On this blog, we’ve posted stories about how trees enhance our health by cleaning our water and air, by helping us engage in a more active lifestyle outdoors, by reducing the urban heat island effect and adding shade and cooling mist to the air on hot summer days, and by helping patients with views of trees [...]
By Erica Timm Interested in learning more about the composition of Portland’s urban forest? Want to increase your tree identification skills? Have some skills to share? Want to have fun in the sun this summer? If you answered “Yes” to any of these questions, please consider becoming a tree inventory team leader for Portland Parks & [...]
Tags: canopy, education, street trees, volunteering
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 [...]
