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The north Oregon coast still retains some of the richest and most productive natural areas and wildlife habitat in the region. The North Coast Land Conservancy, Inc. has worked since 1986 as a land trust with citizens, agencies, and municipalities to preserve some of these precious places.
NCLC owns properties and holds conservation easments from the Columbia River Estuary in Clatsop County all the way down to Lincoln County. Our properties range in size from .5 acres to 364 acres, and all hold important natural resource values including wildlife habitat, water absorption, and migration corridors. More than 25 fee title (owned by NCLC) conservation lands, totaling over 680 acres are preserved in perpetuity. We also hold conservation easments on more than 349 acres (see our Properties page for details).
NCLC's conservation work is not limited to land acquisition and management. We also partner with federal, state and local agencies as well as private entities to provide expert services in all areas of conservation. And we provide public symposia and interpretive hikes focusing on aspects of local natural history (check our events page for a schedule.)
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NCLC works to further our mission through land acquisition, conservation easments, partnerships, and community outreach. This can include: discussing with a private property owner the economic benefits of protecting land through donation, advising a developer about the benefits of a wetland management plan, advising other organizations as they work to preserve an ecologically sensitive area, or providing a public symposium on little known aspects of the coast.
Conservation is accomplished with willing private landowners as well as with cities and counties.
Some properties require little to maintain natural resource functions. Others must be carefully managed to restore their full resource potential. Impacted lands are slated for habitat restoration; pristine lands are conserved. Public
access is allowed on all lands, except one where the donor has request exclusion.
Conservation initiatives presently focus on the 1) Neacoxie Wildlife Corridor; 2) Tillamook Head ecosystem coalition project; 3) Coastal edge, conserving the ocean-estuary-watershed connection 4) Natural and cultural lands associated with the National Scenic Byway; and 5) Columbia quiet waters biodiversity project.