The Bulletin

Editorial: What trees should Bend save and which should it cut?

Bend’s rules for trees are so lax most big trees can be removed for development. Bend’s rules for trees are inconsistent. Bend’s rules for trees are not clear. Bend’s rules for trees have incentives ...
The Bulletin

Pahlisch Homes drops its appeal to Bend’s tree code

Five months ago local home builder Pahlisch Homes appealed the city of Bend’s newly minted tree code, suggesting it would increase the cost of housing in the city. This week the homebuilder ended its ...
KTVZ

‘Trees are what makes Bend, Bend’: City’s new tree regulations advisory committee holds first meeting

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A city of Bend citizen committee focused on the future of trees in Bend held its first meeting Wednesday. The appointees make up the Tree Regulation Update Advisory Committee. The ...
KTVZ

Want to help revise Bend’s tree preservation rules? City is now seeking committee members

BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) -- The city of Bend is looking for community members to join a new temporary committee designed to help guide the future of how and where trees will be regulated in Bend. Wednesday ...
OPB

Bend affordable housing provider takes issue with city’s tree code

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 ...