Schedule
If your organization would like to request a presentation, please use the Contact Us link.
We are currently planning a speaker series in the first half of 2010.
Washington County Joint-CPO Trees Group Speaker Series
The group is hosting
a series of seminars this spring on trees and the urban forest, and invites
citizen participation organization (CPO) members and the general public
to attend. All seminars are free, and will be preceded by a Joint
CPO Tree Code business meeting at 6:00 p.m., also open to anyone who is
interested.
Send email
to info@washcotreegroup.org to receive updates. http://www.WashCoTreeGroup.org
February 25, Thursday
7pm (reg mtg at 6)
Location: OSU Extension Office. Room 1411E (18640 NW Walker Road http://extension.oregonstate.edu/washington/find-us)
Join us for two topics:
o
Trees, Stormwater and You - Sheri Wantland, public involvement
coordinator with Clean Water
Services, will talk about how trees help manage stormwater run-off
and assistance programs that are available to homeowners to help with
tree planting and\or stormwater management. Come learn what the
public can do to prevent and report stormwater problems (i.e. silt fences,
overflowing streams, filled catch basins due to leaves in the gutter,
etc).
o
Terry Flanagan, Consulting Arborist at Teragan &
Associates, will discuss the importance of and care of trees during the
storm season in the Pacific Northwest. Our speaker will discuss
general tree maintenance and how to spot tree problems before they become
serious and take questions from the audience.
March 25 (SPRING BREAK - No meeting)
April 22, Thursday 7pm [ EARTH DAY!! ] (reg mtg at 6)
NOTE LOCATION CHANGE!
Location: Beaverton Resource Center
12500 SW Allen Blvd., Beaverton (Corner of Hall and Allen)
Trees and Low Impact Development
- Sheila Greenlaw-Fink, executive director of Community Partners
for Affordable Housing, and Brian Wegener of Tualatin Riverkeepers
will speak about the challenges and rewards of low impact development
(LID). Topics will include design and placement of structures, selection
and placement of trees and landscaping, and long-term benefits and concerns.
May 27, Thursday 7pm (reg
mtg at 6)
Location: Beaverton Library Conference Room
The Role of Urban Forest Habitat
in Wildlife Conservation – Lori Hennings, Senior Natural Resource
Scientist at Metro, and Jim Labbe, Urban Conservationist
with Portland Audubon Society, will focus on wildlife connectivity,
backyard and street trees as part of our greater landscape, and conservation
issues in urban and suburban areas.
June 24, Thursday 7pm (reg
mtg at 6)
Location: Beaverton Library Conference Room
Friends of Trees Program Director, Brighton
West, will be discussing their Neighborhood Trees planting programs,
their involvement in Washington County and plans for the future.
