Posted on: August 22nd, 2024 in News & Press, Rest Areas, Roadways and Waysides |
TIC wants to let people know we are working on making our rest areas safer and more accessible to the traveling public, but this work will require the rest area to be closed for a while.
Sunset Rest Area will be closed for a paving project and ADA Upgrades
September 3, 2024, to October 3, 2024.
During this period, crews will be undertaking the following …
Posted on: May 2nd, 2024 in News & Press |
On Arbor Day 2024, the Oregon Heritage Tree Committee dedicated the Moyer House Linden/Wisteria with Linn County Parks and Recreation and the Linn County Museum. This is Oregon’s 83rd Heritage Tree and tells the story of the Moyer family’s early settlement and entrepreneurship in the valley. The tree and vine have grown with the community to become a landmark in Brownsville. Watch the story below.
Posted on: April 24th, 2024 in News & Press |
Our heritage programs had another eventful year! We celebrated our long-time Historical Marker volunteers, inducted two new Heritage Trees, recognized four Heritage Tree heroes, and implemented a maintenance plan at Grove of the States.
We couldn’t do this without our dedicated volunteers. Many thanks to the Oregon Historical Marker Committee, the Oregon Heritage Tree Committee, and the Salemtowne Historical Marker Maintenance Crew. All names are credited on page 4. (Contact …
Posted on: February 17th, 2023 in News & Press |
The Travel Information Council is hiring for multiple positions, in multiple locations around the state of Oregon. Are you seeking an opportunity to shape the quality and features of Oregon’s Highway Rest Areas to tangibly improve the experience for the millions of travelers who use them each year?
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Everything is coming up roses at French Prairie Rest Area.
Posted on: March 11th, 2022 in News & Press |
Heritage Tree Committee member David Hedberg has completed another great video about the newly inducted Williamson-Abbot Tree located in Whispering Horse Camp in the Deschutes National Forest. He worked in collaboration with the forest service and Dr. David Lewis to tell the complex story that made this tree notable.
TIC and the Heritage Tree Committee are very excited to be able to share this story and the excellent work done …
Posted on: May 2nd, 2019 in News & Press |
Planning a trip with your electric vehicle? Curious about where to find charging stations?
Plugshare has an interactive map of locations all over the world.
To find out what the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is doing to support electric vehicle infrastructure here.
Posted on: April 25th, 2019 in News & Press |
The 2019 edition of the Historical Marker and Heritage Trees is fresh off the presses! We have given the cover a bit of a face lift and have updated it with all of the most current information.
If you would like a copy we would love to send you one, just email jessicac@oregontic.com with your name and address.
Posted on: October 12th, 2018 in News & Press |
On Friday, October 19, 2018, the Oregon Heritage Tree Program dedicated the GeerCrest Orchard as new Oregon Heritage Trees in Salem.
The year 1837 saw the beginnings of mass immigration to the Willamette Valley from the Eastern United States. The Willamette Valley, described to Americans in the East as an “Eden of the West,” had been shaped by millennia of active land management by a diverse native population including the Kalapuyan, …
Posted on: June 27th, 2018 in News & Press |
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On Friday, July 13, 2018, the Oregon Heritage Tree Program dedicated the Yang Madrone as a new heritage tree in Corvallis, Oregon.
The large Pacific Madrone tree overlooking the Yang house was planted by Hoya Yang to complement the house his wife, Edith Yang, designed. In 1954, Edith became the first female minority architect licensed in Oregon. She designed many buildings in the area …
Posted on: September 8th, 2017 in News & Press |
On August 28 2017, the Oregon Heritage Tree Program celebrated the induction of Oregon’s Grove of the States, a historic arboretum containing trees for each US state and the District of Columbia.
Oregon Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum, ODOT director Matt Garrett and members of the Oregon Travel Information Council joined the Oregon Heritage Tree Committee to commemorate the day and induct the Grove as Heritage Trees. The local Boy Scout Troop …
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