Summer 2007
Apr. 13, 2007 - Oregonian - Tigard-area hikers to blaze trails for Fanno Creek GreenwayThe Friends of Tigard-Bull Mountain Trails is sponsoring a five-mile walk across the Tualatin River pedestrian bridge and along trails in Tigard, Durham and Tualatin.
Apr. 18, 2007 - Oregonian - Greener, gentler streetsThe city has done enough R&D to justify a broader, more systematic use of this innovation
Apr. 23, 2007 - Audubon Society of Portland - 2007 Urban Natural Resource DirectoryNow Available! Audubon Society of Portland’s 2007 Urban Natural Resource Directory
May. 01, 2007 - Audubon Society of Portland - Urban Tree Policy SymposiumApril 28th Urban Tree Policy Symposium for the Portland-Vancouver Region a success!
Sponsored by Audubon Society of Portland, Friends of Trees, PSU Department of Geography, SW Trees Committee, and the Urban Greenspaces Institute.
The Urban Tree Policy Symposium brought together citizens, planners, and elected officials to learn about what can be done to protect and expand urban tree canopy in the Portland-Vancouver region for its multiple values and ecosystem services.
Symposium Documents:
Some Symposium Presentations:
Portland is #3 best city in the Unitied States (and #1 for young couples) specifically for having “lots of green mixed with its concrete.”
May. 08, 2007 - Oregonian - City windfall spares bike, tree projectsWith this extra cash, Potter has enough to sprinkle into most of the council’s priorities, including bikes. The tree project also will get its money.
May. 15, 2007 - Portland Tribune - Make our streets work for waterRepresentative Wu and Sam Adams guest column on Green Streets.
May. 26, 2007 - Oregonian - Ross Island gift: Act III or end of deal?Donation – Robert Pamplin has changed the terms of his bequest to the city and may have changed his mind
May. 27, 2007 - Measure 26-80 Update: Local Share Projects May. 29, 2007 - Gresham Outlook - Open space grows with land sale, giftPersimmon donates about $5 million in land as part of Metro deal protecting natural areas in the Gresham’s Buttes. The acquisitions bring “Forest Park East” to a total of 950 acres.
May. 29, 2007 - oregonian - All this pirate lacks is the parrotSteve Duin on the Piracy of Bob Pamphlin’s Ross Island renege
Jun. 01, 2007 - Oregonian - Ross Island gift? Forget it, owner saysRobert Pamplin Jr. reneges his offer to donate part of the land, leaving city leaders to question how serious he was
Jun. 08, 2007 - Oregonian - Trail gazingThe Springwater Corridor, our longest and most revealing park: an appreciation
Jun. 14, 2007 - Urban Greenspaces Institute - Rutherford Platt Speaks in PortlandRutherford Platt from the Ecological Cities Project discusses his new book the Humane Metropolis at two times and locations in Portland on June 27.
Jun. 17, 2007 - Oregonian - That silence you hear is birds . . . disappearingNature – Many have declined by at least 50% since the 1960s, due to development, pesticides, cats