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ReLeaf 2018 at RIT, Part IV: Networking & Advocacy
Council President Karen Emmerich (at left) has nurtured the spirit of advocacy required in these times to keep urban and community forestry properly funded. Here, conferees send postcards to legislators about why UCF funding is so vital. All photos by Michelle Sutton ReLeafers had fabulous weather for [...]
ReLeaf 2018 at RIT, Part III: Sustainability Tour
RIT Sustainability Initiatives Manager Harshita Sood (far right, front) gave a phenomenal tour of the campus through the lens of sustainability. Here, the tour group just passed through the heart of the quad, underlain with geothermal tech. The campus has very popular low-tech programs, too, like “Goodbye, Good Buy,” [...]
ReLeaf 2018 at RIT, Part II: Brian Skinner Receives First-Ever Heartwood Award
Council Vice President Steve Harris presented Brian Skinner with the Council's first Heartwood Award in recognition of Brian's many years of volunteer service to the Council in almost every conceivable capacity! We appreciate you so much, Brian. Thank you for being a model for the rest of us of consistent, [...]
ReLeaf 2018 at RIT, Part I: Faces of NYS Urban & Community Forestry
Onondaga Earth Corps folks at the Friday night picnic. OEC Director and new Council Board Member Greg Michel is at front left. All photos by Michelle Sutton NYC Parks Foresters Leanna Kirschen (left) and Ariane Trani Claire and Ryan Burkum of Burkum Plant Health and [...]
North Collins Celebrates First-Ever Arbor Day
North Collins kindergartners helped heel in the swamp white trees planted on Arbor Day 2018, the town’s first AD celebration. Photos Courtesy Town of North Collins With the help of a grant from the Council, the Town of North Collins (pop. approx 3600) in Erie County celebrated its [...]
New Windsor’s Inaugural Arbor Day Celebration
On this rainy Arbor Day, New Windsor veterans, school kids, and other community members moved the tree dedication indoors, to the New Windsor Volunteer Ambulance Corps bays. On April 27, 2018 the Town of New Windsor Tree Committee, in conjunction with the Town of New Windsor, hosted its inaugural [...]
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