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MISSION - Transforming Portland’s relationship with the Willamette River.
VISION - A city in love with its river.
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It’s been an amazing 2026 season!🎉

Join us for our annual End of Season Potluck celebration on Sunday, September 27th from 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM at the Portland Rowing Club.

Finally, a moment to get to know your swimming community with their clothes on. Though there is a chance for a dip off the rowing club dock.

Please RSVP on the form in our bio so we know how many people we can anticipate. The RSVP has details about how to get there and what to expect. We can’t wait to see you there! 😎

#humanaccessproject #riverhuggers #pdx taken in Portland Rowing Club by @humanaccessproject

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Come rock with us.

Yes, there are actual rocks involved. We’re cleaning up the riverside at Duckworth Dock and we want you there.

We run Beach Brigade because people protect what they love, and it’s a lot easier to love a river once you’ve put your own hands on it. Regular Portlanders turn river-edge spaces into community gems, and nobody needs experience to join in. Many hands make light work.

Thank you to PacifiCorp for sponsoring. Sign up at the link in our bio and bring a friend.

#BeachBrigade #HumanAccessProject #WillametteRiver

📸Therese Gietler taken in Duckworth Dock by @humanaccessproject

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That’s former Mayor Charlie Hales, back in 2017, helping us unrock this bowl.

Long before this redesign competition, HAP volunteers spent a full day hauling rip-rap rocks off the Tom McCall Waterfront shoreline and moving them back to the bank, by hand, to start building a real beach right in downtown Portland. We called it UnRock the Bowl, and it’s the same riverlution we’re still fighting for, mayors included.

Now the city is picking a team to redesign this whole park, and we want Portlanders in the room. Meet the three design teams, see their work, and tell them what you want this space to be.

Free event, fun activity to share your hopes, seated program starts at 7pm. ASL and Spanish interpretation on site. Wednesday, September 23, 5:30-8pm at The Mark Building.

Someday we want Splashdowns on both sides of this river at the same time. This is how we get there.

#JointheRiverlution #HumanAccessProject #WillametteRiver taken in Tom McCall Waterfront Park by @humanaccessproject

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Saturday was so good. Photos are up on our website now if you want to relive it, swipe through and find yourself in the crowd.

Thank you to everyone who came, bid, and showed up for HAP. This is what makes the work possible.

📸@_split.time_
#HumanAccessProject #WillametteRiver #jointheriverlution taken in Portland, Oregon by @humanaccessproject

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taken in Duckworth Dock by @humanaccessproject

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🌎 Shape the 2027 Swimmable Cities Summit! | Façonnez le Sommet 2027 des villes baignables!

This is an opportunity to shape your city’s future, to make it more liveable, equitable and climate resilient.

In the lead up to the Swimmable Cities Summit in Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada, August 25-28 2027, we’re asking all kinds of different people - mayors, diplomats, water managers, architects, athletes, youth, community members, swimmers, environmental leaders, researchers, investors, developers and more - for their input. This is part of the “Swim to the Summit” roadmap. Join us on the journey!

🌆 Take the Survey: see bio link @swimmable_cities

Note: Early bird registrations are scheduled to commence on World Rivers Day, September 27 2026.

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🇫🇷 FRENCH TRANSLATION:
Voici une occasion de façonner l’avenir de votre ville, de la rendre plus agréable à vivre, plus équitable et plus résiliente face aux changements climatiques.

En amont du Sommet des villes nageables qui se tiendra à Ottawa-Gatineau, au Canada, du 25 au 28 août 2027, nous sollicitons l’avis de tous : maires, diplomates, gestionnaires de l’eau, architectes, athlètes, jeunes, membres de la communauté, nageurs, responsables environnementaux, chercheurs, investisseurs, promoteurs immobiliers et bien d’autres. Cette initiative s’inscrit dans le cadre du plan « Nager vers le sommet ». Joignez-vous à nous !

🏞️ Participez au sondage: voir le lien bio @swimmable_cities

Remarque : Les inscriptions anticipées débuteront le 27 septembre 2026, Journée mondiale des rivières.

📸 Photo credit: Diplomats’ Dip for Swimmable Cities, World Lake Day 2026. Image courtesy of the National Capital Commission - Commission de la capitale nationale.

#Swim2Summit #SwimmableCities #SustainableCities #ClimateResilience taken in National Capital Region (Canada) by @humanaccessproject

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That’s not the river. That’s a quarry, cutting rock headed for Audrey McCall Beach.

We’re two phases into a four phase rebuild of the space under the Hawthorne Bridge. New mural, fencing, bike racks, and this rock going in where a chain link fence has sat for over a decade. Metro’s Nature in Neighborhoods grant is helping fund it.

Grants don’t cover everything though. Down By The River, our fundraiser, is next Saturday, September 12 at Skylab Architecture. It’s what keeps phase 3 and phase 4 moving once this grant runs out.

Tickets are $75, and features an incredible scene with 3 bands and a whole bunch of river lovers. BONUS: IT’s for a great cause and a great organization. See you there!
 #WillametteRiver #HumanAccessProject #jointheriverlution
📸Nicole Ferreira & Scott Fogarty taken in Audrey McCall Beach by @humanaccessproject

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‘Down By The River’ is a celebration of what we can accomplish when we come together.

We have a solution to the algae bloom. Ten years of research with OSU went into the plan to fix what’s broken in Ross Island Lagoon, and this fundraiser is how that work keeps moving.

Come toast the wins, then help us fund the next one.

Saturday, September 12 at Skylab Architecture.
L I N K in B I O

#WillametteRiver #RossIslandLagoon #HumanAccessProject

📸HAP archive and @_split.time_ taken in Portland, Oregon by @humanaccessproject

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The bloom that shut down splashdown and lloyd live didn’t come out of nowhere, and it’s not going away on its own.

Last week we shared what a real fix looks like, backed by years of research with OSU and a design that’s ready to go. What’s missing is a state agency willing to lead, set a timeline, and fund the work to get it built.

If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s in the previous post. This one needs all of us. If you are ready to help, comment ‘ready!’ and tag a few folks that need to know about it.

#WillametteRiver #RossIslandLagoon #HumanAccessProject #harmfulalgaebloom taken in Williamette River by @humanaccessproject

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People have been asking what we mean by build the channels. Before 1926, Ross Island and Hardtack Island were two separate islands with the Willamette running clean between them.

That year the Army Corps of Engineers built an embankment connecting them, closing off the channel to deepen a shipping route.

Almost a hundred years later, that closed off water is why the lagoon turns toxic green every summer. No flow in, no flow out, just heat and stagnant water doing what stagnant water does.

We’ve spent years working with Oregon State University on the fix. Reopen the channel, let the river move through again.

We’re asking the state to help us build it toward life again.

Hope that helps explain it.

Thank you @datguy_eddy for the incredible photography. Horrifically beautiful. taken in Ross Island Lagoon by @humanaccessproject

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Friday Splashdown is canceled. Algae from Ross Island Lagoon has spread into the Willamette and it is not something to mess around with. Not for you, and especially not for your dog.

Stay out of the water. Watch for thick green scum, cloudy water, or a bad smell, and keep the dogs on shore too.

A river that’s supposed to be ours to swim in shouldn’t be shut down by a bloom that keeps coming back year after year. We’re done treating that as normal, and we’re pushing for a real fix so future seasons doesn’t end the same way. More on that soon.

#WillametteRiver #RossIsland #HarmfulAlgaeBloom #HumanAccessProject
#jointheriverlution
📸 Eddy Nunez taken in Ross Island Lagoon by @humanaccessproject

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Tomorrow Lloyd at the docks is cancelled do to potentially harmful Algae coming down river. Stay safe friends! ♥️ taken in Portland, Oregon by @humanaccessproject

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