Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:51 pm
What an outpouring of support in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.! At Friends of Trees’ January 15 and 17 plantings, 385 volunteers planted 1,456 trees and shrubs to make the Portland-Vancouver metro area a healthier place for everyone. Dr. King has been quoted as saying, “Even if I knew that tomorrow the world [...]
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Tags: education, Green Space Initiative, I-205, street trees, yard trees
Posted on January 20, 2011 at 2:45 pm
About 40 Portland Timbers staffers, including owner and president Merritt Paulson, head coach John Spencer, chief operating officer Mike Golub, and new Timbers community ambassador Scot Thompson, joined Friends of Trees today to plant 60 native trees along the I-205 Multi-Use Path near SE 92nd Avenue and Division Street. The planting was the Timbers’ first [...]
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Tags: I-205, ODOT, planting, Timbers
Posted on January 19, 2011 at 6:53 am
Friends of Trees has scheduled a family-friendly planting on Sunday, January 23, for anyone who hasn’t been able to plant with us at a recent Saturday or Monday planting or who wants to plant trees for Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for Trees. People of all ages and abilities are welcome at the planting, [...]
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Tags: Green Space Initiative, I-205
Posted on January 18, 2011 at 6:13 pm
Today is the last day to register online for the Ninth Urban Ecology & Conservation Symposium, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m on Monday, January 24, at the Smith Center Ballroom, Portland State University. The cost is $30 if you register online, $15 for students, or $35 at the door. The [...]
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Tags: Green Space Initiative
