The following was submitted in late August to our contact with the city for review. We will update/revise after the autumnal equinox (September 21).
The overarching purpose of River View Natural Area is to preserve quality cold water refugia and safeguard forest habitat.
This value statement defines the deeply held beliefs and principles of FoRVNA organizational culture, and acts as a moral compass to guide decision-making and establish a standard that actions can be assessed against. This fundamental core value is shared and acted upon by all members of FoRVNA.
FoRVNA exists to help promote, protect, and preserve RVNA as a valued forest habitat and cold water refugia.
FoRVNA supports the Specific Purposes: Conservation Values as specified in the (July 2011) RVNA Conservation Easement Agreement (2b), the City of Portland's Terrestrial Ecology Enhancement Strategy (June 28, 2011), and the RVNA Management Plan Executive Summary (October. 2015).
FoRVNA supports the (Oct. 2015) Ecological Prescriptions for RVNA, ( which identify actions to improve the ecological health of a natural area, inform policy changes, and guide monitoring efforts ); and the design and construction of a trail system sustainable from both a maintenance perspective and an environmental perspective.
River View Natural Area will be an urban environmental sanctuary and a model for community supported conservation education and ecological research by college and citizen-scientists.