By Erica Timm Less than a month ago, on Wednesday, April 13, 2011, Portland City Council unanimously adopted the Citywide Tree Policy Review and Regulatory Improvement Project (Tree Project). As Mayor Sam Adams proclaimed, “The Tree Project has been a journey. Thanks to our community’s tenacity, the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s leadership and critical assistance [...]
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From Portland’s Bureau of Planning & Sustainability On Wednesday, April 13, Portland City Council voted unanimously to approve amendments to the December 2010 draft of the Citywide Tree Policy and Regulatory Improvement Project. The amendments were made in response to input from individuals and community organizations. The Council referred to the comprehensive overhaul of the city’s tree [...]
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Jill Jonnes’ insightful article “What Is a Tree Worth?” in the Winter 2011 Wilson Quarterly offers a comprehensive history of urban trees in the U.S., from Thomas Jefferson’s appreciation of trees in 1793 to Nebraska’s declaring the first official Arbor Day in 1874 and Theodore Roosevelt’s comment in 1905: “A people without children would face a [...]
The public is invited to testify before Portland City Council at 6 p.m. on February 2 on the Citywide Tree Policy Review and Regulatory Improvement Project. The project’s proposed reforms will make Portland’s tree policies more equitable, comprehensive, and simpler to understand and enforce. Friends of Trees urges support for these long-overdue reforms. “Currently the [...]
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