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Summer 2024 Newsletter

Please enjoy the summer 2024 newsletter from the Trustee Council.  Topics include photo updates from the four restoration sites featuring local fish and wildlife and upcoming events.

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Spring 2024 Newsletter

Please enjoy the spring 2024 newsletter rom the Trustee Council.  Topics include the first restoration project action to purchase credits from two restoration banks and a spotlight on monitoring and performance standards.

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Winter 2024 Newsletter

Please enjoy the winter 2024 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include a new StoryMap that depicts a visual journey of restoration efforts in Portland Harbor and a Restoration 101 on side channels. 

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Fall 2023 Newsletter

Please enjoy the fall 2023 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include a virtual tour video to showcase progress at the four restoration sites and two proposed consent decrees lodged in federal court. 

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Summer 2023 Newsletter

Please enjoy the summer 2023 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include updates from the Trustee Council on recreation and a spotlight on invasive plant species.

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Spring 2023 Newsletter

Please enjoy the spring 2023 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include updates from the Rinearson Natural Area Restoration Project and Restoration 101: Snags.

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Fall 2022 Newsletter

Please enjoy the fall 2022 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include updates from the Linton Mill Restoration Project and Restoration 101: Large Rock Piles.

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Summer 2022 Newsletter

Please enjoy the summer 2022 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include updates from the Alder Creek Restoration Project and Restoration 101: Large Wood Structures.

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Spring 2022 Newsletter

Please enjoy the spring 2022 newsletter from the Trustee Council. Topics include juvenile wild salmon present at the PGE Harborton Restoration Project and progress of ongoing lamprey monitoring.

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Spring 2021 Newsletter

The Trustee Council Announces Publication of Final Portland Harbor Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment.

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Winter 2021 Newsletter

Please enjoy the winter 2021 newsletter from the Trustee Council.  Read on to learn about cultural impacts of contamination, the Supplemental Restoration Plan, and the PGE Harborton Restoration Project.

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Summer 2020 Newsletter

The summer 2020 newsletter announces the Trustee Council publication of the Draft Portland Harbor Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment.

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Fall 2019 Newsletter

Congresswoman Bonamici and her staff joined Trustee Council representatives, restoration bankers, and community partners for a tour of Portland Harbor restoration projects in her congressional district. Read on to learn more.

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Summer 2018 Newsletter

It's a busy time of year. Scientists and construction crews are out on the Willamette River working hard to improve conditions for fish and wildlife that call the Portland Harbor Superfund site home. Read on to learn more.

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Fall 2016 Newsletter

Please enjoy the fall edition of the Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about restoration plans for the Linnton Plywood Mill site, recent news, and upcoming events.

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Spring 2016 Newsletter

Please enjoy the spring edition of the Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about Portland General Electric's Harborton Wetlands project, upcoming events, and recent news. 

Winter 2015 Newsletter
Winter 2015 Newsletter

Please enjoy the winter edition of the Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about Oregon ash, recent news, and upcoming events.  The Trustee Council will be presenting at the Community Advisory Group meeting on December 9th- we hope to see you there.

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Fall 2015 Newsletter

This issue features an Alder Creek Project Update.

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Spring 2015 Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about monitoring at the Rinearson Natural Area restoration project as well as upcoming events and recent news.

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Winter 2014 Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about salmon spotted at the Alder Creek Restoration Project and how bald eagles made a comeback from the brink of extirpation.

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Fall 2014 Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about progress at the Alder Creek Restoration Project and use of goats to manage invasive vegetation at Rinearson Natural Area.

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Summer 2014 Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about the natural and cultural history of camas.  You'll also find some exciting news about an upcoming restoration project. 

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Spring 2014 Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about the important role that benthic macroinvertebrates play in river ecosystems and what signs of spring are taking place underwater this time of year.    

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Winter 2013 Newsletter

We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.  Read on to learn about western redcedar and the new Portland Harbor fish consumption advisory signs.  

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Summer 2013 Newsletter

This edition of the newsletter features Chinook salmon.  First, we highlight Chinook in our "Species Spotlight." We then share some information from our restoration plan on what sorts of habitat are most important to salmon (and other types of fish and wildlife) in the lower Willamette River. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.

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Spring 2013 Newsletter

This edition of the newsletter features osprey, a bird that can be seen in the skies around Portland Harbor.  First, we highlight osprey in our "Species Spotlight." We then provide you a snapshot of the wildlife injury assessment, sharing some preliminary results from the study we conducted to explore eggshell thinning in Portland Harbor osprey nests. We hope you enjoy this edition of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council's newsletter.

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Winter 2012 Newsletter

In this edition of the newsletter we're pleased to bring you our first species spotlight on a native plant- wapato. The Trustee Council is considering the ecological and cultural importance of native plants, as well as fish and wildlife, in our restoration planning efforts for Portland Harbor.  For more information please see the preferred native planting list in our Draft Restoration Plan. 

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Fall 2012 Newsletter

Thanks to all of you whom we saw at the July and August public meetings on the Draft Restoration Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. In case you didn't make it, you'll find several options on how to get more information about the plan in this edition of the newsletter. 

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Summer 2012 Newsletter

Welcome to the first edition of the Trustee Council's newsletter! In this quarterly newsletter you will find information about our restoration planning efforts, updates on our work to assess the impacts of Superfund site pollution on natural resources and the services those resources provide, as well as articles about specific plants and animals that are important to the Lower Willamette River ecosystem.  We appreciate your interest.