photo by DANIEL AVILA/NYC PARKS
From the Queens Gazette:
On April 18, city Department of Parks and Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe, Yale University’s School of Forestry & Environmental Studies Assistant Professor Alex Felson, Queens Botanical Garden Director of Education & Visitor Services Patrice Kleinberg joined eighth graders from East West School of International Studies in Flushing to celebrate a research and reforestation project.
The collaboration between Parks and Yale University at Kissena Corridor Park will involve planting trees and collecting data on the existing trees that were planted in the fall of 2010.
“The Parks Department is proud to partner with Yale University to learn more about caring for trees in the urban environment while also putting down roots for future foresters and horticulturalists by engaging local students. This project, along with work by the Parks Department’s Natural Resources Group (NRG), has helped revitalize this area of city forest by planting new trees and removing invasive plants,” Benepe said. “NRG continues to grow its research initiatives and share best practices for the natural urban landscape as we recently opened the Urban Field Station in nearby Fort Totten, which will allow researchers from all over the world to study urban forests right here in New York City.”
The Parks Department has now completed a 16.5-acre, $1.03-million capital project to reforest Kissena Corridor Park.
Read the Queens Chronicle's article on the event, Broadway World's article and the NYC Park Department's media release for more information.
Take a look at videos and photos from the event on our Flickr page!