Category: Urban Forestry & Conservation

  • Urban Oases: The Ecology of Abandoned Lots

    “Vacant Land”That is what the sign said.I just stood there and scratched my head.I simply didn’t understandWhy they would call this “vacant” land.– Mary DeLia Alarms ring out; brick towers scrape the sky; cars roar through streets; and sirens shout above it all—but life in the city is not free from the throes of nature.…

  • On Friday, July 19, our Tree leaders and Youth Inclusion Initiative Interns joined New Jersey TreeFoundation’s Green streets crew, led by James Cunningham along West State Street tostake trees. Staking trains young trees that lean to grow upright. Leaning is not a problem when trees are small – think 15 feet or less – but…