In 1891 Oregon Legislature created the Port of Portland and empowered it to dredge and maintain the Lower Columbia River channel (from the Pacific Coast to Portland), at a depth of 25 feet. Rather it was in a more convalescent state, docked to its winter residence of floating barges at the Port’s navigation office and maintenance yard on Swan Island in NE Portland (image above). At the time of the tour, the Dredger wasn’t was not actively dredging. Planting the right native in the right place helps anchor our natural and built environment firmly in its surroundings, whether in Portland, Vancouver, Manzanita or Bend.Back in February of this year I had the opportunity to tour the Dredge Oregon, the Port of Portland’s primary dredging vessel for maintaining shipping channels in the Columbia River. Douglas fir, manzanita, madrone, trillium, salal, Oregon grape and Western sword fern are iconic Pacific Northwest plants - albeit each native to its own slice of habitat.
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