The New York State Urban and Community Forestry Council is a
volunteer group, organized formally in 1999, to advise and
assist the NYS Department of Conservation (DEC) in executing
its Urban and Community Forestry policies.The Council's major
funding, supplied through the USDA Forest Service,is supplemented
by membership dues and independent contributions...
Missouri Gravel Beds Can Help New York’s Urban Forests
This past year, Region 7 ReLeaf members
toured a Missouri Gravel Bed at
Rare Earth Nursery in Cazenovia. The
term Missouri Gravel Bed (MGB) refers
to a system developed at the University
of Missouri by Professor Chris Starbuck
over 20 years ago.
I recently walked the Gwynn Falls trail along the Middle Branch of the Petapsco River, a freshwater estuary near Baltimore. It is fed by the Gwynn Falls as well as stormwater outfalls from the heavily urbanized Baltimore area. The Petapsco River is part of the largest estuary in America, Chesapeake Bay, whose watershed reaches well into central New York. As one drives southwest on I-88 from the Capital District toward Binghamton, one soon encounters a sign that reads, “Entering Chesapeake Bay Watershed”.
