Sophie Peel’s article, “The Taking Tree” [WW, March 5], missed a great opportunity to highlight the important role of a robust urban tree canopy in supporting community livability, public health and ...

The city of Bend’s code to protect trees from development is on the line as an affordable housing developer mounts a legal argument that the new regulations infringe on state law. The public has a two ...

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 ...

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.

Portland’s much-maligned inspectors who enforce the city’s tree-cutting and pruning rules face a major shakeup that City Council supporters hope will lead to fewer resident complaints of inflexibility ...