In 2025, a multi-year effort to improve water quality in Baker Bay concluded with the completion of improvements to the Port of Ilwaco parking lot and adjacent Howerton Avenue. New stormwater treatment facilities will treat polluted runoff before it flows into Baker Bay, resulting in cleaner water for fish and wildlife and a more beautiful waterfront area.
Small public boat ramp located at River Mile 18.2 on the Multnomah Channel, directly adjacent to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife's Sauvie Island Wildlife Refuge and across the channel from the Burlington Bottoms wetland. The ramp is located at the site of an old ferry line that connected Sauvie Island to the mainland.
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Construction underway! East Fork Lewis River Reconnection Project groundbreaking held on May 9
The Estuary Partnership and Clark County welcomed nearly 75 people on May 9, 2025, to celebrate the groundbreaking of the East Fork Lewis River Reconnection Project. Project supporters gathered beneath a Caterpillar
The Lower Columbia Barrier Inventory & Decision-support Tool was developed in 2024 by the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership for Washington's Lower Columbia Fish Recovery Board. It includes a geodatabase inventory of fish passage features in southwest Washington's lower Columbia Region, and an accompanying decision-support model. The model is intended to help prioritize the selection of fish passage barriers for passage improvement projects. It generates scores for anadromous fish passage barriers in the inventory, which reflect the relative value of implementing fish passage improvement
MAY 13 Welcome and Overview of the Day Catherine Corbett , Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership, Steering Committee Chair Becoming the Voice of the River: How to Speak Passionately about Restoration Science (presentation checklist) Janine Castro , Technical Director, River Restoration Professional Certificate Program, PSU Environmental Professional Program SESSION 1 Supporting Diverse Pacific NW Marine Data Access Needs via the NANOOS Visualization System Rachel Wold , Jan Newton, Roxanne Carini, Nicholas Rome, Troy Tanner, Jonathan Allan, Charles Seaton, and Michael Kosro Seasonal and
