CON TE PARTIRO (Time to Say Goodbye)

By Clark Beavans I remember the last time we initiated a search for a new Executive Director.  It was late 2008 when the Board of Directors of the SC Urban & Community Forestry Council (yep, we were still struggling under THAT unwieldy moniker) made the decision,...

Passport to Trees Summer 2021

By Clark Beavans SC House Bill H3989: TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA . . . TO PROHIBIT A POLITICAL SUBDIVISION FROM ADOPTING OR ENFORCING A REGULATION, RESOLUTION, OR ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT OR RESTRICT THE REMOVAL OF TREES OR OTHER VEGETATION ON...

On the Stump: Summer 2021

Banana spiders live in our side garden. They have for, at least, the three decades we have lived here, and I suspect even longer than that. The garden is divided by a narrow path that meanders between several species of shrubs and perennials and, occasionally, the...

Passport to Trees: Mt. Pleasant

By Clark Beavans I tend to think of community forestry as a sort of “canopy  infrastructure” with three major interconnected parts to be managed: 1) public trees (trees planted and/or maintained that exist on public property, such as street trees, park trees, trees on...

On the Stump: Spring 2021

By Danny Burbage Sidewalks are the most democratic of public spaces.  They are where we walk with our families, hail our friends and conduct commerce with fellow citizens. Sidewalks are, simultaneously, traffic corridors, marketplaces and public forums. As such, we...

Trees are Good for Your Health

Bob Polomski, Ph.D. | Associate Extension Specialist–Horticulture/Arboriculture |Dept. of Plant & Environmental Sciences | Clemson University As Secretary of the Urban Tree Growth & Longevity Working Group, which is affiliated with the International...