The Intertwine Alliance is launching a quarterly Regional Urban Forestry Leaders Group, with a first meeting!

Participants will refine our purposes together, but at the minimum and most urgently, we're responding to the need for a permanent place to develop best practices, share resources and tools, and develop policy agendas related to urban tree canopy. 

We'll meet quarterly and online. We're modeling logistics after the IA’s long-standing quarterly Regional Parks Leaders Group and their newer quarterly Regional Trails Advocacy Group.

Most of the public agencies in the region are creating or expanding urban forestry programs, wrestling with tree codes, and more. At the same time, there are several subregional tree collaboratives (Connecting Canopies, Tree for All, the Portland-Vancouver Canopy Collective, the Shade Equity Coalition) that might benefit from regular communication with each other. And whether you're public, private, nonprofit or an involved resident, we lack a regional place to develop and push forward tree-related public policy. This group will be guided by and help implement the Connecting Canopies Portland-Vancouver Regional Urban Tree Policy & Programs Report (2024), Equitable Urban Forestry Policy and Program Matrix (2025) and Tree Mapping Equity Tool (2025).

IA is looking for public, private, nonprofit and community participation. Members can join any time. IA use the group email to activate and share information between gatherings. To join the email list and be added to calendar invites--or to ask questions or share ideas--please email IA Executive Director Tara at tara@theintertwine.org.