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Climate change is causing peak foliage to arrive more than a week later than it did in the 1950s, but other factors that shape the timing and brilliance of the change of colors have also increased seasonal unpredictability.
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Climate change is causing peak foliage to arrive more than a week later than it did in the 1950s, but other factors that shape the timing and brilliance of the change of colors have also increased seasonal unpredictability.
People grab sandwiches and mill around the park at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
Members of the Thomas family, including Mary Lou Thomas Sprague, 96, second from right, pose for a photo in front of the new park sign at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday. Thomas Sprague’s great-uncle Elias Thomas donated the land to the city for the park.
Members of the Thomas family, including Mary Lou Thomas Sprague, 96, center, chat in front of the new park sign at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday. Thomas Sprague’s great-uncle Elias Thomas donated the land to the city for the park.
Heather Thomas Beaupre, center, listens to historian Herb Adams speak about her family’s history in Portland at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
Historian Herb Adams speaks about the history of the Thomas family in Portland at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
People gather for the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
Elias Thomas III speaks at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday. His ancestor, Elias Thomas, gave the land to the City of Portland.
People clap as the park sign is unveiled at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
Elias Thomas III and his daughter Heather Thomas Beaupre cut the cake at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
Elias Thomas III and his daughter Heather Thomas Beaupre cut the cake at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.
People mill around the park at the Thomas Park 111th Anniversary Celebration in Portland on Sunday.