Using Trees to tell Portland’s History | KATU

Using Trees to tell Portland’s History | KATU

By Jason Nguyen, KATU News :: Thursday, August 24th 2017 Source: Using Trees to tell Portland’s History | KATU PORTLAND, Ore. — Walk through any of Portland’s neighborhoods and you’re bound to see some towering trees breaching the skyline. A Portland State University project is documenting the history of some of the city’s oldest residents onContinue Reading Using Trees to tell Portland’s History | KATU

Website helps preserve Portland trees, collect stories | KOIN 6

Website helps preserve Portland trees, collect stories | KOIN 6

Tim Becker and KOIN 6 News Staff :: Published: August 24, 2017, 11:20 am  Updated: August 24, 2017, 5:52 pm Source: Website helps preserve Portland trees, collect stories PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Every tree has a story. And now, thanks to a new website, people can easily share and tell those stories. Researchers at Portland State University haveContinue Reading Website helps preserve Portland trees, collect stories | KOIN 6

Heritage Tree #260 | Powell Butte’s Old Growth Douglas Fir

Heritage Tree #260 | Powell Butte’s Old Growth Douglas Fir

  By Madelyn Miller :: Heritage Tree #260 Pseudotsuga menziesii – Douglas-fir Powell Butte Nature Park | Cedar Grove Trail Before being purchased by City of Portland in 1925, the primary users of what’s now Powell Butte Nature Park were a handful of wayward cows from the adjacent Meadowland Dairy and the occasional picnicking family.Continue Reading Heritage Tree #260 | Powell Butte’s Old Growth Douglas Fir

Heritage Tree #235 | Charles Jordan Community Center’s Butternut Tree

Heritage Tree #235 | Charles Jordan Community Center’s Butternut Tree

By John Stedman :: Juglans cinerea — Butternut 9009 N Foss Ave Heritage Tree #235 is a Butternut on the grounds of the Charles Jordan Community Center in North Portland’s Portsmouth neighborhood. The tree towers over the single story wing of the community center with its fifty-four foot height and sixty-five foot spread. Its gnarledContinue Reading Heritage Tree #235 | Charles Jordan Community Center’s Butternut Tree

Tree Investigators! | Activities designed to experience your neighborhood through trees

Tree Investigators! | Activities designed to experience your neighborhood through trees

By Ella Weil, Nick Truman, & John Stedman ::   Tree Investigators! is a workbook that can be used in elementary schools, community centers, and in homeschool education with a goal to engage students in first through fifth grade in gaining awareness and appreciation of Portland Park and Recreation’s Heritage Trees. We believe that HeritageContinue Reading Tree Investigators! | Activities designed to experience your neighborhood through trees