River Plan / North Reach

Floodplain Management & The North Reach presentation to the EOA Collaborative Working Group May 16, 2025

North Portland’s Willamette riverfront in flux: an opportunity with no guiding vision by Barbara Quinn, North Peninsula Review, June 1, 2024

Willamette River Greenway Inventory adopted by City Council 2020

Goodling, Erin Katherine, "Grassroots Resistance in the Sustainable City: Portland Harbor Superfund Site Contamination, Cleanup, and Collective Action" (2017). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 3613.

Heisler, Stefan; Ivey, Sara; Kelso, Alexis; Sakuma, Ryu; Dornoff, John; and Yee, Dianne, "Getting Green to Work in the Northwest Industrial District" (2015). Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects. 123.

Murthy, Mathangi; Boschetti, Tabitha; Anderson, Michelle; Kini, Saumya; Lehman, Rosa; and Brown, Violet, "Cathedral Waterfront Plan" (2015). Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects. 127.

Kelley, Lewis; DuBois, James; Erzen, Savannah; Gastaldi, Gena; Harrison, Lisa; and Stoll, Nick, "North Portland Greenway Trail Strategic Plan" (2015). Master of Urban and Regional Planning Workshop Projects. 124.

Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Update on North Reach Court Rulings April 2014

Bureau of Planning and Sustainability Update on River Plan /North Reach June 2013

Fine, Jonathan David, "At the End of the Peninsula" (2012). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 558.

Industry groups score another win agains Portland’s River Plan by Brad Schmidt, The Oregonian, June 27, 2011

Op-ed in the Oregonian: Portland’s River Plan Keeps On Rollin’ by Don Hanson, former North Reach River Plan Committee Chairman February 23, 2011

Portland can’t implement its environmentally drive river plan by Brad Schmidt, The Oregonian, February 12, 2011

City Takes Shellacking From State Tribunal by Edward Sullivan and Carrie Richter, The Daily Journal of Commerce, February 10, 2011

With Remand, LUBA sends City of Portland’s North Reach River Plan Upstream by Stoel Rives LLP, February 9, 2011

Memo from City Attorney to Mayor and City Council regarding LUBA decision on appeal of River Plan / North Reach January 24, 2011

Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) Ruling on River Plan / North Reach January 21, 2011

Memo regarding appointment of 20 North Reach Advisory Committee Members to oversee implementation of River Plan / North Reach November 9, 2010

Responsive Brief for Audubon Society and Willamette Riverkeeper submitted by Daniel Rohlf, Pacific Environmental Advocacy Center, November 9, 2010

Op-ed in The Oregonian: Editorial on Portland River Plan Doesn’t Hold Water by Mayor Sam Adams May 23, 2010

Op-ed in The Oregonian: The Portland River Plan: It’s time for industries to show their commitment to community by Ingrid Stevens, May 21, 2010

Op-ed in The Oregonian: The Portland River Plan: Meeting our vision for the North Reach by Mayor Sam Adams April 2, 2010

Portland officials push River Plan ahead, despite business opposition by Janie Har, The Oregonian, April 7, 2010

Finding the right fit for big ships, small fish by The Oregonian Editorial Board, March 28, 2010

Op-ed in The Oregonian: Critics of the Portland River Plan are all wet by Daniel Rohlf, March 2, 2010

River Plan / North Reach plan adopted by City Council in April 2010 (not implemented due to legal decision by the Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA.)

Volume 1A: Policies, Objectives, and Recommendations 

Volume 1B: Comprehensive Plan Amendments, Code Amendments, and Zoning Maps

Volume 2: Economic Prosperity Background Information

Volume 3A: Natural Resources Inventory: Riparian Corridors and Wildlife Habitat

Volume 3B: Natural Resources Inventory: Appendices

Volume 3C: Economic, Social, Environmental, and Energy Analysis and Recommendations for Riparian Corridors and Wildlife Habitat

Volume 4: Access Background Information

Volume 5: Ordinance and Resolution

Pre-2010 River Documents

River Plan / South Reach

River Plan / Central City