Posted on August 31, 2010 at 8:51 am
Read Larry Bingham’s story about Portland’s unique linear arboretum in today’s Oregonian.
Designed Portland-style—for cyclists, pedestrians and anyone interested in trees—the Ainsworth Linear Arboretum has been growing steadily and quietly, like the young trees planted in it. In 2005, the arboretum had 37 species. Today it has 60.
The brain behind the branches of the two-mile long arboretum [...]
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Tags: education, PP&R, street trees, yard trees
Posted on August 17, 2010 at 3:33 pm
Do you know a neighbor who people can go to for advice about trees? Want to be a resource and leader for your neighborhood?
Portland Parks & Recreation’s seven-class course can make you a Neighborhood Tree Steward! The course covers tree biology, identification, planting, pruning, pathology, soils, economic benefits of trees, Portland’s rules and regulations, and [...]
Filed under: Neighborhood Trees, Plant It Portland
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Tags: education, PP&R, street trees, volunteering, yard trees
Posted on June 23, 2010 at 7:00 am
If you have attended a workshop on identifying trees in Portland or already know Portland’s tree species, Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) invites you to sign up for its Neighborhood Street Tree Inventory Training on June 26, from 9 a.m. to noon, at Bethany Lutheran Church, 4330 NE 37th Ave.
According to PP&R, a street tree inventory [...]
Filed under: Neighborhood Trees, Portland Canopy
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Tags: planting, PP&R, street trees, yard trees
Posted on April 9, 2010 at 12:31 pm
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 & Recreation’s (PP&R) Arbor Week.
Reynolds has done extensive research and mapping [...]
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Tags: Arbor Day '10, bald cypress, coffeetree, Douglas-fir, ginkgo, linden, maple, oak, PP&R, redwood, sequoia
Posted on April 8, 2010 at 9:43 am
By Jesse Batty
Portland Arbor Week continued in fine style yesterday at Powellhurst School & Park where the city once again accepted its designation as a Tree City USA for the 33rd straight year.
Urban Forestry Commissioner Joe Poracsky joined fellow commissioner and Friends of Trees staffer David Odom, Commissioner Nick Fish, Portland Urban Forester David [...]
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Posted on April 6, 2010 at 1:25 pm
Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) will have an Arbor Week photography show Friday evening at the Concordia Neighborhood Community Room.
Photographs will be on sale, with all proceeds going toward tree planting projects in the Concordia neighborhood. For more information, contact Portland Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry at 503-823-4484.
–Toshio Suzuki
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Tags: Arbor Day '10, PP&R
Posted on March 31, 2010 at 12:31 pm
Monday, April 5, 7-9 a.m. and 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
Tea Under the Cherry Trees with members of the Tree Steward Coalition, Waterfront Park, NW Everett & Naito Parkway
Tuesday, April 6, 1-3 p.m.
Arbor Day Celebration with Commissioner Nick Fish, West Powellhurst Park & Elementary School, SE 115 & Division
Fun, food & tree activities
Community & student tree [...]
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Tags: Arbor Day '10, bike, cherry, education, PP&R
Posted on March 15, 2010 at 1:55 pm
On Wednesday the Portland City Council received a presentation from the Urban Forestry Commission, unanimously approving their 2009 Annual Report.
Urban Forestry Commission Chairman Brian Krieg, and fellow commissioners Joe Poracsky and David Odom of Friends of Trees, presented to the council on the value of Portland’s urban forest and the upcoming deliberations regarding the Citywide [...]
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Tags: BES, canopy, CTP, Mayor Adams, policy, PP&R
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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Tags: BES, BPS, CTP, PP&R
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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Tags: bike, PP&R
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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Tags: PP&R
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 [...]
Filed under: Green Space Initiative, Portland Canopy
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Tags: Audubon, Collins Sanctuary, Gift Trees, Metro, PP&R, video
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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Tags: elm, PP&R
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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Tags: BPS, CTP, PP&R
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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Tags: PBOT, PP&R, runoff, street trees
