King-Sabin Street Tree Inventory and Tree Plan
In 2015, the King-Sabin Tree Team worked with PP&R Urban Forestry to organize volunteers and conduct a street tree inventory. It took 39 volunteers 192 hours plus additional staff time to collect data on tree species, size, tree condition, and site characteristics for all 5,817 street trees in the King and Sabin neighborhoods. The inventory is intended to provide base line data to help us better manage our neighborhood’s urban forest to maintain its diversity and keep it healthy into the future.
The complete inventory maps and reports can be downloaded at:
www.portlandoregon.gov/parks/treeinventory
The result is the King-Sabin Tree Plan will guide the tree team’s stewardship activities in future years supporting the King-Sabin Tree Team’s vision to:
Bringing neighbors together to create and enhance a beautiful and sustainable urban forest for the health and livability of our community.
Goals
- Increase extent of urban forest canopy
- Promote urban forest health and diversity
- Educate and inspire neighbors about trees and their benefits
- Actively pursue opportunities to engage all community members
Short Term Objectives
- Promote care of young street trees by hosting pruning and tree care workshops and events
- Facilitate tree plantings by coordinating with Friends of Trees
- Nominate trees for Heritage Tree status
Long Term Objectives
- Help facilitate the removal of invasive and dead trees and their replacement with desirable species
- Develop strategies for increasing the number of medium, large, and evergreen trees planted
- Conduct neighborhood tree walks
Join the King-Sabin Tree Team
Take a leadership role and help us to achieve our goals, plan tree events and advocate for tree planting and maintenance in King and Sabin.
Contact us for more information at kingsabintrees@gmail.com
Join us the 1st Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at Whole Foods (Fremont) dining area