Friday Fodder: tree news in links
–Portland’s future can look a number of different ways, including a tree canopy of over 30 percent. Just as they tried once before, the mayor’s office and The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability are holding community workshops to discuss the Portland Plan, reports The Oregonian.
–Did you miss the 2009 Partners in Community Forestry National Conference last month? Long for more PowerPoint presentations? Well, 34 presentations from this year’s conference are now available at the National Arbor Day Foundation Web site, including “Urban Forestry, The Portland Way.”
–Courtesy of The Nation, something of a miracle story that intertwines a family farmer and “Regreening Africa.”
–The folk at HomeInteriorDesignThemes.com remind us of the coolest tree house in Portland, courtesy of American architect Robert Harvey Oshatz.
–Is global warming good for the growth rates of trees? Some scientists from the University of Wisconsin and University of Minnesota published some interesting study results, reports The Oregonian.
–Why is ‘tree topping’ bad? A refresher course, courtesy of the Oregon Department of Forestry.
–Toshio Suzuki