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Changes to credit and debit card processing fees

Starting June 3, 2025, customers who use a credit or debit card to pay their sewer, stormwater, and water bill will pay a 2.95% processing fee. To avoid this fee, customers can make an electronic payment directly from their bank account. Learn more.

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Portland is a Sanctuary City

The Services Trees Provide

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This sampling of research and research institutions describes the services trees provide from environmental, economic, and social perspectives.

Several of these studies are based in Portland and provide a local lens through which to view the services of our urban forest. Search the US Forest Service's Urban Ecosystems and Social Dynamics Program database on Urban Forestry for more studies on the services urban trees provide.

Benefits of Urban Forests Video 

Environmental Services Trees Provide

Social and Cultural Services Trees Provide

Health Services Trees Provide

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