Fact Sheets

The five Tribal members of the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council (Five Tribes) have developed fact sheets to help interested members of the public more fully understand and appreciate each of the Five Tribe’s relationships with natural resources in and around the Portland Harbor Superfund Site and how these relationships have changed as a result of contamination in the lower Willamette River. Traditionally, tribal peoples spent substantial amounts of time in and around Portland Harbor and the lower Willamette River, forming unique bonds with the river’s natural resources.

The Trustee Council's Supplemental Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment picks up where the 2017 Programmatic Restoration Plan left off.  It evaluates and selects one of three alternatives to implement restoration actions in Portland Harbor.

The Alder Creek restoration project was developed and constructed by Wildlands in 2014 and 2015 to provide habitat in an area of the lower Willamette River that has been highly impacted by industrialization.  This fact sheet describes the site and project.

The Rinearson Natural Area restoration project will provide habitat for salmon, lamprey, mink, bald eagle, osprey, and other native fish and wildlife. The project was completed in 2017 and 2018 by Falling Springs, a habitat development company.  

The Linnton Mill restoration project will provide high quality habitat for salmon, lamprey, mink, bald eagle, osprey, and other native fish and wildlife living in this otherwise heavily developed stretch of the Willamette River.

The Trustee Council developed a plan to restore natural resources injured by contamination in Portland Harbor.  This plan is called the Portland Harbor Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Restoration Plan.  The Plan evaluation several alternatives and outlines the chosen approach:  Integrated Habitat Restoration.

Learn how you can work together with the Portland Harbor Natural Resource Trustee Council and share ideas about how to restore Portland Harbor.

This handout outlines how Portland Harbor became contaminated, why it is important and what the Trustee Council is doing about it. It specifically focuses on the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process and the Trustee Council’s restoration planning efforts.