You can hear inspiring words from Gail Achterman, Chair of the Oregon Transportation Commission, during her address to City Club of Portland on April 22, 2011. Her talk was titled, “The Future of Oregon’s Transportation Systems: How Do We get from Here to There?” Check out the 34:50 mark for a shout out about the [...]
Tags: education, Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, planting
More than a hundred volunteers, including Oregon Attorney General John Kroger, joined Friends of Trees, the Oregon Department of Transportation, and Metro for a sunny Earth Day planting on April 23. Volunteers planted 170 trees at the event, which wrapped up the second season of a three-year project to green the I-205 Multi-Use Path. Planters [...]
Tags: I-205, Metro, ODOT, volunteering
By Andrew Land We’ve done it again–another record-breaking season with 4,545 new street and yard trees planted through our Neighborhood Trees program and more than 24,000 trees and native shrubs planted through our Green Space Initiative in the Portland-Vancouver area. That’s more trees with more volunteer help than ever before, and there’s no way we [...]
Tags: Collins Sanctuary, crew leader, training, volunteering
Don’t miss the premiere of the documentary “Green Fire: Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time” tomorrow, April 27, in Miller Hall at the World Forestry Center, 4033 SW Canyon Road, Portland. Tickets must be purchased in advance. Doors will open a half hour in advance of the 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm [...]
Tags: education
