By Emma Gray Brisk temperatures didn’t keep planters from joining together on Sunday to celebrate the people in their lives by planting trees. At the first Gift Tree planting of the season,  volunteers who had purchased or received Gift Trees since March of last year planted at the Collins Sanctuary, a beautiful forest publicly held [...]

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Why does longtime Friends of Trees supporter Joey Pope give Gift Trees to friends and family for occasions from holidays to birthdays and graduations? Find this ad in the Living Section of today’s Oregonian. This is what Joey Pope says: “In search of that perfect gift, we all try our best to give something of [...]

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By Shelli Romero ODOT and Friends of Trees kicked off the third season of the I-205 Multi-Use Path greening project last month. The Oct. 22 planting in the Parkrose Centennial area of Portland took place near TriMet’s Park and Ride facility and along the east side of I-84 just north of Sandy Boulevard. The “I [...]

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Please help find Mark Bosworth! A Metro employee, dedicated cyclist, and longtime supporter of Friends of Trees, Mark has been missing since the night of September 16. He was last seen by his Cycle Oregon colleagues in Riddle, Oregon. Mark’s family believes he may be disoriented as a result of the lymphoma he’s been battling [...]

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