If you missed Friends of Trees’ dynamic duo, Whitney Dorer and David Odom, on MetroEast Community Media’s “Community Hotline” last week, here’s your chance to see them! Learn how our Neighborhood Trees program works and how you can buy a street or yard tree from Friends of Trees (with extras—like delivery, hole digging, and a [...]
By Jenny Bedell-Stiles We’re kicking into high gear here at Friends of Trees as we enter the thick of the planting season. One indicator of this is, drum roll please … the 85 motivated volunteers who have trained to become Crew Leaders! The Neighborhood Trees program hosted a successful Crew Leader training on November 5 [...]
Tags: crew leaders, volunteering
By Katie Neis When an economist starts talking about the benefits of trees to public life, it’s time to pay attention. Geoffrey Donovan of the U.S. Forest Service took on that challenge last month with a presentation on his study “The Effect of Urban Trees on Public Health” for the Forest Ecology & Management Seminar [...]
By Shelli Romero ODOT and Friends of Trees kicked off the third season of the I-205 Multi-Use Path greening project last month. The Oct. 22 planting in the Parkrose Centennial area of Portland took place near TriMet’s Park and Ride facility and along the east side of I-84 just north of Sandy Boulevard. The “I [...]
Tags: Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, ODOT
