On Thursday morning, January 25, the UB School of Architecture and Planning joins with ReTree Western New York (re-treewny.org) and the Buffalo Niagara Riverkeeper (bnriverkeeper.org) to sponsor a free public seminar on issues related to urban forests, especially as pertains to planning a reforestation strategy in the wake of the October storm that damaged or destroyed so many of the region’s trees.

The Olmsted Conservancy’s Johnathan Holifield talked about efforts to restore city parks after the October storm: