Posted on March 4, 2010 at 9:55 am
It has been a few years now and Portland continues to develop its infrastructure of street swales and curb extensions. The Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) developed and is implementing these runoff-collecting tools along Portland’s streets in an effort to keep the Willamette River cleaner. Street swales and curb extensions are also the next generation [...]
Filed under: Portland Canopy
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Tags: BES, bike, G2G, hornbeam, maple, runoff, street trees, tupelo
Posted on February 23, 2010 at 3:07 pm
The iPhone application for street tree lovers finally exists. Of course, presently, it only exists for New York City street tree lovers. Trees Near You chronicles all of the 500,000 street trees in New York City, providing species type, size and the estimated environmental and economic benefits provided. As shown on the application’s Web site, [...]
Filed under: Tree City USA
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Tags: carbon, runoff, street trees
Posted on February 5, 2010 at 12:54 pm
A new interactive landing site for the Portland Bureau of Environmental Services (BES) informs residents of runoff management options and monitors results for any specific property in the city. A Portland home owner can type in their address and find out how much their average monthly stormwater bill is and how many thousands of gallons [...]
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Tags: BES, G2G, planting, runoff, street trees, yard trees
Posted on January 26, 2010 at 10:51 am
This new video created by long-time volunteer and former staffer Chris Runyard depicts the importance of keeping plastics out of waterways. As Runyard will tell you, Friends of Trees and its Green Space Initiative (GSI) program plant trees and shrubs in restoration areas, responsibly using plastic tubes and tape to increase plant survivability. This planting [...]
Filed under: Green Space Initiative, Portland Canopy
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Tags: planting, runoff, video
