PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Portland residents love their trees. Currently, residents of two neighborhoods are protesting the removal of large trees to make way for new development. But, in at least one ...

In 2019, a group of community advocates, industry groups, businesses and homeowners lobbied the city to soften parts of the Tree Code, which they said was inflexible and overly punitive and allowed ...

Nearly one year after Bend passed an ordinance to preserve the city’s tree canopy from development, the policy is at work. The result: nearly 1,500 trees will be torn down to make room for a large ...

Bend’s tree preservation ordinance should save trees without seriously hurting the ability to meet housing needs. That may not be its precise purpose, but it’s our view of what its purpose should be.

In an effort to preserve and restore trees in North Hempstead, the town board recently approved changes to the tree code, including the creation of a preservation fund that ensures removed trees are ...

Head of the Harbor has passed a new village code to prevent the removal of trees without a permit. The village’s board of trustees voted 5-0 at a recent board meeting to make the change. The new code ...