Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh, Coastal Wetland Grant

Project Description

Yaquina Bay has lost approximately 70 percent of its historic estuarine marshes. The Bay is now a USFWS and EPA wetland priority acquisition area. The Wetlands Conservancy acquired and protected many acres within this important estuary. The acquisition sites were the highest priority sites identified through a state and local watershed council cooperative assessment. This project also builds on estuarine protection and restoration work being undertaken in that estuary by small private landowners, timber companies and the watershed council. This project was supported by funding from t...

Project Map

Publicly Accessible: No
County: Lincoln County, OR
Project Size:
  • 713.42 acres

Project Sites

  • Site 1: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 10: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 11: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 12: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 2: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 3: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 4: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 5: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 6: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 7: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 8: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)
  • Site 9: Yaquina Bay Estuarine Marsh (Not publicly accessible)

Goals and Targets

Targeted Habitats:

  • Aquatic
    • Estuarine
  • Wetlands and Riparian Habitats

Targeted Species:

  • Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
  • Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
  • Chum Salmon Oncorhynchus keta
  • Coho Salmon Oncorhynchus kisutch
  • Cutthroat Trout Oncorhynchus clarkii
  • Marbled Murrelet Brachyramphus marmoratus
  • Pacific Lamprey Lampetra tridentata
  • Rainbow Trout or Steelhead Oncorhynchus mykiss

Conservation Actions

Action Status Start Year End Year
Land acquisition for conservation (fee simple, etc.) Completed 2003 2011

Outcomes

Is the success of this project's actions being monitored? No/Unknown

Quick Facts

Owning Organization

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 1

Managing Organization

The Wetlands Conservancy
(Non-Governmental Organization)

Contact Information

Ginger Phalen
US Fish and Wildlife Service

General Information

Project #: 196839
Last Updated: July 26, 2012

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