In honor of Oregon Arbor Day, the City of Portland received its 35th Tree City USA designation from the Arbor Day Foundation through the Oregon Department of Forestry today. The City also presented the 2012 Bill Naito Community Trees Awards to two individuals and one organization. Friends of Trees Neighborhood Trees Specialist David Odom, who [...]

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Our Plant It Portland! campaign is getting even more whimsical this weekend. On Saturday, March 3, Friends of Trees is partnering with event sponsors Whole Foods Market and Portland General Electric to plant trees on the opening weekend of “The Lorax” movie.

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In snow, rain and sun, nearly 50 volunteers planted 500 native trees to restore a new part of Forest Park on Saturday, February 18. “It was fun!” the PCC Landscape Club wrote on its Facebook page. “Jerrad won a pair of Hi-Tec hiking boots during the raffles, too. Sweet. Activities like these are great. You [...]

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By Melissa Tiefenthaler An amazing volunteer-driven tree inventory has hit an impressive milestone. Volunteer teams in six Portland neighborhoods completed an inventory of 25,000 trees! Congratulations to Concordia, Eastmoreland, Kenton, Overlook, Sellwood-Moreland, and St. Johns for this incredible effort. Portland Parks & Recreation’s Urban Forestry created a customized final report for each neighborhood based on [...]

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