New York and Chicago have towering skyscrapers. San Francisco has classic Victorian houses. Here in Portland, we have trees. From mammoth Douglas-firs to an impressive, multispecies roster of Heritage ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — The benefits of trees have been widely known for years. Our arboreous neighbors provide cooling during hot summer days. They cut down on air pollution and increase property values.

Portland’s trees are an integral part of the city’s character, shrouding neighborhood streets in distinctive, charming Pacific Northwest greenery. Portland's Urban Forestry leaders want to make sure ...

City leaders are advancing a proposal to do away with most fees for tree-cutting permits, inspections and appeals as citizen ire grows over the expense, bureaucratic overreach and unequal enforcement ...