PORT TOWNSEND — The city’s “urban forests” are benefiting from a partnership among the state departments of Natural Resources and Ecology and the Washington Conservation Corps. As part of the Urban Forestry Restoration Project, crews have been working since Feb. 1 in three areas: Sather Woods, Kah Tai Lagoon and Haller Fountain.
They are clearing out invasive weeds and pulling English ivy off trees “in order to give them breathing room and more of a life,” according to crew supervisor John Longsworth…