-Dec. 5, Sat. 10 a.m., is a Tree Planting with Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge
-Rail Trail parking lot along Wintel Road-
Planting coordinated by the Friends of the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex will contribute to restoring riparian woodlands on the refuge. Volunteers are invited to participate. For more information, contact Sheryl Brown at (503) 856-8233 [...]
It’s almost time for Friends of Trees to give thanks.
Thanksgiving, Nov. 26, marks the two-month mark for this year’s planting season. In two months and only seven full plantings, Friends of Trees planted 3,631 trees and shrubs.
Not bad Green Space Initiative program (GSI)—not bad Neighborhood Trees program (NT):
Sept. 26, GSI planting/training, Browns Ferry Park, Tualatin [...]
By Whitney Dorer
Each year, the Neighborhood Trees program starts the planting season off with a training for new crew leaders coupled with a planting in the neighborhoods of Sellwood-Westmoreland and Brooklyn. Last Saturday, it was a full house with over 50 volunteers learning what it means to be a crew leader. These individuals will teach [...]
By Melissa Barber
Friends of Trees is proud to partner with the Audubon Society of Portland and Metro to help restore the Collins Sanctuary in Forest Park. Our restoration effort in this unique and beautiful area in Portland’s West Hills are made possible by generous donations through our Gift Trees program.
The Collins Sanctuary, a legacy of [...]
Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, Metro
Every year during the rainy season, flooding on the Oregon Coast is a possibility. This letter to the editor published Friday in The Daily Astorian provides local insight in the cause and effect relationship cutting trees has with heavy precipitation:
Am I the only one who thinks it’s crazy for the county and the Oregon Department [...]
Tags: runoff
–The above photo of a Port Orford cedar (not a true cedar) at Vulcan Lake in Southern Oregon is one of five winners for the annual outdoor photo contest from Oregon Wild, reports The Oregonian.
–Oregon tree farmers are giving global warming a tip of the cap as they plan on planting 20,000 coastal redwood trees [...]
Tags: PP&R
The giving season is here and Willamette Week’s Give!Guide 2009 is highlighting dozens of charities worthy of donations and providing prizes for added incentive.
Donations are accepted until the end of the year and tracked in nonprofit categories. Currently, Friends of Trees accounts for less than $500 in donations, out of $7,100 made to eight different [...]
Tags: giving
Green Space Initiative held a crew leader training and planting at the Audubon Society, Nov. 14.
Veteran crew leaders trained about 30 rookies on safety and planting techniques like tubing, mulching and matting.
Four hundred trees and shrubs were planted before lunch. The species list includes: Cascara; Vine Maple; Nootka Rose; Western Hemlock; Grand Fir; Douglas Spiraea; [...]
Nearly 300 attendees celebrated the first 20 years of Friends of Trees history and toasted to continued success for the next seven generations, as noted by Executive Director Scott Fogarty.
Special thanks to our 20th anniversary sponsor, The Oregonian, and to The Mayfield Four, Chez Joly, and the Wonder Ballroom.
Photo credits to Lucia Delisa and Friends [...]
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By Karl Dawson
Thanks to some good weather and a lot of helping hands, five new trees were planted on the North Omaha Park Blocks Saturday, Nov. 14.
The Omaha Park Blocks run for a half mile from North Killingsworth to North Rosa Parks Boulevard, and feature over 50 elm trees that were planted after the Columbus [...]
The Oregonian reports this morning that the Environmental Protection Agency is butting heads with Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality and Portland’s Bureau of Environmental Services over the Big Pipe and additional Columbia River safeguards.
The EPA wants to expand secondary treatment of the sewage and rainwater mix before it joins the river, while the local agencies [...]
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 10
Speaking to the general session at the National Arbor Day Conference, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) stressed the importance of urban forestry and implored the attendees to “take it up a notch” in fighting for carbon legislation.
The lifelong Portlander and former city commissioner mentioned the success [...]
Tags: Arbor Day '09, street trees
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 10
Brighton and Toshio of Friends of Trees made a video presentation during their session at the Partners in Community Forestry National Arbor Day Conference ‘09.
The ‘mockumentary’ highlighted how simple it is to create and produce short videos via the tools already available in every office.
Special [...]
Tags: Arbor Day '09, video
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 9
Providing insight on high-level contract negotiations, two architects of the I-205 tree planting project gave their creation story for a packed session at the National Arbor Day Conference.
Scott Fogarty, executive director of Friends of Trees, described the target corridor as an “environmental justice problem” because [...]
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 9
With an emphasis on combining both ‘grey’ and ‘green’ approaches to improving storm runoff control, the Bureau of Environmental Service’s Tabor to the River (T2R) program hopes to plant 3,500 trees by 2023.
That is, of course, if the funding becomes more secure, said BES Environmental [...]
Tags: Arbor Day '09, BES, G2G, runoff, T2R
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 9
Calling Portland “an island in a sea of federal land,” Metro Regional Council President David Bragdon opened the conference with his introduction of Intertwine and stressing partnerships like the one with Friends of Trees.
“The public wants to enjoy the outdoors without regard to who owns [...]
Tags: Arbor Day '09, I-205, Metro, ODOT
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Conference: Nov. 8
What once was a grassy slope opposite I-205 is now home to 30 trees, courtesy of a pre-conference service project put on by Friends of Trees and Alliance for Community Trees (ACT).
Early arrivers for the 2009 Partners in Community Forestry conference took an eco-shuttle from their [...]
Tags: ACT, Arbor Day '09, Douglas Fir, I-205, maple, Metro, oak, ODOT, pine
Friends of Trees is proud to present its historic planting season!
The holes are dug, the trucks are loaded and staffers are anxious–Neighborhood Trees begins its planting season tomorrow morning in Vancouver.
On Monday begins the Partners in Community Forestry national conference in Portland. Check out the blog for full coverage and commentary from urban foresters all [...]
The Portland City Council approved ‘Treebate‘ today, the Bureau of Environmental Services’ (BES) latest effort to entice more home owners to plant trees on their property.
Through the program, Portland residents can fill out a short form and send in their tree purchase receipt for up to $50 off a future utility bill.
Similar to the BES [...]
How many trees fit on a standard Portland-sized lot?
Not enough for Friends of Trees.
With the largest planting season in Neighborhood Trees (NT) history starting Saturday in Vancouver, site upgrades were necessary to make room for all the nursery stock, which began arriving this week by the truckload.
More trees being planted not only equated to site [...]
This deciduous needs no sun block and is considered hardy and tolerant, which is the same way I describe my appetite.
This tree can grow to be 20 feet tall and is known for its exfoliating bark and fragrant flowers.
The somewhat rare tree also grows to irregular shapes, so pruning while young is important.
Too easy? Submit [...]