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		<title>FOT is honored by Public Relations Society of America</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:29:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neighborhood Trees]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think that I shall never see a poem as lovely as a tree&#8211; A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against a volunteer in a safety vest A tree producing oxygen all day Will leave a legacy that&#8217;s here to stay Planting a tree is an amazing sensation Improving the urban canopy of this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New billboard campaign promotes FOT partnership with the Portland Timbers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOT Events]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Chris Crabb Friends of Trees debuted a billboard campaign this month that playfully mimics the iconic portraits of diehard Timbers fans seen on billboards around Portland earlier this year. The two Friends of Trees billboards feature illustrated Portland Timbers fans, but instead of axes, they’re wielding saplings and spades. The messaging is simple – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A walk through the world of trees</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/10/17/a-walk-through-the-world-of-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:50:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andrewl</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[FOT Events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Plant It Portland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Andrew Land On the first of October, I had the privilege of joining a small group touring the Cully-Concordia International Grove with Jim Gersbach, a Concordia tree steward, longtime Friends of Trees volunteer, and a key contributor to the design of a new urban mini-forest at the north end of 42nd Avenue in Portland. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>REI awards $15,000 to Friends of Trees</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/09/27/rei-awards-15000-to-friends-of-trees/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:15:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eugene]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Space Initiative]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friends of Trees is honored to receive a $10,000 grant from REI (Recreational Equipment, Inc.) in Portland to support two Green Space Initiative plantings along the I-205 Multi-Use Path and $5,000 from REI in Eugene for natural area restoration work in the Eugene-Springfield area. This fall and winter mark the third planting season of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trees: the new sewers</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/08/01/trees-the-new-sewers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 00:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Below are excerpts from an informative story written by Portlander Lisa Ekman, which was published in the Spring 2011 issue of American Forests. You can read the entire story on the American Forests web site. &#8220;When stormwater flows across Portland&#8217;s impervious surfaces, it can end up in the Willamette River, which runs through the city&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Traveling banner inspires action to clean our river</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/06/28/traveling-banner-inspires-action-to-clean-our-rivers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 14:26:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brightonw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brighton West If you&#8217;ve walked, biked, or driven on SE Hawthorne this month, you&#8217;ve probably seen our Plant It Portland! banner overhead at SE 16th. It will be there a few more days before it moves to another part of Portland. The banner marks the start of the second year of our Plant It [...]]]></description>
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