Gresham urban forestry meeting notes

Greshams tree canopy distribution by neighborhood. (City of Gresham)
Gresham's tree canopy distribution by neighborhood. (City of Gresham)

Tuesday evening the City of Gresham held an Urban Forestry Workshop to get public input and communicate the urban forestry plans for the city.

Discussion topics included: tree value to the community and as a natural resource; future infrastructure and maintenance plans; urban forest outreach; preservation of existing trees with city codes; and how to increase tree canopy in neighborhoods.

Gresham neighborhood tree canopy distribution ranges from 12 percent to over 70 percent in the Kelley Creek Headwaters neighborhood.

Friends of Trees will hold a planting in the Kelly Creek Neighborhood (different from Kelley Creek Headwaters Neighborhood) on March 27. The deadline for tree sign-up is Jan. 25. There will also be plantings at Nadaka Park and Columbia View Park.

To sign up to get trees for your home or to volunteer to plant trees, visit www.FriendsofTrees.org. Questions? Contact Kate at [email protected] or at 503-282-8846 ext. 28.

–Kate Farrington