By Katie Neis When an economist starts talking about the benefits of trees to public life, it’s time to pay attention. Geoffrey Donovan of the U.S. Forest Service took on that challenge last month with a presentation on his study “The Effect of Urban Trees on Public Health” for the Forest Ecology & Management Seminar [...]
By Brighton West It’s that time of year again when nature turns our trees into an amazing artist’s palette, then drops the leaves to let the winter sun through. What a gift from nature—sun and nutrients needed by our spring flowers. Friends of Trees will launch a new website on November 1: www.PortlandLeafHarvest.com. The web [...]
Tags: canopy, leaf harvest, street trees
By Brighton West Want to see your name on the big screen? Friends of Trees is partnering with Ascending the Giants, a group dedicated to ascending and documenting all aspects of champion trees, on a new short film called Treeverse. Treeverse will follow arborists Brian French and Will Koomjian of Ascending the Giants on an [...]
Thank you to the thousands of individuals, businesses, foundations, agencies, and community groups that helped Friends of Trees plant our 400,000th tree on January 8. Below is an excerpt from Matt Buxton’s story on the first page of the Metro section in today’s Oregonian: Despite rain and mud, dozens of volunteers gathered on a barren patch [...]
Tags: canopy, Green Space Initiative, I-205, Metro, ODOT, planting, street trees, volunteering, yard trees
