Do you need a permit to remove a tree in Beaverton?
Street trees always need one, most backyard trees don't, and the exceptions are where people get caught. Includes a tagged lot plan and a rule summary for the county, Hillsboro and Tigard.
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Tree guides for Beaverton, Oregon
Ten guides on the questions we answer most often, written for this city and this county: which trees need a permit, what emerald ash borer means for your ash, how to get a tree through an ice storm, and what to do when one doesn't make it.
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Each one has a short version at the top, a drawing or a tool to make the point, and the local rules where they apply.
Emerald ash borer in Beaverton: what to do about your ash trees
Confirmed in Beaverton and at Bethany Lake Park in August 2026. How to tell whether you have an ash, the signs of an attack, when treatment makes sense, and what the quarantine means for the wood.
Beaverton street trees: who prunes, who removes, who replaces
You maintain the tree in front of your house, and the city decides whether it can come out. Clearance heights, the 20 percent pruning rule, replacements, sidewalks and leaves.
Getting your trees ready for ice and wind in Beaverton
What actually breaks in an ice storm, which species do it most, the pruning that helps and the pruning that makes it worse, with a before, during and after timeline.
A tree fell on your house or car: what to do in the first 24 hours
The first ten minutes, the first day and the first month. Who to call and in what order, the five photos an adjuster wants, how insurance treats a neighbor's tree, and how to avoid storm-chasing contractors.
How to tell if a tree is dangerous
Six warning signs shown on a Douglas-fir, a tool that ranks how urgent each one is, and an equally useful list of things that look alarming and aren't.
The best time to prune trees in western Oregon
A month-by-month calendar for nine kinds of tree, a chooser that gives the window and the reason for yours, and why our wet winters change the usual advice.
Stump grinding vs stump removal: which one do you need?
What each method leaves in the ground, compared factor by factor, and a plain rule for which one a lawn, a bed, a fence, a patio or a new tree calls for.
Common tree problems in Beaverton, by species
Eight trees that make up most Beaverton yards, what goes wrong with each, how to spot it, and a map of where each problem concentrates, from ash along the creeks to wind on the hilltops.
How to hire a tree service in Oregon
How to check a license and insurance in five minutes, what a proper written estimate contains, the questions worth asking, and the red flags that should end the conversation. It applies to us as much as to anyone.
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