North American Wetland Conservation Act Grant
Columbia Land Trust, partnering with Ducks Unlimited, received $1million in 1999 to conserve Lower Columbia River estuaries. A second million-dollar grant to conserve 4,200 acres of wetlands and associated uplands in the Willapa Bay was approved in 2000. A Willapa Bay Phase 2 NAWCA grant was submitted in March 2002 to conserve and restore an additional 1,250 acres of wetlands.
Hines Marsh
The land trust is currently working on several important projects to protect Hines Marsh, a critical wetland area for Willapa Bay water quality and numerous species of wildlife on the Long Beach Peninsula. The Trumpeter Swan Society and Ducks Unlimited recently received funding to complete restoration projects on the marsh to restore water levels and habitat for Trumpeter Swans and other waterfowl.
Grays River
Columbia Land Trust is actively negotiating on over 800 acres of land in the lower Grays River and Deep River watershed. These diked tidelands will be restored to reconnect the river with the floodplain to benefit salmon and a host of other fish and wildlife species. These projects have been identified as some of the most important conservation work in the Columbia River estuary.
Willapa Bay
Columbia Land Trust owns land on the Willapa Bay side of the Long Beach Peninsula, and is assessing lands around the bay to the South Nemah River area. These lands are important for conserving mature Sitka spruce forests, estuarine tideland, intertidal communities and a host of other threatened lands. Numerous species of wildlife utilize these habitat area, and they are critical to the health of the estuary and the Oyster industry of the bay.
Long Beach Peninsula
Conservation of one of the largest interdunal freshwater wetland complexes in North America and the estuarine wetlands along Willapa Bay is a priority for the Land Trust. This area also contains an old growth Douglas fir community that is found in only a handful of locations in the Pacific Northwest.
Forest Protection
Columbia Land Trust is working with a private landowner to conserve remaining old growth forest communities on the Long Beach peninsula and the Lower Columbia River area. These communities are rare and provide significant benefits to the ecosystem.
Columbia Coast and Estuary Projects Tour
Mid-Columbia River Projects Tour
Columbia River Gorge and East Cascades Projects Tour
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