Strathmore resident Ann Green pleads with the city to spare a tree damaged by the Labor Day storm. Other highlights include a vegetarian cook-off, plant sale, and poetry readings. The Paul Smiths center will celebrate its 10th anniversary during the month of May with workshops, nature walks, and children's programs. A butterfly house is one of the center's newest features.
Gardeners can choose to fence property, use repellents, or select deer-resistant plantings.
ESF's American chestnut saplings are protected with a topped welded-wire enclosure. A group of lake scientists at ESF criticize Onondaga County's 15-year cleanup plan for Onondaga Lake. The scientists, including professor emeritus Robert Hennigan, have endorsed New Jersey company Ogden Water Systems' proposal which would reduce the time needed to about three years, and probably cost less. Two SUNY-ESF landscape architecture students received awards from the American Society of Landscape Architects New York Upstate Chapter Awards Jury. Minority students have long been under-represented in the field of forestry.