Posted on March 8, 2010 at 11:32 am
A room of area residents representing various city bureaus, environmental conservation efforts, development efforts, neighborhood associations and professional arborists met last week to further discuss Portland’s Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s (BPS) Citywide Tree Project (CTP).
Although many in the group seem unable to recollect the beginning of their ’stakeholder sessions,’ most easily admit the process [...]
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Posted on February 24, 2010 at 8:49 am
By Teri Ruch
This morning’s OPB story by Rob Manning features a video that OPB Oregon Field Guide producer Vince Patton made of illegal trail creation in north Forest Park.
Here is a portion of the caught-on-video confrontation in text:
Vince Patton: “Are you putting in a legal trail? Do you have permission to be here?”
Man: “Oh, I’m [...]
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Posted on February 10, 2010 at 7:38 am
The figures in a Jan. 25 post regarding proposed budget cuts for Urban Forestry have since changed, according to Portland City Forester David McAllister.
His Feb. 5 comments to Growth Rings:
Mayor Adams asked that all bureaus in the City except Fire and Police provide recommended budgets with a four percent cut in operating funds.
Portland Parks and [...]
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Posted on February 8, 2010 at 2:01 pm
Saturday morning, the Audubon Society of Portland hosted a sneak peak tour of Collins Sanctuary, a recent Metro purchase with voter-approved dollars.
As the elected officials in the video will tell you (Metro President David Bragdon; Metro Councilor Rex Burkholder; Portland City Commissioner Nick Fish), Metro is partnering with Friends of Trees’ Gift Trees program to [...]
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Posted on January 25, 2010 at 9:37 am
Last Thursday in the Lovejoy Room at city hall, the Urban Forestry Commission was briefed on almost $250,000 in proposed tree-related budget cuts facing the Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R).
As stated in a letter written by parks director Zari Santner that outlines all of the cuts, PP&R is prepared to cut four percent of its [...]
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Posted on January 22, 2010 at 11:15 am
Over two years in the making, Portland’s Citywide Tree Project (CTP) is still moving towards completion, according to the city’s project team that reported the most recent status at yesterday’s Urban Forestry Commission meeting at City Hall.
Managed by the Bureau of Planning & Sustainability, the CTP is in stage three of four, which on their [...]
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Posted on January 14, 2010 at 10:09 am
By Angie DiSalvo
This blog posed an earlier question, “if a tree is cut down in the City, and nobody asks why, did it really happen?” The answer is an emphatic yes—and that particular tree was debated, considered, and permitted for removal under the watchful eye of Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) Urban Forestry.
The stump featured [...]
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Posted on January 12, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Portland Urban Forestry has two workshops in January—one for local arborists and another that will cover tree pruning as part of an ongoing series—in addition to a budget meeting and the monthly commission meeting.
Local tree care providers are encouraged to attend the free workshop Jan. 21 and get acquainted with city rules and regulations (City [...]
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Posted on November 20, 2009 at 3:03 pm
–The above photo of a Port Orford cedar (not a true cedar) at Vulcan Lake in Southern Oregon is one of five winners for the annual outdoor photo contest from Oregon Wild, reports The Oregonian.
–Oregon tree farmers are giving global warming a tip of the cap as they plan on planting 20,000 coastal redwood trees [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2009 at 11:02 am
By Karl Dawson
Thanks to some good weather and a lot of helping hands, five new trees were planted on the North Omaha Park Blocks Saturday, Nov. 14.
The Omaha Park Blocks run for a half mile from North Killingsworth to North Rosa Parks Boulevard, and feature over 50 elm trees that were planted after the Columbus [...]
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Posted on October 27, 2009 at 4:34 pm
Portland Parks & Recreation officially welcomed the planting season Saturday with its second annual Dig-It event, planting 28 trees at Mt. Tabor Middle School.
Organizer Karl Dawson of Portland Parks said the event was a success, thanks to the spectacular weather and great support from Portland Public Schools, Friends of Trees and Grey to Green.
“We were [...]
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Posted on October 20, 2009 at 2:53 pm
For the first time Saturday Friends of Trees planted at Powers Marine Park along the Willamette River.
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Posted on October 20, 2009 at 9:50 am
Tree seedlings, tree plantings, tree awards, tree advice … all of it is happening this Saturday at Dig-It.
The Portland Parks & Recreation event, with Friends of Trees and Bureau of Environmental Services, runs from 10 a.m. to noon at Mt. Tabor Middle School and is the city-wide start of fall planting season.
While the Green Space [...]
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Posted on September 30, 2009 at 1:07 pm
Sept. 29 to Oct. 17 is Tree Steward training with Portland Public Parks & Recreation
Seven session course covers general and advanced arbor care, tree biology, identification, planting and preservation. Once trained, neighborhood tree stewards work with PP&R staff on tree projects. Class is for ages 14 and up and costs $25.
Oct. 3, Sat. 9 a.m. [...]
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Posted on September 17, 2009 at 9:19 am
Sept. 18, Friday 9 a.m. -3 p.m., is Park (ing) Day with Friends of Trees
Stumptown, 128 SW 3rd Ave.
One-day global event demonstrates the value and need for natural green spaces in the city . Friends of Trees will transform a downtown parking space into a green oasis, with real grass and trees. Come taste the [...]
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