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	<title>Growth Rings</title>
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		<title>Another Way Trees Can Heal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 19:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On this blog, we&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tree Inventory Team Leaders &amp; Volunteers Needed!</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2013/05/21/tree-inventory-team-leaders-and-volunteers-needed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 22:08:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Portland Canopy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Critical Role of Grey to Green Canvassers</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2013/05/21/the-critical-role-of-grey-to-green-canvassers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 15:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant It Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Canopy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the City of Portland&#8217;s Community Budget Forum on May 16, City Commissioner Amanda Fritz asked Friends of Trees&#8217; Susie Peterson to explain the role of Portland Bureau of Environmental Services&#8217; canvassers in the success of the Grey to Green Initiative, which has led to a much-needed increase in tree cover in Portland&#8217;s most underserved neighborhoods.  Commissioner Fritz [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REI, ODOT &amp; Sam Adams Win Leadership Awards</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2013/05/19/rei-odot-sam-adams-win-leadership-awards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 15:12:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOT Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tree City Oregon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to this year&#8217;s Friends of Trees Leadership Award Winners: REI, ODOT Region 1, and former Portland Mayor Sam Adams! The awards were presented at Friends of Trees&#8217; annual leadership luncheon at the Multnomah Athletic Club on May 16, 2013. The largest consumer co-op in the nation, REI received the 2013 Business Leadership Award. Founded [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Join Us at a Community Budget Forum</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2013/05/17/support-trees-by-wearing-your-tree-team-green-join-us-at-a-community-budget-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 22:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOT Events]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Erica Timm Friends of Trees appreciates all of you who have taken the time to write letters and emails to the Mayor and City Commissioners expressing your support for Friends of Trees, and those of you who have put on your tree team shirts and joined us at the last two Portland community budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dear Mayor Hales</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2013/05/16/dear-mayor-hales/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:40:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Plant It Portland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Portland Canopy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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