Proposed Work Builds on Past Success The City and the Corps have successfully partnered on similar ecosystem restoration projects Projects for a Healthy Willamette River in Crystal Springs Creek, Columbia Slough, and Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. This Lower Willamette River work, completed between 2001 and 2018, was authorized under Environmental Dredging and Sections 206 and 1135 of the Water Resources Development Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District JANUARY 2019 Ecosystem Restoration Project Act. These projects have shown immediate results and Aerial view of construction at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge – the largest generated excitement and interest from the public. remaining natural area in the lower Willamette River floodplain. The Willamette River, part of Project Authorized, Awaiting Appropriations Oaks Bottom Habitat Restoration Project Goals: • Re-establish riparian and Congress authorized the project in the Water Infrastructure the Columbia River Basin, is In 2018, the City wetland plant communities CANADA Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016. In May 2018, and the Corps • Increase aquatic and riparian a nationally, regionally, and the Senate included language to support projects like this WASH. completed the Oaks habitat complexity and locally significant watershed MONTANA in the FY2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Bottom Habitat diversity and ecosystem. Agencies Appropriations Act. The City (as the approved Restoration Project • Restore floodplain function Columbia R. non-federal sponsor for this project) has secured its share that improved the and connectivity (including The lower Willamette River’s broad of the project budget and has moved it into its Capital tidal connection fish barrier removal) areas of shallow water and beach OREGON Investment Portfolio for construction. Snake R. between the • Provide connection to habitat, emergent wetlands, riparian Willamette IDAHO
The project replaced an old pipe culvert, OCEAN PACIFIC Community Collaborations Willamette River spawning grounds and cold forests, and adjacent upland forests have River pictured here in the front of the new salmon- water refugia for endangered USA and the Oaks suffered from the impacts of past flood Public support and community collaboration through friendly box culvert. species partnerships is critical for success. The City regularly Bottom Wildlife control efforts and years of urban development. Fish and wildlife populations, partners with these organizations: Refuge. A new Project Actions: especially those protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), have salmon-friendly culvert and channels give young Port of Portland • NOAA-Fisheries • Lower Columbia Estuary • Increase interconnected, declined dramatically. This project will reverse some of the legacy impacts in the Partnership (LCEP) • Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde • salmon access to prime habitat in the wildlife active channels Willamette River and Columbia River basins. refuge for the first time in over a century. The lower • Create shallow water habitat Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians • Oregon Watershed The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Portland District and the City of Portland Enhancement Board (OWEB) • East & West Multnomah Soil & Willamette River is home to 15 threatened fish species, • Increase shallow-sloped, are proposing a project to restore five sites. The Corps and City will share Water Conservation Districts • City of Lake Oswego • Peninsula including salmon and trout, which need off-channel more natural shorelines the estimated cost of $29,744,000. This project will provide the greatest Drainage District #1 • Audubon Society of Portland • SOLV • areas to find food and shelter during their journey to • Increase bank vegetation ecological and habitat benefits for the least cost. Columbia Slough Watershed Council • Tryon Creek Watershed the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 75 acres of prime habitat is • Improve access to tributary Council • Friends of Trees • SMILE Neighborhood Association • now accessible to these threatened species. streams Friends of Smith & Bybee Lakes • Willamette Riverkeeper • Urban • Improve sediment and Greenspaces Institute • and more. water quality PROJECT CONTACTS: Project will benefit: Gail Saldana, Army Corps of Engineers–Portland District, [email protected], 503-808-4781 • Columbia River and Kaitlin Lovell, City of Portland, Environmental Services, [email protected], 503-823-7032 Willamette River fish species Paul Ketcham, City of Portland, Environmental Services, [email protected], 503-823-5549 including native salmon and Emily Roth, City of Portland, Portland Parks & Recreation, [email protected], 503-823-9225 trout, lamprey, bull trout, sturgeon, and delta smelt FOR MORE INFORMATION: • Tribal fishing opportunities www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/wrda • Amphibians and reptiles Salmon and lamprey are found in Portland streams. • Migratory birds and mammals Printed on recycled paper. WS1904 JAN2019 The City of Portland complies with all non-discrimination laws including Title VI (Civil Rights) and Title II (ADA). To request a translation, accommodation or additional information, please call 503-823-7740, or use City TTY 503-823-6868, or Oregon Relay Service: 711. BES Plant Colum Selected Sites bia Sl Add large Historically: o C ugh A former complex of wetland and off-channel habitats ol wood along the Columbia Slough. um Create bia Regrade banks, R high-water for Restoration iv add large wood Today: A city-owned trail and park. Placement of fill, an access road, er refugia Columbia Blvd and a culvert isolated adjacent habitat from the Columbia Slough. The five selected sites represent the best, most cost- Wastewater Treatment Plant Proposed Work: Lay back steep banks to reconnect wetland and effective ecosystem restoration opportunities. From Excavate low- ow surrounding riparian areas to the slough, remove a culvert, create an an initial list of 45 sites, project teams screened and channel, enhance alcove for high flows, and place large wood and boulders. turtle habitat evaluated opportunities in the Lower Willamette River Restoration is expected to increase habitat units by 68 percent. C O L U M B I using the best available methodologies A R I V and modeling techniques. E R L L Kenton Cove Columbia River Willamette dd ood ha itat islands P R L L S River ST JOHNS Historically: A complex open channel cove with Kelley Point Park Regrade an s wetland, riparian, and shallow water habitat adjacent L R Historically: A complex, wetland- plant natives Kelley Point Park W to the Columbia Slough. add large ood COLUMBIA SLOUGH riparian area at the confluence il la WATERSHED Kenton Cove Today: A small cove between Interstate 5 and m with the Columbia River. E cavate Portland International Raceway with limited channel and Plant native plants et te K LL GS R S Today: A 100-acre park. Fill add ha itat R habitat value. Columbia Slough placed here before conversion to iv R er E Proposed Work: Increase habitat complexity a park reduced habitat complexity, 30 R E S ELE S R Regrade an s by adding large wood, creating wetland islands steepened river banks, and blocked plant native plants with sand and gravels, and enhance shallow water S L fish from entering historic interior Willamette K G R L L ER R habitat. Remove invasive species and revegetate the tidal sloughs. River FREMONT riparian area with native trees and shrubs. Proposed Work: LSE S Construct off-channel BROADWAY Restoration is expected to increase habitat units by 52 percent. habitat, including tidal channels, and riparian areas. Lay back banks along Willamette River, DOWNTOWN BURNSIDE R S E E
MORRISON E install riparian plantings, large wood, and boulders. PORTLAND L ES R E Oaks Crossing HAWTHORNE R E WILLAMETTE Restoration is expected to increase habitat units* by 79 percent. WATERSHED Historically: A former floodplain with S E MARQUAM beach, bottomland forest, and wetland TILIKUM S S CROSSING habitat. P ROSS ISLAND Create Tryon Creek Highway 43 Culvert P ELL L o -channel Today: A 6-acre natural area next Historically: A forested, free-flowing stream that habitat to connect Add large S ER R to a developed park that includes was home to hundreds of salmon and steelhead. wood existing wetland E ER LLS paved and unpaved trails. A L E Excavate Plant native Today: A 400-foot long box culvert installed in the 99E berm eliminates connection to berm, create plants 1930s is a barrier to fish under most conditions. FANNO CREEK the adjacent floodplain. Plant native channels igh ay WATERSHED Proposed work: A new proposed culvert would plants Proposed Work: Excavate Willamette berm, create off-channel wetland simulate natural stream dimensions, allowing for Replace culvert SELLWOOD River water, sediment, and debris to pass downstream and 99W JOHNSON CREEK habitat, including tidal channels WATERSHED give fish and lamprey unhindered passage into high Plant native plants and riparian areas. Lay back banks quality habitat in Tryon Creek State Natural Area. TRYON CREEK along Willamette River, install WATERSHED riparian plantings, large wood, and This site has the potential to create a significant boulders. positive impact by restoring fish passage to prime habitat. The project is expected to Restoration is expected to increase increase habitat units by 3,965 percent. habitat units by 67 percent. 43 *Habitat Units are a measurement of habitat complexity. CONCEPTUAL PLANS ONLY. SIMPLIFIED MAPS AND DIAGRAMS. Proposed Work Builds on Past Success The City and the Corps have successfully partnered on similar ecosystem restoration projects Projects for a Healthy Willamette River in Crystal Springs Creek, Columbia Slough, and Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge. This Lower Willamette River work, completed between 2001 and 2018, was authorized under Environmental Dredging and Sections 206 and 1135 of the Water Resources Development Photo courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District JANUARY 2019 Ecosystem Restoration Project Act. These projects have shown immediate results and Aerial view of construction at Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge – the largest generated excitement and interest from the public. remaining natural area in the lower Willamette River floodplain. The Willamette River, part of Project Authorized, Awaiting Appropriations Oaks Bottom Habitat Restoration Project Goals: • Re-establish riparian and Congress authorized the project in the Water Infrastructure the Columbia River Basin, is In 2018, the City wetland plant communities CANADA Improvements for the Nation Act of 2016. In May 2018, and the Corps • Increase aquatic and riparian a nationally, regionally, and the Senate included language to support projects like this WASH. completed the Oaks habitat complexity and locally significant watershed MONTANA in the FY2019 Energy and Water Development and Related Bottom Habitat diversity and ecosystem. Agencies Appropriations Act. The City (as the approved Restoration Project • Restore floodplain function Columbia R. non-federal sponsor for this project) has secured its share that improved the and connectivity (including The lower Willamette River’s broad of the project budget and has moved it into its Capital tidal connection fish barrier removal) areas of shallow water and beach OREGON Investment Portfolio for construction. Snake R. between the • Provide connection to habitat, emergent wetlands, riparian Willamette IDAHO
The project replaced an old pipe culvert, OCEAN PACIFIC Community Collaborations Willamette River spawning grounds and cold forests, and adjacent upland forests have River pictured here in the front of the new salmon- water refugia for endangered USA and the Oaks suffered from the impacts of past flood Public support and community collaboration through friendly box culvert. species partnerships is critical for success. The City regularly Bottom Wildlife control efforts and years of urban development. Fish and wildlife populations, partners with these organizations: Refuge. A new Project Actions: especially those protected under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), have salmon-friendly culvert and channels give young Port of Portland • NOAA-Fisheries • Lower Columbia Estuary • Increase interconnected, declined dramatically. This project will reverse some of the legacy impacts in the Partnership (LCEP) • Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde • salmon access to prime habitat in the wildlife active channels Willamette River and Columbia River basins. refuge for the first time in over a century. The lower • Create shallow water habitat Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians • Oregon Watershed The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – Portland District and the City of Portland Enhancement Board (OWEB) • East & West Multnomah Soil & Willamette River is home to 15 threatened fish species, • Increase shallow-sloped, are proposing a project to restore five sites. The Corps and City will share Water Conservation Districts • City of Lake Oswego • Peninsula including salmon and trout, which need off-channel more natural shorelines the estimated cost of $29,744,000. This project will provide the greatest Drainage District #1 • Audubon Society of Portland • SOLV • areas to find food and shelter during their journey to • Increase bank vegetation ecological and habitat benefits for the least cost. Columbia Slough Watershed Council • Tryon Creek Watershed the Pacific Ocean. Nearly 75 acres of prime habitat is • Improve access to tributary Council • Friends of Trees • SMILE Neighborhood Association • now accessible to these threatened species. streams Friends of Smith & Bybee Lakes • Willamette Riverkeeper • Urban • Improve sediment and Greenspaces Institute • and more. water quality PROJECT CONTACTS: Project will benefit: Gail Saldana, Army Corps of Engineers–Portland District, [email protected], 503-808-4781 • Columbia River and Kaitlin Lovell, City of Portland, Environmental Services, [email protected], 503-823-7032 Willamette River fish species Paul Ketcham, City of Portland, Environmental Services, [email protected], 503-823-5549 including native salmon and Emily Roth, City of Portland, Portland Parks & Recreation, [email protected], 503-823-9225 trout, lamprey, bull trout, sturgeon, and delta smelt FOR MORE INFORMATION: • Tribal fishing opportunities www.portlandoregon.gov/bes/wrda • Amphibians and reptiles Salmon and lamprey are found in Portland streams. • Migratory birds and mammals Printed on recycled paper. WS1904 JAN2019 The City of Portland complies with all non-discrimination laws including Title VI (Civil Rights) and Title II (ADA). To request a translation, accommodation or additional information, please call 503-823-7740, or use City TTY 503-823-6868, or Oregon Relay Service: 711.