At the City of Portland’s Community Budget Forum on May 16, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz asked Friends of Trees’ Susie Peterson to explain the role of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services’ canvassers in the success of the Grey to Green Initiative, which has led to a much-needed increase in tree cover in Portland’s most underserved neighborhoods. Commissioner Fritz [...]
Dear Mayor Hales: I am a crew leader for Friends of Trees, and through that experience have gained a deep understanding of all the ecosystems services tree planting provides the city of Portland and the larger Metro community. I do remember you attending a planting last spring and speaking with enthusiasm about the program, so [...]
By Ian Bonham It sure felt like summer this weekend, but you wouldn’t know it by the sight of orange planting vests or the sounds of clanking shovels on North Vancouver Avenue. The grand finale of our 2012-13 planting season last Saturday was our hottest and sunniest planting yet, but by the afternoon 108 new [...]
By Andrew Land Friends of Trees staffers Gustavo Rojas and Andrew Land enjoyed the privilege of representing FOT recently at a tree-planting event coordinated by Portland Bureau of Environmental Services and attended by FOT and the nonprofit Verde. English as a Second Language teacher Anne Downing, BES AmeriCorps volunteer/David Douglas High School graduate Lea Wilson, [...]
