Publications and Resources

OSU (& partner) publications and reports

Basis for Design Report: 30% Design for flushing channels to mitigate the bloom at RIL

Appendix A: Link to animations and figures

Appendix B: 2D Hydraulic Modeling for the Ross Island Lagoon Flushing Channel Design (ICF)

Appendix C: Hydrodynamic and water quality modeling report (KF2)

Appendix D: Flushing Channel 30% design planset (ICF)

Tullos, D., Skinner, M.M., Paerl, H.W. and Preece, E.P. (2025) A Practitioner-Informed Decision Tree for Selecting Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom Control and Mitigation Techniques. WIREs Water, 12: e70005. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.70005

Tullos and Chavis (2024) HCB Management Plan

Appendix A: Hydrodynamic and Water Quality Modeling Report (Common Futures 2024)

Appendix B: Peer review of Modeling report (KF2 2024)

Appendix C: CAD cell memo (Tullos and Chavis 2024)

Appendix D: Bubble curtain evaluation (Hydro-Key 2023)

Tullos et al. (2024) Ross Island Lagoon Story Map

Ross Island Lagoon Field Data Library

Fat Pencil (2024) Aerial view animation of flushing channel

OMSI (2023) Presentation | Treating the Harmful Cyanobacteria Bloom (HCB) at Ross Island Lagoon

OPB (2024) | Recent research details potential solutions to Ross Island Lagoon’s cyanobacteria blooms

OMSI (2024) Presentation | HCB Management Plan for Ross Island Lagoon

Regulations & Reclamation documents

ODEQ Reclamation Page

ODEQ Final Site Investigation Report Review Letter from DEQ (2001)

DSL Reclamation Plan Section 4: Reclamation Goals and Strategies (2002)

ODEQ No Further Action Memo (2011)

ODEQ Ross Island Sand and Gravel 401 Water Quality Certification (2017)

ODEQ Ross Island Fill Evaluation Fact Sheet (2022)

2020 Reclamation Plan Adaptive Management Permit Application

Ecology & Vision

telemetric data | project directives | soil samples

USGS Gauges

USGS gauge at Morrison St. Bridge

USGS gauge at OMSI dock

Bureau of Environmental Services (BES)

BES (2018) Willamette Natural Resource Inventory of Site WR19 Ross Island/Oaks Bottom

BES (2020) Ecological Characterization of the Lower Willamette River through Portland

BES (2021) Year 1 Monitoring Report for Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Tidal Restoration Section 206 Ecosystem Restoration Report

BES (2022) Year 3 Monitoring Report for Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge Tidal Restoration Section 206 Ecosystem Restoration Report

Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)

ODFW (2005) Biology, behavior, and resources of resident and anadromous fish in the lower Willamette River

ODFW and NMFS (2011) Upper Willamette River conservation and recovery plan for chinook salmon and steelhead

Hart Crowser Reports

Crowser (2000) Final Site Investigation Report Port of Portland Confined Dredged Material Disposal Ross Island Facility Portland, Oregon

Crowser (2000) Site Investigation Report Appendix B (boring logs and other geophysical tests) and Appendix D (groundwater modeling)

Other Resources

ODEQ Site Cleanup Documents

Rickert et al. (1977) Algal conditions and the potential for future algal problems in the Willamette River, Oregon

Houck M, Frank C, Medeiros M, Sallinger B, Faha M, Williams T. (n.d.) Envisioning Ross Island

Other reports

modeling reports | sediment transport | assessments 

West Consultants Inc. (2002) Hydraulic and Sediment Transport Modeling For the Willamette River And Ross Island Lagoon

West Consultants Inc. (2004) Hydrodynamics/sedimentation modeling for the Lower Willamette River

Northwest Hydraulic Consultants Inc. (2010) No-rise Analysis for Zidell Property Remediation Project

West Consultants Inc. (2010) Bridge Hydraulics and Scour Assessment Detailed Report for Proposed TriMet Bridge over the Willamette River Multnomah County, Oregon

Herrera Environmental Consultants. (2023) Vancouver Lake Management Plan. Draft.