Want to help expand Portland’s shrinking tree canopy and be part of cooling down the city and the planet? What you need is a tree or two for your yard, and Portland wants to give you those trees for free. For the seventh year, the Portland Parks and Recreation Urban Forestry department is giving away 2,000 trees for private property on Saturdays this fall, in an effort to get more trees planted in the city’s “heat islands” or the places most susceptible to extreme heat. Read more at the link in our bio. 🌳 #tree #treecanopy #savethetrees #theoregonian #pnw #portland