In response to this week’s blog post regarding a tree on SE Burnside, Portland’s Urban Forestry division offered this response below. Submit your Portland urban forestry questions to the blog ([email protected]) and we’ll do our best to find the answer.

By Angie DiSalvo

Portland Parks and Recreation’s Urban Forestry Division is charged with enforcing Portland’s tree code. Since the 1970s the City of Portland has regulated the pruning, planting, and removal of publicly owned street trees as well as certain trees on privately owned lots. Street trees, the trees growing in the public right-of-way, need permits for removal, planting, and pruning from Urban Forestry. Removal permits are only granted for trees that are dead, dying, or dangerous and if a permit is granted, replanting is required.

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