Oregon Community Trees presents award to Friends of Trees board member

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From left: Portland Bureau of Environmental Services' Mike Rosen; Friends of Trees Board Member and J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. Communications Director Nancy Buley; Friends of Trees Executive Director Scott Fogarty; and U.S. Congressman Kurt Schrader during an April visit.

Congratulations to Friends of Trees Board Member Nancy Buley, who was honored at the annual Oregon Community Trees (OCT) Urban and Community Forestry Conference this month for her tireless advocacy on behalf of urban tree planting.

Nancy is communications director for J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co., which received Friends of Trees’ 2010 Business Leadership Award last month. In April, Nancy traveled to Washington, D.C., where she lobbied for tree-planting legislation with the Alliance for Community Trees and Friends of Trees.

Now in their 17th year, the annual awards, jointly hosted by OCT and the Oregon Department of Forestry, recognize the accomplishments of individuals, groups, and businesses who go the extra mile to enhance and maintain healthy community forests.

–Teri Ruch