Habitat Support Fund
Double the Difference
Portland General Electric’s Habitat Support Fund provides customers with the ability to make a difference in two meaningful ways. Participating customers support renewable energy while also helping to restore and preserve habitats for Oregon native fish, including salmon, through an automatic $2.50 monthly donation.
The donations are directly passed to The Freshwater Trust to administer multiple grants that restore fish habitat in communities where PGE operates or watersheds that are affected by PGE operations (specifically, the Willamette, Sandy, and Deschutes watersheds). We coordinate the Habitat Support funds to match these donations with grant dollars, creating an even larger impact through projects across the state.
2026 Recipients
2025 Grant Recipients
Wychus Creek
Removal of the last remaining concrete dam on Wychus Creek and its tributaries has opened up 13 miles of upstream habitat for steelhead, redband trout and Chinook salmon in the Deschutes River system in Central Oregon. The Upper Deschutes Watershed Council continues to monitor the effectiveness of its instream and streamside habitat restoration to ensure that the ecological outcomes and benefits to salmon associated with this restoration work are realized and remain durable.
Kilchis River
The Nature Conservancy is restoring 66 acres of estuarine and freshwater wetlands on the Kilchis River near its confluence with Tillamook Bay.
Tryon Creek
The Tryon Creek Watershed Council is undertaking a multi-phase restoration project that includes the construction of beaver dam analogs. BDAs are simple, low-tech wood constructions designed to mimic the form and function of natural beaver dams. They help slow stream flow and create safe habitat refuges for migrating salmon.
