Nestucca River Watershed, COA 017

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The Nestucca River in Oregon's Coast Range Ecoregion. Photo Credit: Herman Biederbeck, ODFW

A 190 square mile area of coast range mixed and late successional conifer forest, riparian areas of Nestucca River, and freshwater wetlands. Area is conterminal with Nestucca Bay and Trask Mountain COA.

COA ID: 017

Recommended Conservation Actions

Improve water quality: maintain or enhance in-channel watershed function, and connection to riparian habitat, flow and hydrology
Maintain or restore riparian habitat and ecological function and ensure sufficient habitat complexity for wildlife
Manage federal lands to enhance development of late successional forest

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

American Fisheries Society Diversity Area
Oregon Biodiversity Project Conservation opportunity areas
Siuslaw National Forest High Priority Restoration Area
The Oregon Plan Core Salmon Area

Potential Partners

Bureau of Land Management
Oregon Department of Forestry

Special Features

General

Much of the area lies within Siuslaw National Forest, Adaptive Management Area for conservation values

Previously Associated With

2006 COA ID CR-13 (Nestucca River Watershed)

Ecoregions

Coast Range Ecoregion

Coast Range

Oregon’s Coast Range, known for its dramatic scenery, is extremely diverse, with habitats ranging from open sandy dunes to lush forests and from tidepools to headwater streams. It follows the coastline and extends east through coastal forest to the border of the Willamette Valley and Klamath Mountains ecoregions

Strategy Habitats

Grassland Strategy Habitat

Grasslands

Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.

Coast Range Ecoregion

Late Successional Mixed Conifer Forests

Late successional mixed conifer forests provide a multi-layered tree canopy, including large-diameter trees, shade-tolerant tree species in the understory, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs.

Example of Oak Woodlands, which is a Strategy Habitat within the Oregon Conservation Strategy

Oak Woodlands

Oak woodlands are characterized by an open canopy dominated by Oregon white oak.

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.

Ducks on a wetland in Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Oregon

Wetlands

Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.

Strategy Species

Black Oystercatcher (Observed)

Haematopus bachmani

California Myotis on tree

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)

Myotis californicus

Chinook Salmon - Spring/Summer Run

Chinook Salmon (Documented)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chum Salmon

Chum Salmon (Documented)

Oncorhynchus keta

Clouded Salamander

Clouded Salamander (Modeled Habitat)

Aneides ferreus

Coast Range Fawn Lily (Observed)

Erythronium elegans

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Coastal Tailed Frog (Observed)

Ascaphus truei

Coho Salmon (Documented)

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Columbia Torrent Salamander (Observed)

Rhyacotriton kezeri

Fisher (Observed)

Pekania pennanti

Fringed Myotis (Observed)

Myotis thysanodes

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasiurus cinereus

Long-legged Myotis (Observed)

Myotis volans

Marbled Murrelet (Observed)

Brachyramphus marmoratus

Nelson’s Checkermallow (Observed)

Sidalcea nelsoniana

Northern Red-legged Frog (Observed)

Rana aurora

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)

Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)

Contopus cooperi

Oregon Silverspot Butterfly

Oregon Silverspot Butterfly (Observed)

Speyeria zerene hippolyta

Peregrine Falcon (Observed)

Falco peregrinus anatum

Purple Martin (Modeled Habitat)

Progne subis arboricola

Red Tree Vole (Observed)

Arborimus longicaudus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Observed)

Rhyacotriton variegatus

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)

Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Townsend's Big-eared Bat

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Modeled Habitat)

Corynorhinus townsendii

Western Painted Turtle on a log

Western Painted Turtle (Modeled Habitat)

Chrysemys picta bellii

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)

Actinemys marmorata

Western Toad (Observed)

Anaxyrus boreas