The town of Niskayuna held its 5th annual Arbor Day event on Sat. April 25, 2020 at the Niskayuna Town Hall. This year, due to covid restrictions, it was a drive-through event. The event included handing out 200 trees to local residents, and a “kit” that included the history of Arbor Day, coloring pages, a scavenger hunt, word games, a […]

On October 26, 2019, the Niskayuna Tree Council, the Niskayuna Highway Dept. and members of the community planted 15-20 street trees on Ray and Cornelius Streets. A demonstration on how to properly plant trees and care for the trees was given by Amy Howansky of the Tree Council . Some of the types of trees planted were: ginko, serviceberry, sweetgum, […]

The Niskayuna Tree Council had a booth at Niska Day this year. We handed out free maple, white pine, and spruce saplings, tree planting and care information, and had a raffle drawing for a purple sand cherry tree. The Council also displayed information on how to determine if your tree falls into the setback dimensions to be considered a street […]

The town of Niskayuna held its 4th annual Arbor Day event on Sat., April 27 in Blatnick Town Park. The event included several booths and activities such as: an art contest with the local schools; pollinator garden and monarch butterfly habitat information; invasive species information on the emerald ash borer, woolly adelgid, and oak wilt; The Nature Conservancy and local […]

On April 16 & 17, 2019, members of the Niskayuna Tree Council planted 10 American Chestnut trees with kindergarten classes from the Glencliff and Hillside elementary schools. The American Chestnut tree used to be prevalent in eastern forests of North America, from Maine to Georgia. It was one of the largest trees in the forest, growing to be over 100 […]