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In April 2019, members of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council signed the Linnton Mill Habitat Development Plan.

In April 2019, members of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council signed the Rinearson Natural Area Habitat Development Plan.

In April 2018, a team of field biologists, toxicologists, injury assessment specialists, data managers, and field technicians completed a week in the field as part of a major study to help determine the impacts to Endangered Species Act-listed juvenile Chinook salmon from exposure to contaminants as they out-migrate through the Portland Harbor Superfund site via the Willamette River.

The Portland Harbor Natural Resources Trustee Council (Trustee Council) has determined that due to (1) the current resource constraints of its restoration planning representatives, and (2) the need to encourage a balance between the supply of and demand for natural resource damages (NRD) restoration credits, the Trustee Council will not assist third-party restoration proponents on any new restoration projects until further notice. 

The Trustee Council is requiring long-term stewardship and permanent protection at all Portland Harbor habitat restoration projects. This requires that each project site be permanently protected prior to the end of a 10-year performance period of active monitoring and maintenance and strongly prefers conservation easements held by local entities as the land protection mechanism.  

This 52 acre project on the southern tip of Sauvie Island is the first habitat restoration effort implemented specifically to benefit fish and wildlife affected by years of industrial contamination in Portland Harbor. 

Wildlands Inc. worked with the Trustee Council to design the Alder Creek restoration site, making sure the restoration project maximizes benefits to natural resources injured by long-term contamination in Portland Harbor.