CCEUC IN THE NEWS
ANNUAL PLANT A ROW CAMPAIGN STRIVES TO STOP HUNGER IN ULSTER COUNTY
What’s more rewarding than growing your own vegetables? How about sharing your extra produce to help feed the hungry right here in Ulster County! The vegetable growing season is in full swing, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Ulster County’s Master Gardener program is looking for gardeners like you to help feed people who are hungry in our community by joining our Plant-A-Row for the Hungry (PAR) campaign. Each year we ask vegetable gardeners to grow a little extra or share their extras.
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CCEUC ANNOUNCES DETAILS OF A MILLION DOLLAR ANTI-OBESITY EFFORT FOR ULSTER COUNTY
CCEUC Executive Director, Lydia M. Reidy with Ulster County Executive, Mike Hein in Ellenville, NY on March 25, 2011.
The Creating Healthy Places (CHP) initiative is structured to effectuate policy, environmental and systems changes designed to improve the health and fitness of Ulster County residents. The underlying approach runs counter to traditional education methods which attempt to persuade individuals to adopt personal lifestyle changes.
Click here for Official "Creating Healthy Places" Press Conference Media Release.
BROWN MARMORATED STINK BUG
Have you seen this pest?
Click here to learn more about the Eastern New York BMSB Project.
EMERALD ASH BORER FOUND IN ULSTER COUNTY
The emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), commonly referred to as “EAB”, is an invasive wood-boring beetle. Its native range is eastern Russia, northern China, Mongolia, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. The beetle’s first North American populations were confirmed in the summer of 2002 in southeast Michigan and in Windsor, Ontario. Judging by the size of the infestations and the stage of damage to the infested trees, the beetle was likely introduced to the area several years prior to its discovery.
TICKS & LYME DISEASE AWARENESS
Read more about Ticks and Lyme Disease Prevention and Safety Tips for you and your family.
CCEUC RECEIVES ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON FOUNDATION GRANT FOR THE HEALTHY KIDS, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
