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Holiday garbage and recycling tips
How to recycle common holiday waste, what to do with your tree after the holidays, and pickup delays due to holidays and winter weather.
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Seeing yellow or green-tinted drinking water? It is natural color from the forest.
Residents around the Portland-area may be seeing a slight, yellow or green color in the water. This color is a lingering result of the heavy rains in early December. This is a harmless discoloration from fine organic matter from the Bull Run Watershed.
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Portland Hydroelectric Project Update: December 2023
Please read our December 2023 Hydroelectric Project Update.
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Urban Forestry and the Case of the Moving Tree
Urban Forestry Implements sections of City Code Title 11, the Tree Code.
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Mount Tabor Reservoir 6 stabilization repairs underway
Repairing current voids will allow Mount Tabor Reservoir 6 to be refilled with water later this winter.
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Prevent unwanted water use
You can prevent unwanted water use by securing your outdoor spigots.
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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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Big Pipe system prevented multiple overflows to the Willamette River, follow online tracker for updates during remainder of storm
Follow the Big Pipe Tracker to see how the system prevents combined sewer overflows to the Willamette River, and be the first to know if a rare overflow occurs.
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Bureau of Planning and Sustainability launches Community Responsive Grant opportunities with request for proposals (RFP 3)
RFP 3 will award $40 to $60 million in grants to fund climate projects in Portland.
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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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Portland transitions to primary water source, the Bull Run Watershed
Our secondary groundwater source provided supplemental water supply after long, dry summer.
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Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability’s Cooling Portland program hits two-year, 7,000 unit goal
Program ahead of schedule in reaching and exceeding five-year goal of installing 15,000 energy-efficient heat pump/cooling units.
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American Public Works Association Awards SW Capitol Hwy: Multnomah Village to West Portland Project
On October 19, the Oregon Chapter of the American Public Works Association (APWA) awarded the 2023 Project of the Year Award in the category of Environmental, $25 Million to Less Than $75 Million Division to the City of Portland for the SW Capitol Highway: Multnomah Village to West Portland Project.
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Four tips for fall water savings
As the seasons change, so do the water needs of your landscape. Here are a few tips to keep your landscape resilient and water efficient this season.
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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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