Urban Canopy Arborists

05/05/2026

At Urban Canopy, we appreciate policy that is stripped down, easy to understand, workable, and makes sense. We call it smart policy.

Recently, a friend created a guide which helps the user, neophyte through master, navigate the often nebulous path through local government, in the City of New Orleans. For those of us who want more understanding, transparency, and accountability in city government, please take a look at the following link.

Congratulations on your proof of concept, Blake!

Facing Forward—Understanding and Addressing New Orleans’ Community Challenges

09/23/2025

We think trees are smart, and smart is sexy!

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Treemails

05/27/2025

Check it out!

With an incredible amount of collaboration from some highly experienced native plant experts and after approximately 5 years in the making, our first ever official Louisiana Native Professional Certification program will happen June 14th and 15th.

The manual has just arrived recently fresh from the printers, ready for the first class of landscape and environmental professionals. There is still room to join us. Register by May 30th to be some of the first in Louisiana for the opportunity to be certified as a Native Plant Professional!

More information can be found in the link in the comments below.

05/23/2025

Contrary to popular belief, termites do in fact infest healthy trees. They eat treated lumber, creosote treated treated telephone poles and railroad ties, as well as asphalt impregnated felt paper. Termites are opportunistic and will eat through a variety of materials in order to gain access to a food source.

UF IFAS Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center scientists have confirmed that two of the world's most destructive invasive species are interbreeding and even established colonies in some South Florida neighborhoods.

More on the study that warns about their spread and their potential to cause even greater damage 🔗 go.ufl.edu/twx2n70

11/09/2024

psithurism - the sound of rustling leaves or wind in the trees

10/05/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/U8conv4Xik4YPAY2/

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bamboo-construction-workshop-with-bamboo-master-james-wolf-registration-984563996417?aff=ebdssbdestsearch

09/24/2024

https://www.urbanconservancy.org/2024/09/20/press-release-city-council-makes-unfounded-claims-and-threats-about-new-orleans-tree-canopy/

Contact:  Susannah Burley 504 616 6888 NEW ORLEANS, LA, September 19, 2024 –  At the September 16 Joint Utility, Cable, Telecommunications and Technology and Public Works, Sanitation and Environment Committee meeting, convened to analyze Hurricane Francine-related Entergy New Orleans’ and...

09/23/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/vYtssVT9td1D4HHF/

See www.soulnola.org/advocacy-policy to learn more. Join us next Wednesday at 10am!

03/22/2024

https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-03-21/mexico-city-taps-run-dry-water-crisis

The challenge in Mexico City, built amid lakes by the Aztecs, had long been getting rid of water, not storing it. Now its taps are running dry.

03/21/2024

https://bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-68605870

He says his team used an "ancient form of pruning" on the tree that Banksy used in his art.