Upper Nehalem Watershed Council

WRE EASEMENT RESTORATION_GALASSI

UPPER NEHALEM WATERSHED COUNCIL SEEKS TO CONTINUE RIPARIAN REFORESTATION EFFORTS WITH THEIR NEHALEM RIPARIAN FORESTATION (NRF) CREW IN COLLABORATION WITH THE BLM TILLAMOOK FIELD OFFICE TO CONDUCT ESSENTIAL PLANT ESTABLISHMENT WORK. THE PROJECT GOAL IS TO IMPROVE 20 ACRES OF RIPARIAN FOREST OF THE UPPER NEHALEM WATERSHED, INCLUDING BLM O C LANDS IN THE EAST FORK NEHALEM, ALONG 4 MILES OF HIGH PRIORITY TEMPERATURE LIMITED STREAM REACH WITHIN DOCUMENTED ESSENTIAL COHO SALMON HABITAT AREAS, BY STRATEGICALLY PLANTING 6,000 LOCALLY PRODUCED NATIVE CONIFER, HARDWOOD, AND SHRUB PLANT SPECIES IN WELL PREPARED STREAMSIDE SITES. DIVERSE NATIVE PLANTINGS PROVIDE ECOLOGICAL BENEFIT TO AQUATIC AND TERRESTRIAL SPECIES, INCLUDING POLLINATORS.

COLLABORATION WITH THE BLM TO EXPAND RIPARIAN REFORESTATION EFFORTS IN THE UPPER NEHALEM WATERSHED BY MAINTAINING, INTER-PLANTING AND EXPANDING THE RESTORATION FOOTPRINT TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY AND HABITAT CONDITIONS FOR T E SPECIES. THE PROJECT SITES ON BLM LAND, THE VERNONIA SCHOOL CAMPUS, AND OTHER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE PROPERTY ARE LOCATED WITHIN A GREATER NETWORK OF BASIN WIDE WATERSHED HEALTH AND NATIVE SALMON POPULATION RECOVERY PROJECTS.

RESTORE AND IMPROVE FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT IN CLATSOP COUNTY

ORWA SRS RIPARIAN RESTORATION NEHALEM NATIVE NURSERY

TWEEDLE CREEK RESTORATION

RESTORE AND IMPROVE FISH AND WILDLIFE HABITAT IN COLUMBIA COUNTY