Natural resource plans

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Documents in this category include plans, studies, or inventories of natural resources within a city's planning jurisdiction. Some documents were required by Goal 5 of Oregon's Statewide Planning Goals. Others respond to requirements of the federal Endangered Species Act. Documents that fit the general description of the category may be included, even if they are not required by these two authorities. Documents governing the use of forest or agricultural lands will be included.

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Portland : 2005 Portland watershed management plan (2006)
(City of Portland (Or.), 2006-03-08) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Dept. of Environmental Services; Wilson, Julie; Lessluk, Nate
The Portland Watershed Management Plan (PWMP) will guide City decisions and projects by providing a comprehensive approach to restoring watershed health. [From the Plan]
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Portland : Area 93 (Bonny Slope West) existing conditions, opportunities and constraints report
(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-12) ECO Northwest, Ltd.; Sisul Engineering; Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Winterbrook Planning (Firm); Nevue Ngan Associates; Multnomah County (Or.)
The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the existing conditions, opportunities and constraints within a 160-acre site known as Area 93, Bonny Slope West. Area 93 is generally bounded by NW Thompson Road to the south, NW Laidlaw Road to the north and east, and NW 125th Avenue to the west (see Figures 1 and 2). It is located in unincorporated Multnomah County, bordering unincorporated Washington County to the west and south. The review of existing conditions focuses on natural features, parks and open space, and infrastructure. The report provides a preliminary buildable lands and market analysis, and an economic perspective on the likely and possible development/ redevelopment of the area. The City of Portland, through an interagency agreement with Multnomah County, will undertake a planning process to develop a concept for the eventual urbanization of the area. The concept planning process is expected to be completed in 2010. This report is part of the first phase of the concept planning process. [From the document]
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Portland : Assessment of biodiesel feedstocks in Oregon
(City of Portland (Or.), 2006-06) Portland (Or.); Portland Development Commission; Dan O'Brien Associates
The Portland Development Commission requested this study to evaluate crops that have potential as biodiesel feedstocks and where they may be grown in Oregon. It will also discuss oilseed extraction methods and resulting products as well as costs of transporting oilseeds and their byproducts. The report will examine the viability of a Portland-based biodiesel refinery with a capacity of one half million gallons annually. [From the document]
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Portland : Balch Creek watershed protection plan
(City of Portland (Or.), 1995-04-12) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning
This plan protects the natural resources of the Balch Creek watershed.... The purpose of the Balch Creek Watershed Protection Plan is to identify, evaluate, and protect fish and wildlife habitats, ecologically and scientifically significant natural areas, open spaces, water bodies, wetlands, and the functions and values of the watershed as a whole. The plan is written to comply with Statewide Planning Goal 5. [From the Plan] This text revises the original analysis prepared for this natural resource plan. [From the Revision]
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Portland : Boring Lava Domes
(City of Portland (Or.), 1997-11-05) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.); Adolfson Associates; Brooks, Tim
This report updates the resource inventory, analysis and protection program for City of Portland Resource Site 30, Boring Lava Domes, (Lava Domes). This site was initially reviewed in 1991 as part of the Johnson Creek Basin Protection Plan (JCBPP). The JCBPP is one of eight plans developed by the City to comply with Statewide Planning Goal 5.... This study was initiated to implement Action Item EC7 of the Outer Southeast Community Plan, which reads: "Conduct a new study within the next three years to consider the refinement of environmental zoning in the Johnson Creek basin."1 The Portland City Planning Commission asked for this study in response to concerns raised by local citizens and City bureaus, which called attention to the significance of the Lava Domes and the need for particular study and refinement in that part of the basin. [From the document]
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Portland : Citywide environmental overlay zone map refinement project
(City of Portland (Or.), 1998-06-24) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)
The purpose of the Citywide Environmental Overlay Zone Map Refinement Project is to more accurately map the boundaries of Environmental Overlay Zones. The boundaries of Environmental Protection Zones (EP) and Environmental Conservation Zones (EC) are affected. All of the adopted boundary changes are consistent with previously adopted policies, Economic, Social, Environmental, and Energy (ESEE) analyses, and the findings of the City's adopted environmental plans. [From the document]
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Portland : Cultural resources protection plan for Columbia South Shore
(City of Portland (Or.), 1996-06) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Heritage Research Associates; David J. Newton Associates; SRI/Shapiro, Inc.; Whitlock, Cathy; Association of Oregon Archaeologists; Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon; Oetting, Albert C.
This report is intended to satisfy a Statewide Planning Goal 5 requirement to protect cultural resource areas in the City.... For purposes of the City's first periodic review of the Comprehensive Plan, "cultural resources" mean the evidence of American Indian use in the Columbia South Shore from the pre-contact period. [From the Plan]
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Portland : Draft watershed characterization summary (2004)
(City of Portland (Or.), 2004-03) Portland (Or.)
This report summarizes current conditions in Portland’s watersheds, including the Willamette River, its tributary streams, and the portion of the Columbia River directly affected by activities in Portland. The conditions are summarized relative to four watershed health goals: hydrology, physical habitat, water quality, and biological communities. Improvement in these four goal areas will improve overall watershed health and the capacity of watersheds to perform critical functions, such as providing clean water. [From the document]
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Portland : East buttes, terraces, and wetlands conservation plan
(City of Portland (Or.), 1993-07) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning
The East Buttes, Terraces and Wetlands Conservation Plan provides the inventory, analysis and recommendations for protection of significant natural, scenic and open space resources located in the East Buttes, Terraces and Wetlands planning area. The plan area is made up of a collection of ten resource sites including Mt. Tabor, Rocky Butte and Kelly Butte and seven additional upland sites in East Portland. Additionally, two sites located within separate resource planning areas are included in this plan.... This plan is the seventh of eight natural resource conservation plans developed by the city, each covering a different geographic area. This plan is designed to comply with the Oregon Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) Statewide Planning Goal 5 requirements.
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Portland : East Columbia Neighborhood natural resources management plan
(City of Portland (Or.), 1990-04-18) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning
This plan is an attempt to draft a set of policies and objectives for guiding development within these natural areas. They are intended to be used as implementation tools to evaluate future fill permits, environmental reviews and other land uses cases which involve wetlands and other natural resource areas within the neighborhood. [From the Plan]
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Portland : Eastbank Riverfront (phase I) floating walkway fish predation study
(City of Portland (Or.), 2001-10-30) Portland (Or.); Portland Development Commission; Fishman Environmental Services
This report presents the goals, methods, results and conclusions of a study conducted in 1999 and 2000 on the potential relationship between the existence of a newly constructed floating walkway and the presence, abundance and relative level of predation on juvenile salmonids by fish-eating (piscivorous) fishes. The study was added as a condition of the federal permit authorizing construction of the floating walkway after the Nation Marine Fisheries Service expressed concern that the structure might attract predatory fishes. The floating walkway was completed in 1999 on the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon as part of the East Bank Riverfront Park project. [From the document]
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Portland : Economic, social, environmental and energy analysis and recommendations for riparian corridors and wildlife habitat
(City of Portland (Or.), 2008-10-28) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)
This report was prepared as part of the River Plan project. The River Plan is a comprehensive multi-objective plan for the Willamette River corridor in Portland and also serves as an update of the City of Portland's 20-year-old Willamette Greenway Plan. The River Plan addresses a broad set of issues, including harbor industries, neighborhoods, recreation and natural resources. The River Plan project area is divided into 3 sub-areas: North, Central and South Reach. The first sub-area being addressed is the North Reach. [From the document]
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Portland : Fanno Creek and tributaries conservation plan
(City of Portland (Or.), 1994-01-19) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)
The Fanno Creek Plan has the following objectives: to bring the City's comprehensive plan, zoning code, and zoning maps into compliance with State Wide Planning Goals; to reduce the threat to public health safety and welfare from erosion, land slides, earthquakes, and flooding; to help achieve compliance with state and federal water quality regulations; and to facilitate development designed to maintain and enhance natural values provided by Fanno Creek and its tributaries. [From the Plan]
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Portland : Fanno Creek watershed : Summaries of resource site inventories
(City of Portland (Or.), 1999-10) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)
This document provides a summary of the State Goal 5 natural resource inventories for City Resource Sites within the Fanno Creek Watershed. The summaries are taken from the Fanno Creek and Tributaries Conservation Plan, Volume 1, 1994 (FCP). The FCP was adopted by City Council on January 19, 1994. The purpose of this document is to provide a useful single source reference for information on the location, quantity, and quality of resources in the City Resource Sites found within the Fanno Creek Watershed. [From the document]
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Portland : Forest Park natural resources management plan
(City of Portland (Or.), 1995-02) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland Parks and Recreation
The Forest Park Natural Resources Management Plan (NRMP) presents current information on natural resources in Forest Park and develops a set of goals and actions designed to guide management of natural resources and recreational use. [From the Plan]
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Portland : Framework for integrated management of watershed health (2005)
(City of Portland (Or.), 2005-12) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Environmental Services
The Framework for Integrated Management of Watershed Health describes how the City of Portland plans to go about achieving and maintaining healthy conditions and ecological functions in its urban waterways—specifically the lower Willamette River, the Columbia Slough, Johnson Creek, Fanno Creek, Tryon Creek, and Balch Creek and other tributaries— and their watersheds. [From the document]
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Portland : Johnson Creek Basin protection plan
(City of Portland (Or.), 1991-07-17) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)
The purpose of the Johnson Creek Basin Protection Plan is to identify, evaluate, and protect significant fish and wildlife habitats, ecologically and scientifically significant natural areas, open spaces, water bodies, wetlands, and the functions and values of the Johnson Creek basin as a whole, and to adopt management recommendations on specific ways to retain and restore the natural habitat areas and values. The plan is designed to comply with Statewide Planning Goal 5. [From the Plan]
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Portland : Johnson Creek watershed : Summaries of resource site inventories
(City of Portland (Or.), 1998-06) Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Portland (Or.)
This document provides summaries of the State Goal 5 natural resource inventories for City Resource Sites within the Johnson Creek Watershed. The summaries are taken from the Johnson Creek Basin Protection Plan (JCBPP), the Brentwood-Darlington Neighborhood Plan additions (BDN), the Outer Southeast Community Plan Addendum (OSCPA), and the Boring Lava Domes Supplement (BLDS). The JCBPP was adopted by City Council in July 1991, and was amended by the BDN in February 1992, the OSCPA in January 1996, and by the BLDS in November 1997. The purpose of this document is to provide a useful single source reference for information on the location, quantity, and quality of resources in the City Resource Sites found within the Johnson Creek Watershed. [From the document]
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Portland : Lower Willamette River wildlife habitat inventory
(City of Portland (Or.), 1986-03) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning; Houck, Mike
The objective of this inventory is to update wildlife habitat information for the Willamette Greenway within Portland's city limits. [From the Inventory]
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Portland : Natural resource inventory : Riparian corridors and wildlife habitat : Willamette River
(City of Portland (Or.), 2007-08) Portland (Or.); Portland (Or.). Bureau of Planning
The purpose of this inventory report is to provide clear and useful information on the location and the current relative condition of riparian corridors and wildlife habitat located in and along the Willamette River in Portland. The report provides an important historical context for inventory work, and describes how the inventory relates to a number of relevant state, regional and federal regulations. The report also provides an overview of the inventory project approach and basic methodology, followed by an overview of the Willamette River Basin and the portion of the river that flows through Portland. Following these general informational sections, the report is divided into separate sections pertaining to the North, Central and South reaches of the river. An overview of each reach is provided, followed by descriptions and maps for smaller inventory sites. At this time the report contains only the North Reach section. The North reach section was completed first to support the River Plan/North Reach project currently being led by the Bureau of Planning, in consultation with stakeholders and the River Plan Committee. Sections for the Central and South reaches will be produced at a later date. [From the Document]