongoing effort by the university’s Tree Advisory Committee to create a greener Hofstra. “Urban [...]
Subscribe to TAKING ROOT, the monthly e-news of the NYSUFC
Our Mission
Image at the top of this page:
Central Park, NYC by Carlos Alcazar
Our Partners
Get Social