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In This Issue- Portland Regional Tree Climbing Competition Highlights & Video
- Parks Tree Inventory Update
- Free Yard Trees for Portland!
- Free Trees for Commercial, Industrial, Multi-Family Residential Properties
- Hiring Two AmeriCorps Positions for the BES Stormwater Stewards Team!
- TREEVIA Night, Join the Fun and Hang with Tree-Minded Friends
- Upcoming Urban Forestry Events
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Portland Regional Tree Climbing Competition Highlights & Video
On Saturday, June 17, 2017, the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, with the support of PP&R Urban Forestry, hosted an educational event and skills competition in Portland, in our own Laurelhurst Park.
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Urban Forestry arborist, Rick Bunch, exits a tree with style after a successful Work Climb performance. | |
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L-R: Dan Kraus (1st Overall), Robert Bundy (2nd Overall), Rick Bunch (4th Overall). |
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Twenty-eight competitors from around the region, and some from as far away as British Columbia and France, participated in the Portland event. The 2005 International Tree Climbing Champion, Dan Kraus, took the crown as the best climber in the region. Urban Forestry's own arborist, Rick Bunch, took 3rd in the Work Climb and 4th Overall. Congratulations to all of our participants and competitors!
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Laurelhurst Park was an excellent venue to showcase some serious tree climbing skills. |
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Special thanks to all of the judges and sponsors, and especially to our volunteers for helping to make this event a success.
A Portland park near you will once again be the host location for the 2018 Regional Tree Climbing Competition! Stay tuned.
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A panoramic view from under the tree canopy at the 2017 Portland Regional Tree Climbing Competition. | |
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Portland's parks hold over 1.2 million trees and are often home to the biggest and most impressive tree specimens in our neighborhoods.
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 | Hoyt Arboretum Curator, Martin Nicholson, helps identify a dawn redwood tree in Brentwood Park. |
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Our parks are also home to a diverse collection of trees from all over the world. Staff and volunteers have been having a great time identifying them!
In just two workdays, volunteers have inventoried 273 trees, and found over 50 individual species!
Special thanks to our 65 Team Leaders who completed 2 days of training in species ID and data collection protocol prior to the start of inventory season.
Without this group of experts to lead our volunteers in the field, we wouldn’t be able to take on the task of inventorying thousands of trees at 12 neighborhood parks this summer.
Register for one of 14 remaining events this summer, and see what we’ve been up to on our Flickr page.
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This fall, it's time for trees from PP&R Urban Forestry.
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Help yourself! Help your neighbor! Help Portland increase its tree canopy! In 2017, PP&R Urban Forestry will host three city-wide tree giveaways in the Cully, Centennial, and Hazelwood neighborhoods. All Portlanders are welcome!
Eligibility- Trees are for planting on private property in front, side or back yards (trees may not be planted in containers or in the sidewalk strip as street trees)
- Trees must be planted within the City of Portland
- Limit of two trees per household
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Saturday, October 28, 2017 - Registration Required
When: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
Where: Rigler Elementary School, 5401 NE Prescott St., Portland, OR 97218 (map)
In partnership with the Cully Tree Team, this event will be held in the Cully neighborhood.
Saturday, November 4, 2017
When: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, reserved pick up 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, walk-in pick up (until trees are gone) Where: Parklane Park, SE 155th Ave. & Main St., Portland, OR 97233 (map) In partnership with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, this event will be held in the Centennial neighborhood. The first 50 trees are available by reservation. After that, this event is first-come, first-served until the trees are gone!
Saturday, November 11, 2017
When: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, reserved pick up 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm, walk-in pick up (until trees are gone) Where: East Portland Neighborhood Office and Hydro-Park, 1017 NE 117th Ave., Portland, OR 97220 (map) This event will be held in the Hazelwood neighborhood. The first 50 trees are available by reservation. After that, this event is first-come, first served until the trees are gone!
Available Yard Trees this Fall:
Large Trees
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
Katsura tree (Cercidiphyllum japonicum)
Dawn redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides)
Oregon white oak (Quercus garryana)
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii)
Scarlet oak (Quercus coccinea)
Giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum)
Western red cedar (Thuja plicata)
Willamette ponderosa pine (Pinus ponderosa var. benthamiana)
Medium Trees
American hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana)
Heartland catalpa (Catalpa speciosa 'Heartland')
Purple beech (Fagus sylvatica 'Riversii')
Black tupelo (Nyssa sylvatica)
Skyline honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos var. inermis 'Skyline')
Silverleaf oak (Quercus hypoleucoides)
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Free Trees for Commercial, Industrial, Multi-Family Residential Properties
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Is there a business or apartment building in your neighborhood that YOU think would benefit from street trees? Please don't be shy, ask them to sign up, and help to spread the word. Neighborhood Tree Stewards and Tree Teams, this is a great opportunity to put your knowledge to good use in your neighborhoods! Of course, property owner permission is required for all sign-ups.
To sign-up, or for more information:
Phone: (503) 823-2255
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The right tree in the right place benefits all of us!
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Hiring Two AmeriCorps Positions for the BES Stormwater Stewards Team!
The Confluence AmeriCorps Program and Portland Environmental Services are hiring two AmeriCorps members: a Stormwater Equity Coordinator and a Green Street Coordinator.
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The Stormwater Equity Coordinator and Green Street Coordinator will work collaboratively to assist the Stormwater Stewards Team to plan and develop urban forest and sustainable stormwater capacity in low-tree-canopy, low-income, racially diverse communities in Portland.
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TREEVIA Night, Join the Fun and Hang with Tree-Minded Friends
Trees + Trivia = Treevia! The Albina Neighborhood Tree Team invites you to Treevia Night on Tuesday, July 11th. We recommend arriving by 6:00 pm to get seated, they'll start promptly at 6:30 pm!
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New and familiar faces are waiting for you at Treevia Night.
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Upcoming Urban Forestry Events
July 11th, 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm: Treevia Night. Meet @ Ex Novo Brewery, 2326 N Flint Ave. This event is brought to you by the Albina Neighborhood Tree Team.
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