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		<title>What did the tree planter say to the White House?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 15:43:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Jackie Cole watched half her city&#8217;s trees&#8212;some 100 years old&#8212;die as Galveston became a &#8220;city of dead trees&#8221; after a drought weakened 40,000 of them, and a hurricane flooded them afterward with saltwater. Dr. Cole&#8217;s leadership in helping remove the dead trees and plant new ones gave her insight into the value that government agencies assign to city [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding the Citywide Tree Project</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/05/11/understanding-the-citywide-tree-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 16:06:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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&#8217;s tenacity, the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability&#8217;s leadership and critical assistance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Portland City Council approves policies proposed by Citywide Tree Project</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/04/18/portland-city-council-approves-policies-proposed-by-citywide-tree-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2011 02:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ericat</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Portland&#8217;s Bureau of Planning &#38; 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&#8217;s tree [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is a tree worth? Value of city trees is featured in Wilson Quarterly</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/02/24/what-is-a-tree-worth-value-of-city-trees-is-featured-in-wilson-quarterly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:03:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Teri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jill Jonnes&#8217; insightful article &#8220;What Is a Tree Worth?&#8221; in the Winter 2011 Wilson Quarterly offers a comprehensive history of urban trees in the U.S., from Thomas Jefferson&#8217;s appreciation of trees in 1793 to Nebraska&#8217;s declaring the first official Arbor Day in 1874 and Theodore Roosevelt&#8217;s comment in 1905: &#8220;A people without children would face a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Public is invited to speak out on long-awaited tree policy reforms</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2011/01/27/public-is-invited-to-speak-out-on-long-awaited-tree-policy-reforms/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:53:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[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. &#8220;Currently the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The future of West Hayden Island</title>
		<link>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2010/07/19/the-future-of-west-hayden-island/</link>
		<comments>http://friendsoftrees.org/blog/2010/07/19/the-future-of-west-hayden-island/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 03:12:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>terir</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The city of Portland is considering whether or not to annex more than 800 acres on the west side of Hayden Island. The Port of Portland owns most of the area, which is within the Metro Urban Growth Boundary. At a City Council session on July 29, at 6 p.m., the West Hayden Island Community [...]]]></description>
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