Posted on February 17, 2010 at 6:04 am
Feature story and video yesterday in The New York Times about a parks project that is training the next generation of “green-collar” jobs:
In New York, a city where tree climbing in public parks is officially considered disorderly conduct, the art of hauling yourself skyward, branch by branch, may be endangered for children and adults alike. [...]
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Tags: canopy, fruit trees, pruning
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Thanks to its two programs (Neighborhood Trees and Green Space Initiative), Friends of Trees has already planted 5,440 trees and shrubs this planting season. The same planting season that started Sept. 26.
With 32 plantings left, there is still plenty of time to roll up the sleeves and contribute to cleaning our communal air and water, [...]
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Tags: canopy, carbon, Gift Trees, I-205, planting, runoff
Posted on January 18, 2010 at 2:46 pm
Anyone catch this CBS news video from late last year? Inspiring short piece about a man who took it upon himself to plant street trees in his L.A. neighborhood.
–courtesy Kris Day
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Tags: canopy, street trees, video
Posted on January 11, 2010 at 3:41 pm
About 75 volunteers and community members gathered Saturday to plant over 160 trees with Friends of Trees via its Green Space Initiative (GSI) program.
The ceremonial planting—special dignitary shovels included—was the official start of a three-year project to plant along the I-205 Multi-Use Path.
Special representatives from the Oregon Department of Transportation, Metro and other elected officials [...]
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Tags: canopy, I-205, Metro, ODOT, planting, runoff, shade, Verde, video
Posted on January 4, 2010 at 4:15 pm
Portland’s newest downtown park, Director Park, is getting some new street trees right now—about 15.
Situated one block from Pioneer Courthouse Square and the Park Blocks, the park’s innovative design has spread to its planting treatments.
Notice the steps below, which include layers of gravel and intricate stone placement on top of the typical planting height (pictures [...]
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Tags: canopy, planting, runoff, street trees
Posted on December 4, 2009 at 2:54 pm
–Portland’s future can look a number of different ways, including a tree canopy of over 30 percent. Just as they tried once before, the mayor’s office and The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability are holding community workshops to discuss the Portland Plan, reports The Oregonian.
–Did you miss the 2009 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference [...]
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Tags: canopy
Posted on October 30, 2009 at 3:53 pm
-Nov. 5, Thu. 10-11 a.m., is Rally for the National Conference with Scott Fogarty
This webcast, sponsored by the Alliance for Community Trees (ACT), features Fogarty, executive director of Friends of Trees, who will discuss the upcoming opportunities at the National Arbor Day Foundation.
-Nov. 7, Sat. 9 a.m. -4 p.m., is Crew Leader Training with Friends [...]
Filed under: FOT Events, Green Space Initiative, Neighborhood Trees, Portland Canopy, Tree City USA
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Tags: ACT, canopy, education, planting, runoff, Vancouver
Posted on October 26, 2009 at 7:53 pm
In an email to citizens today, Mayor Sam Adams unveiled Portland’s pending Climate Action Plan, which intends to increase urban forest canopy from 26 percent to 33 percent by 2030.
Other urban forestry goals outlined in the 70-page document include: protection against tree loss; tree canopy retention efforts; and the planting of large-species trees.
Also outlined is [...]
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Tags: canopy, Mayor Adams, Metro, ODOT
Posted on October 14, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Circa the 1990s, this video produced by PGE and featuring narration by the great James DePreist, outlines Portland’s street tree history from day one to the creation of Friends of Trees.
Watch our other videos on our Youtube page.
–TS
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Tags: canopy, carbon, habitat, planting, runoff, Seed the Future, shade, street trees, video
Posted on October 13, 2009 at 12:16 pm
Let’s face it, city lots are small lots, but that doesn’t mean large trees won’t fit. In fact, it means just the opposite.
The problem with small trees is that the top of the tree (the wide part) is close to the ground. With a large tree, the small part (the trunk) is close to the [...]
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Tags: canopy, dogwood, Douglas Fir, maple, shade, street trees, yard trees
Posted on October 1, 2009 at 5:17 pm
Tuesday evening the City of Gresham held an Urban Forestry Workshop to get public input and communicate the urban forestry plans for the city.
Discussion topics included: tree value to the community and as a natural resource; future infrastructure and maintenance plans; urban forest outreach; preservation of existing trees with city codes; and how to [...]
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Tags: canopy, Gresham, planting
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 1:02 pm
In a study of sold homes on the east side of Portland, a new report says street trees add an average of $8,870 to sales prices and reduce time-on-market by almost two days.
The report, which will be published in Landscape and Urban Planning, is the first of its kind to examine the “effect of urban [...]
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Tags: canopy, carbon, G2G, planting, runoff, street trees
