Jill Jonnes’ insightful article “What Is a Tree Worth?” in the Winter 2011 Wilson Quarterly offers a comprehensive history of urban trees in the U.S., from Thomas Jefferson’s appreciation of trees in 1793 to Nebraska’s declaring the first official Arbor Day in 1874 and Theodore Roosevelt’s comment in 1905: “A people without children would face a [...]
On February 2, nearly a hundred people spoke out about proposed reforms to Portland’s city tree policies (the Citywide Tree Project): 43 testified before City Council and 55 wrote letters. City Council will address concerns raised at the meeting during another public meeting on March 9 at 2 p.m. Despite Portlanders’ obvious passion for trees—City [...]
By Andy Meeks It’s the last weekend of February, and Friends of Trees is gearing up for four more plantings around the greater Portland metropolitan area. With nearly 18,000 trees and shrubs planted this season, and all of March and April to go, we’re on a pace to break all of our previous planting season [...]
“Birch trees Teach me that I am nothing And that I am deserving of life … After I’d had a chance to think about it for a while I began to understand why I felt this sudden joy when Kakuro was talking about the birch trees. I get the same feeling when anyone talks about trees, [...]
