Victoria Burton lived in dread of Heritage Tree 26. The English elm stood on the front lawn of the home she and her husband, Delroy, owned on North Mississippi Avenue. Renting out the bungalow ...

Thistle & Nest, an affordable housing provider in Bend, says the city’s new tree code isn’t flexible enough and is raising the cost of building new housing in Central Oregon. At one of the affordable ...

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.