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Portland's Tree Planting Plummets, Hope for 2024 Rebound

3/6/2025

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In Portland, the loss of its city contract in 2021 has left Friends of Trees grappling with strained relations between the Bureau of Environmental Services and Urban Forestry. This fallout has severely hindered tree planting, plummeting from 1,932 in 2020 to just 565 in 2022, though a hopeful rebound to 1,434 in 2024 offers a glimmer of hope for the community.

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Story summary

In Portland, the loss of its city contract in 2021 has left Friends of Trees grappling with strained relations between the Bureau of Environmental Services and Urban Forestry. This fallout has severely hindered tree planting, plummeting from 1,932 in 2020 to just 565 in 2022, though a hopeful rebound to 1,434 in 2024 offers a glimmer of hope for the community.