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	<title>Growth Rings &#187; Douglas-fir</title>
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		<title>Between Earth and Sky, a book review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:47:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tom Atiyeh Rarely could a book capture the spirit of my recent job transition as well as Nalini Nadkarni&#8217;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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trees and power lines:  A bad idea?</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2010/05/17/trees-and-powerline-a-bad-idea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 May 2010 16:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brightonw</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#8220;Right Tree in the Right Place.&#8221; Trees have different types of growing habits. We know that Doug-Firs have a strong central leader (the main trunk goes straight [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A tree walk through history in Laurelhurst Park</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 19:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>andym</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 &#38; Recreation’s (PP&#38;R) Arbor Week. Reynolds has done extensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Douglas-fir stories from The Oregonian</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2010/04/06/douglas-fir-stories-from-the-oregonian/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 20:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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, David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vancouver talk focuses on tree assessment</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2010/01/28/vancouver-talk-focuses-on-tree-assessment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:58:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jesse Batty On Tuesday, Vancouver Urban Forestry held another TreeTalk workshop, this time on &#8216;Hazard Tree Risk Assessment.&#8217; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If a tree gets chopped down in a city&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2010/01/06/if-a-tree-gets-chopped-down-in-a-city/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This from KCBS news in the Bay Area, regarding the more than 60 trees that were inexplicably removed from a busy shopping district. &#8220;It was a very stupid, and thoughtless thing that they did,&#8221; said one woman quoted in the story. “Stupid to take them down, and to take them down all at once, and [...]]]></description>
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