Metro has received funding requests from 29 projects seeking to improve trails, sidewalks and roadways in communities across greater Portland. Share your views on these project proposals by taking an online survey, open through June 21.
Metro has received funding requests from 29 projects seeking to improve trails, sidewalks and roadways in communities across greater Portland. Share your views on these project proposals by taking an online survey, open through June 21.
In alignment with its role to report annually to the Metro Council, the Natural Areas and Capital Program Performance Oversight Committee has submitted its year one report back to the Metro Council. Over the past month, the 2019 parks and nature bond reached a critical milestone: a majority of the bond’s programs have finished refinement and are now at work fulfilling the promises Metro made to voters when they approved the bond.
Up to $155 million is available to buy land for natural areas
In the next few months, the Metro Council will consider approval of the refinement plans for the protect and restore land and walking and biking trails programs, providing staff with road maps to acquire land through our willing seller program for habitat protection and where local partners will one day build regional trails. The protect and restore program received many responses to their winter survey and outreach regarding draft plans for prioritizing land purchases. The trails program shares a recap of the past year. The capital grants pilot design and review committee has launched, and the Natural Areas and Capital Program Performance Oversight Committee will meet on March 3.
January information sessions for the protect and restore land program offered an opportunity for community members to see the work and find out how community input has influenced the plans. Local share hosted a roundtable sharing best practices in Tribal Government consultation and engagement.
Much of the work to turn the 2019 parks and nature bond into programs ready to invest in our region's parks, trails and natural areas is on track to be complete by spring 2022. Join us in January to learn about our work to develop plans to protect special places across the region through land acquisition and restoration.
Even during a global pandemic, Metro has continued to enact the vision of voters to protect water and habitat and connect people to nature.
Sources of history, arboretums and parks, Metro’s historic cemeteries continue to serve as the final resting place for people in the region.
In 2021, Metro staff worked with communities of color to reimagine and relaunch its bond-funded programs.
Helping communities take on projects they identify and connect to nature in their own ways.
Shape how the 2019 bond measure continues Metro's work to protect clean water, restore habitat and connect people to nature while centering racial equity and climate resilience.
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Visit the Willamette Falls project website to learn about the collaborative effort to provide public access to the largest waterfall in the Pacific Northwest.
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Hundreds of miles of trails connect pedestrians and cyclists to their favorite places across the region.
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A 2011 report details Metro's 16,000-acre portfolio of land and outlines possibilities for restoration, maintenance and providing public access.
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In the heart of Oregon City is a beautiful canyon with majestic trees, tumbling creeks and passionate Oregon City neighbors – along with shopping carts and trash. Can it become the region's next great nature park?
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The Westside Trail will connect and provide access to the region's distinctive rivers, forests and prairies, while also connecting neighborhoods and communities.
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Natural areas bond measures approved by the region’s voters in 1995 and 2006 spelled out broad geographic areas of interest – 20 in the first bond measure, 27 in the second. These “target areas” were selected for their potential to protect water quality, wildlife habitat and opportunities for people to enjoy nature.
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This 2005 publication – Open Spaces Treasured Places – celebrates a decade of Metro’s efforts to acquire natural areas to protect water quality, wildlife habitat and access to nature. Featuring voices and stories from across the region, the publication details the accomplishments of the $135.6 million open spaces, parks and streams bond measure approved by voters in 1995.
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Can public investment in parks help jump start development and the associated jobs? Discussions with four local developers provide valuable insight into parks’ role as an incentive for development in this 2012 report.
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Adopted in 1992, the Metropolitan Greenspaces Master Plan details the vision, goals and organizational framework of a regional system of natural areas, trails and greenways for wildlife and people in the Portland region.
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