Friends of Trees is only a few weeks into its I-205 multi-use path partnership with Metro and ODOT, and already there is an uproar. News posts on the bike forum BikePortland.org announcing the plantings and later a follow-up have garnered over 60 comments so far, some of the confrontational sort. More comments from the bike [...]
This New York Times Op-ed decompresses Copenhagen and talks tree benefits and forest preservation. In case you didn’t know why English Ivy and English Holly are enemies to the Pacific Northwest, the AP reminds us. How a Florida mayor plants 10,000 trees: Be there for the last one. Also from the New York Times, courtesy [...]
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This classic story comes to video courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Merry Christmas and thanks for reading Growth Rings! –Toshio Suzuki
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Friends of Trees and its Green Space Initiative (GSI) program officially started planting along the I-205 multi-use path Saturday. Thirty volunteers arrived at SE 94th and Yamhill to plant 100 trees the week before Christmas, successfully kicking off this three-year partnership between Friends of Trees, Metro and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The larger [...]
