Posted on November 11, 2009 at 2:03 pm
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 10
Speaking to the general session at the National Arbor Day Conference, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) stressed the importance of urban forestry and implored the attendees to “take it up a notch” in fighting for carbon legislation.
The lifelong Portlander and former city commissioner mentioned the success [...]
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Tags: Arbor Day '09, street trees
Posted on November 10, 2009 at 2:21 pm
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 10
Brighton and Toshio of Friends of Trees made a video presentation during their session at the Partners in Community Forestry National Arbor Day Conference ‘09.
The ‘mockumentary’ highlighted how simple it is to create and produce short videos via the tools already available in every office.
Special [...]
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Posted on November 9, 2009 at 2:42 pm
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 9
With an emphasis on combining both ‘grey’ and ‘green’ approaches to improving storm runoff control, the Bureau of Environmental Service’s Tabor to the River (T2R) program hopes to plant 3,500 trees by 2023.
That is, of course, if the funding becomes more secure, said BES Environmental [...]
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Tags: Arbor Day '09, BES, G2G, runoff, T2R
Posted on November 9, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Foundation Conference: Nov. 9
Calling Portland “an island in a sea of federal land,” Metro Regional Council President David Bragdon opened the conference with his introduction of Intertwine and stressing partnerships like the one with Friends of Trees.
“The public wants to enjoy the outdoors without regard to who owns [...]
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Tags: Arbor Day '09, I-205, Metro, ODOT
Posted on November 8, 2009 at 7:00 pm
Partners in Community Forestry 2009
National Arbor Day Conference: Nov. 8
What once was a grassy slope opposite I-205 is now home to 30 trees, courtesy of a pre-conference service project put on by Friends of Trees and Alliance for Community Trees (ACT).
Early arrivers for the 2009 Partners in Community Forestry conference took an eco-shuttle from their [...]
Filed under: FOT Events, Green Space Initiative, Portland Canopy, Tree City USA
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Tags: ACT, Arbor Day '09, Douglas Fir, I-205, maple, Metro, oak, ODOT, pine
