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Winter Tree Care Tips
All the information you need to help protect and care for your trees this winter.
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PP&R Urban Forestry Wraps 2023 Inventory Season
Learn about the Inventory Project, street tree data, and how to get involved in next year's season.
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Getting to Know Urban Forestry's Free Street Tree Program
Learn about the Free Street Tree Program and where will we be planting next.
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Lone Fir Cemetery: Where Trees and History Meet
Learn about the fascinating history of the trees and people in the Lone Fir Cemetery.
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Albina Neighborhood Improvement Project
Learn about Albina's first community-led tree planting program.
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Celebrating Portland's Civic Leader Ed Washington
This Black History Month we are celebrating the legacy of Ed Washington.
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2,000 Trees Find Homes Through the 2023 Yard Tree Giveaway
Learn about where all of last year's free yard trees ended up.
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2023 Oregon Heritage Tree Hero Award Recipient, Gregg Everhart
Celebrate this year's Oregon Heritage Tree Hero Award Recipient, Gregg Everhart, and a newly designated Heritage Tree at the Knott Park Tree Walk.
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Celebrating the Legacy of Bill Naito for AAPI Heritage Month
Learn about Bill Naito's role in shaping the city we know and love today.
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Care for Young Trees this Summer
Get some tips and tricks on how to best care for young trees during the hot days of summer.
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Event Highlight: Tree Walk in Columbia Park
Learn some fun facts we shared at our Columbia Park tree walk event.
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Check out this Year's Learning Landscapes Highlights
Learn about the Learning Landscapes Program, including this year's plantings and how to get involved.
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Portland Parks & Recreation Begins Urban Forest Plan Update
Learn about the City's process to create a new roadmap for the management of our urban forest.
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City Bureaus & Urban Forestry Join Forces to Plant More Street Trees
Urban Forestry is partnering with other Bureaus to pilot a project to plant more street trees in the curb/parking zone. These new curb designs (shown in the photo above) slow traffic to improve road safety and provide space for trees.
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Prevent Dutch Elm Disease
To protect our elm trees from Dutch elm disease, pruning of any elm is prohibited from April 15 to October 15 in the City of Portland. Watch for signs of of Dutch elm disease.
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Thank You for Celebrating Arbor Day in 2023
Thank you to neighbors and community members for making 2023 Arbor Day a huge success!
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Make Your First Day Hike Local!
Start off the new year with a stay-local First Day Hike tree walk that you can share with neighbors. Keep exploring the trees of our City in a different way; learn a new approach to tree identification through their buds, bark, and branching.
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