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Friends of Trees brings community together
which covers about 30 to 50 or more miles
of driving.
Crew leader, Dr. Jennifer Johns, has
been volunteering through Friends of
Trees for over two years. Johns teaches
biology at Chemeketa Community College
and heard about the organization from her
students.
As a crew leader, Johns helps instruct
and guide tree planting sessions. Like
many volunteers, she joined Friends of
Trees to help the environment.
“We need to fi nd a way to make cit-
ies livable, not just for people, but for the
organisms that are displaced by the actual
creation of roads and buildings. Bringing
habitat into the suburban areas is really
essential to keep all those ecosystems func-
tioning,” Johns said.
Besides helping the ecosystem, plant-
ing trees can also bring the community
together.
“Planting and caring for trees increases
community members’ engagement with
the environment and overall participation
in civic life, including engaging around cli-
mate action,” Miller said.
More information about Friends of
Trees and planting session sign-ups can be
found on their website friendsoftrees.org.
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There are multiple ways for people
to volunteer in their community and get
involved in fi xing environmental issues.
One option is through Friends of Trees.
Friends of Trees is an organization that
plants trees and shrubs in neighborhoods
and parks. They have currently planted
over 870,000 trees.
They have two main planting programs:
the Neighborhood Trees program and
Green Space program. The Neighborhood
Trees program plants in urban areas (in
planting strips and in private yards) and
the Green Space program plants in parks
and natural areas.
Their Neighborhood Tree program
currently plants in Beaverton, Gresham,
Milwaukie, Oregon City, Portland, Salem,
Vancouver, and Wilsonville.
Haley Miller is the Neighborhood Trees
Senior Specialist for Friends of Trees. She
helps select areas for planting trees in
neighborhoods and parks. Miller wants to
encourage others to get involved with the
organization and learn how they can help
the environment.
“Whether it’s growing the urban canopy
through planting street and yard trees, or
restoring sensitive natural areas through
planting native trees and shrubs, there is
no doubt that the trees planted by Friends
of Trees play a vital role in our region’s liv-
ability,” she said.
There are multiple ways that trees help
our environment. They absorb rainwater to
help reduce fl ooding, absorb carbon diox-
ide, and create oxygen. One mature tree
can absorb 48 pounds of carbon in a year
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Clinton W. Grew
Jun. 26, 1935 – Dec. 10, 2021
Clinton Grew of Keizer, passed on Dec. 10
at the age of 86.
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