By Tom Atiyeh
Rarely could a book capture the spirit of my recent job transition as well as Nalini Nadkarni’s Between Earth and Sky.
The book was poignant for me as I moved from working at Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, where staff members were stewards of thousand-year-old stands of Douglas-fir, Western Hemlock, Pacific Yew, and Western [...]
Tags: Collins Sanctuary, Douglas-fir, education
By Brighton West
Someone recently asked why Friends of Trees planted trees under power lines, implying that it was a bad idea. Not so if you follow the rule “Right Tree in the Right Place.”
Trees have different types of growing habits. We know that Doug-Firs have a strong central leader (the main trunk goes straight up), Accolade [...]
Tags: canopy, crabapple, Douglas-fir, elm, Power Lines, street trees
By Andy Meeks
On Wednesday morning approximately 30 people were treated to a walking tour highlighting the trees and history of Laurelhurst Park.
Phyllis Reynolds, author of “Trees of Greater Portland” and longtime Friends of Trees supporter, led the tour as part of the Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R) Arbor Week.
Reynolds has done extensive research and mapping [...]
Tags: Arbor Day '10, bald cypress, coffeetree, Douglas-fir, ginkgo, linden, maple, oak, PP&R, redwood, sequoia
Oregon State researchers have found a fungal disease is strengthening its attack against Pacific Northwest Douglas-fir, reports The Oregonian.
An excerpt from the story:
The epidemic of Swiss needle cast stunts growth in both older and younger trees and appears to be unprecedented over at least the past 100 years, OSU researchers Bryan Black, [...]
Tags: Douglas-fir
By Jesse Batty
On Tuesday, Vancouver Urban Forestry held another TreeTalk workshop, this time on ‘Hazard Tree Risk Assessment.’
Native trees here in the Pacific Northwest, like Bigleaf Maple, Douglas-fir, Western Redcedar and Oregon White Oak, among others, are designed to withstand wind.
Trees that fail and fall are those that have shown some signs [...]
Tags: cedar, Douglas-fir, oak, Vancouver
This from KCBS news in the Bay Area, regarding the more than 60 trees that were inexplicably removed from a busy shopping district.
“It was a very stupid, and thoughtless thing that they did,” said one woman quoted in the story. “Stupid to take them down, and to take them down all at once, and not [...]
Tags: Douglas-fir
Friends of Trees and its Green Space Initiative (GSI) program officially started planting along the I-205 multi-use path Saturday.
Thirty volunteers arrived at SE 94th and Yamhill to plant 100 trees the week before Christmas, successfully kicking off this three-year partnership between Friends of Trees, Metro and the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT). The larger plantings [...]
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 [...]
Tags: ACT, Arbor Day '09, Douglas-fir, I-205, maple, Metro, oak, ODOT, pine
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 [...]
Tags: canopy, dogwood, Douglas-fir, maple, shade, street trees, yard trees
The City of Wilsonville is once again using an alternative route to control invasive plants… goats!
Yesterday the city hosted a ‘meet the goats’ celebration with sample cheese, milk and yogurt available; but the main attraction was the goats themselves, available for petting and demonstrating how 300 of them are eating their way through English Ivy, [...]
Tags: Douglas-fir, Wilsonville