DANA MERRYDAY/CHRONICLE PHOTO – Residents plant an Arbor Day tree in Coiner Park this past weekend. From right: Matt Hall, Al Kennedy High School (AKHS) teacher/crew leader; Faye Stewart, Public Works director; an AKHS student; Susan Johnson, Urban Forestry Committee (UFC) member; and Debra Bartlett, UFC/event organizer, and two AKHS students.
As summers get hotter and hotter in Oregon each year, one tool local governments use to combat the heat is urban forests. Cottage Grove…
