A display developed by the Portland International Airport wildlife hazard management team located on the Concourse Connector is honoring the Migratory Bird Treaty Centennial (1916-2016). This year marks the centennial of the Convention between the United States and Great Britain (for Canada) for the Protection of Migratory Birds — also called the Migratory Bird Treaty…
A new interpretive sign tells the story of wetlands at Troutdale Reynolds Industrial Park. Earthwork that created a new meandering stream channel and lowlands were completed this summer by the Port of Portland, and native plantings are growing. The area is an active construction site through December 2016. The sign is designed to help those…
Port of Portland Land Quality Manager Stan Jones with the Waste Minimization Team (from right): Grace Stainback, Erin Anderson, Stan Jones, Andrew Hickey, Toby Kubler, Kaileigh Westermann, and Jeffrey Waldo. By Grace Stainback Working at the Port of Portland, with its Five Years to Zero Waste Plan, fits right in with my upbringing. I have…
If you have ever done a home improvement project, you know the routine of getting rid of construction waste: rent a dumpster to haul off the old materials. Perhaps a simple solution for a residential project, but imagine if you are renovating an airport! When Portland International Airport replaced 13 acres of carpet in the…
Shannon and her family visited Camp Leakey in Borneo, Indonesia where she met with Dr. Biruté Galdikas to learn about her lifelong work in orangutan and rainforest habitat preservation in December 2015. In Celebration of Earth Day, we’re learning more about the Port’s Environmental Management System (EMS). The EMS goes beyond regulatory requirements through evaluation and…
When traveling, it’s easy to assume that your order needs to be placed “to go.” But more often than not, food is still eaten in the terminal, not on the plane. At MOD Pizza PDX, this ordering predicament was causing pizza boxes to quickly fill up garbage receptacles on Concourse C. Plates seemed like a…
Portland International Airport offers travelers and employees 48 electric vehicle charging stations—the largest installation of commercial stations at an airport in the United States. The PDX economy parking lot has 24 L1 PowerPost™ EV charging stations, available in two separate areas of 12 stations each. An additional 18 level 1 stations are located in the…
The Port of Portland’s Mitigation Management Program was initiated in late 1997 to respond to ongoing and proposed mitigation requirements and mandates from various regulatory agencies. Since that time, changes to the program have been incorporated on a regular basis as part of daily activities and on an annual basis through the Mitigation Management Plan….
The Government Island Grassland Enhancement project work crew before equipment is barged off the island. September 21, 2015: The Port of Portland ecologists and partners looked on in disappointment as the truck and trailer carrying the seed and drill seeder sunk deep into the dry sand of the Columbia River’s shoreline. After a long day…
Nature is a source of inspiration for all, especially children. Students from kindergarten to 12th grade and undergraduates are invited to submit their original artwork for the 2016 Honoring our Rivers Student Anthology. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2016. Work can be submitted directly on the project website or through a form. The…
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