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Urban and Community Forestry

Cooperative Extension works to improve the quality and health of our urban forest by

Assisting local community groups to improve the tree cover in their own neighborhoods

Advising homeowners and municipal staff of tree care issues

Assisting municipalities to develop proactive methods to manage and maintain their tree resources

And by

Bringing together county residents to plant and care for trees on public spaces

Onondaga County is rich in a diversity of tree species and habitats. Our urban trees face challenges from construction, road salt and more. Despite these challenges we have an urban forest that is extensive and beautiful. The following links provide information for citizens on topics ranging from common tree pests to our volunteer CommuniTree Stewards program. For a listing of upcoming programs and workshops, visit the listing of events.

Benefits of Trees (under construction)
Listing of Events(under construction)
Volunteer Opportunities (under construction)
Publications (under construction)

Growing and Caring for trees around Your Community

Communitree Stewards: Current Volunteers (under construction)
Bare-root tree planting (under construction)
Community Tree Planting (under construction)
Recommended Urban Trees (under construction)
What's "bugging" my tree (under construction)
Demonstration Projects (under construction)
Tree City USA in Onondaga County (under construction)

Urban Forestry Resources (leaving CCE Website)

ReLeaf NY
Urban Horticulture Institute
Arbor Day
Cornell Horticulture Webpages
Tree and Utility Line Conflicts (pdf 571 KB)

Highlights
Bare Root Tree Planting is the time the Urban Forestry Program's efforts get to shine.
November means bare-root tree planting. The Community Tree Buying Program, the CommuniTree Stewards, the Onondaga Earth Corps and many, many citizen groups and individuals work together, regardless of the weather, to plant trees. This year, 432 trees were planted throughout Onondaga County. 200 of them were planted by volunteers, from 8 years old to 80 years young. Students, retirees, neighbors and friends dug holes and planted trees to grow shade and beauty in their communities.

Forest Tent Caterpillar

Forest Tent Caterpillar has extensively defoliated trees in Onondaga County in 2005 and 2006. More to come? more >>

Onondaga Earth Corps

ABOUT THE ONONDAGA EARTH CORPS Onondaga Earth Corps (OEC) was formed in 2005, as a partnership between Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onondaga County (CCE) and the Southside Neighborhood Action Group (SNAG). That year, OEC youth helped lead the largest... more >>

Community Tree Buying Program

The Community Tree Buying program was established in 2001 to provide municipalities with a low-cost method for buying and planting trees. There are two key elements to this program: 1) bare-root trees and 2) the volunteers to plant them. Thirty... more >>

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