Eugene’s Urban Forestry Department plants street trees to reach city climate goals

Along the streets of Eugene, trees of various shapes and sizes create canopies of green, orange and red. Whether they sit on the side of the road, on medians or in the center of a roundabout, most of these trees were planted by Eugene’s Urban Forestry Department .

The department manages more than 75,000 public street trees, planting and maintaining them throughout each year.

This year, the City of Eugene created its first Urban Forest Action Plan update in more than 35 years.

“That really outlines for the public, for the stakeholders, for the community, what our program is doing and why we're doing it,” said Spencer Crawford, a supervisor and forester for the Urban Forestry Department. “We're trying to meet the needs of servicing the community as best we can, to keep the trees h