The Oregon Central Coast Estuary Collaborative (OCCEC) was recently awarded a significant Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board Focused Investment Partnership grant to restore tidal wetlands in the Alsea and Yaquina estuaries. OCCEC is a multi-partner collaborative that envisions healthy, resilient estuaries along Oregon's central coast.
FIP funding will help achieve OCCEC’s ecological outcomes in the Alsea and Yaquina estuaries by restoring functional tidal wetlands through restoration (900 acres), protecting current tidal swamps and landward migration zones (100+ acres), and protecting acres with conservation ownerships or easements (400+ acres) to allow for future restoration.
Core partners in this project include the: MidCoast Watersheds Council, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, The Wetlands Conservancy, McKenzie River Trust, Ducks Unlimited, Fred M. VanEck Forest Foundation, Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Restoration Programs.
