If you have attended a workshop on identifying trees in Portland or already know Portland’s tree species, Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) invites you to sign up for its Neighborhood Street Tree Inventory Training on June 26, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4330 NE 37th Ave. According to PP&R, a street tree [...]
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Join Friends of Trees for our Pedalpalooza bike ride on Thursday, June 24. Green Space Manager Logan Lauvray will lead a guided tour of the tree plantings we organized in partnership with the Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro and others along the I-205 Multi-Use Path. See nationally-progressive transportation policy action! We’ll meet at SE 94th Ave. [...]
Congratulations to Friends of Trees Board Member Nancy Buley, who was honored at the annual Oregon Community Trees (OCT) Urban and Community Forestry Conference this month for her tireless advocacy on behalf of urban tree planting. Nancy is communications director for J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., which received Friends of Trees’ 2010 Business Leadership Award [...]
Tags: education, planting, policy, street trees
By Greg Tudor & Andy Meeks If you live in or have visited Portland, you have likely hiked, biked, played in, picnicked at or simply admired Mt. Tabor Park–SE Portland’s very own volcanic cinder cone–for the playgrounds, the peacefulness, and the excellent views of downtown Portland, Mt. Hood and Mt. St. Helens. One of the [...]
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