Buffalo awarded grant for removal of large dead Ash trees throughout the Buffalo Olmsted Park System
$75,000 from the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Urban and Community Forestry Program will support the Conservancy s Ash Management Program.
Tens Of Millions Of Ash Trees Have Been Killed In The U.S. Alone. There Are 8 Billion Ash Trees In The U.S. Author: WGRZ Staff Updated: 10:56 AM EST February 10, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. The City of Buffalo and the Olmsted Parks Conservancy will get some help in removing some of the large dead trees in the parks system that have fallen victim to the Emerald Ash Borer.
FUTURE SHADE Beautiful, healthy trees can enhance homes and businesses, but growing trees takes time, effort and money to help them thrive. The Arkansas Urban Forestry Council, in collaboration with the Cooperative Extension Service, is offering free online presentations that teach best practices for tree care. (Division of Agriculture photo.)
LITTLE ROCK Beautiful, healthy trees can enhance homes and businesses, but growing trees takes time, effort and money to help them thrive. The Arkansas Urban Forestry Council, in collaboration with the Cooperative Extension Service, is offering free online presentations that teach best practices for tree care.
“Trees provide numerous benefits to our communities if they are cared for properly,” said Krista Quinn, agriculture agent with the Faulkner County extension office, part of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture. “These sessions are beneficial for homeowners as well as for professional landscapers and muni
February 3, 2021
Trees are seen by the private sector as an attractive and accessible offset, easy to measure, easy to invest in and easy to promote. Photo by Jacob Lund on Shutterstock.
If 2020 taught us anything, it was that plans can be derailed in an instant, priorities change overnight and what we consider to be pressing challenges one day can become low-priority issues the next. In 2020 all sectors business, government and NGO saw their best laid plans unravel or become irrelevant in the global chaos of the pandemic.
As we look to 2021, it might be foolish to make predictions since the world is still an uncertain place. But five key issues taking center stage in 2021 give cause for modest hope and provide signals for businesses looking to advance biodiversity protection and ecosystem restoration in the new year.
You can help recognize a tree champion with a nomination for a 2021 Vermont Tree Steward Award.
These awards have been presented annually since 1996 by the Vermont Urban and Community Forestry Program (VT UCF) to help promote the importance of forests and celebrate those who work hard to conserve them. Awards will be given out in four categories.
Nominations are due by March 31. To submit a nomination or view the list of past award winners, go to http://go.uvm.edu/tsa. For questions or additional information, please contact Gwen Kozlowski at gwen.kozlowski@uvm.edu or (802) 651-8343, ext. 506.
Recipients will be announced in April and will be recognized through VT UCF s website, social media platforms and the media.
PHOTO: This tree planting project in the Town of Delmar was funded by a Delaware Forest Service urban and community grant. DOVER, Del. Delaware’s Urban and Community Forestry Program is once again offering competitive matching grants up to $5,000 for tree planting or tree management projects on public land. The grants – open to municipalities, homeowner associations, and certified 501(c)(3) non-profits in the State of Delaware – require a 50-50 match in either cash (non-federal funds) or in-kind services, including volunteer or staff time, equipment rental, or supplies. Requests can range from $500 to a maximum of $5,000 in
one of two project categories: tree planting or tree management (i.e., professional tree inventory, hazardous tree removal, or pruning).