Coquille Myrtle Grove Honored, April 10

Oregon Travel Experience (OTE) and its volunteer Oregon Heritage Tree Committee invite the public to participate in the 2015 Statewide Heritage Tree Dedication and the Maynard Drawson Memorial Award ceremony. The free event will b e held on April 10, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the Oregon Department of Forestry’s (ODF) Salem headquarters at 2600 State St., Building C. This year, the Class of 2015 Heritage Trees holds a tree-lover’s surprise—bonus trees. Groves (or groups of trees) are eligible to achieve heritage status as are individual trees. The latest inductees—the Coquille Myrtle Grove and the T. J. Howell Brewer Spruce.