Gresham neighborhood fights to save hundreds of trees planned for removal by development A potential housing development will wipe out more than 260 long-standing Douglas Fir trees along with some animal habitats. Author: Keely Chalmers (KGW) Updated: 1:26 PM PST February 11, 2021 GRESHAM, Ore. — Save the trees! That's what many in Gresham are chanting these days after getting news that a potential housing development will wipe out more than 260 long-standing Douglas Fir trees along with some key animal habitat. It's habitat several groups are fighting to save. The area at the center of the controversy consists of roughly 8 acres along the 3500 block of West Powell Boulevard in Gresham. The hundreds of trees are what drew first-time home buyers Cason and Philip Wolcott to the neighborhood adjacent to it.