After planting a new tree, click here to enter your new tree into the Tree Tracker, and see your contribution added to the statewide total on the live-updated interactive map on the 25 Million Trees Initiative webpage.  Be prepared to provide the location and number of trees planted. Also register trees planted in 2024.

Submit your photos here.

The DEC’s annual spring seedlings sale is now, and runs through May 14. Every seedling planted will help the state to progress in its goal to plant 25 million trees by 2033. Click here to read the CBS News bulletin

The Tree Council has launched its third photo contest. We’re looking for photos showing the beauty of Niskayuna trees in a winter scene. Contest ends Feb. 14. Click here for the photo submission page.

The 2024 annual Niskayuna Arbor Day celebration will happen at the Niskayuna Town Hall on Saturday, April 27 from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.   The celebration will start at 9:30 am on Friday, April 26th, with the planting of three American Sycamore trees along Nott Street East (see discussion of the American Sycamore below). On Saturday, there will be tables […]

April 29, 2023 Come join us for Niskayuna’s annual Arbor Day event which this year will held on Sat, April 29 at the Niskayuna Town Hall from 11am-1pm, rain or shine! There will be free trees given out to Niskayuna residents (while supplies last). We have a large variety of trees/shrubs to choose from this year! They include: arborvitae (white […]

An article published in the Washington Post, February 12, 2023 discusses the effects of planting trees on the health of the residents.  As discussed in the article, The more trees planted in a neighborhood, the longer people live, according to a recent study led by U.S. Forest Service researchers out of Portland, Ore. The article can be found here.

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See a list of what the Tree Council did in 2022. Look here