Forested Wetland Restoration Talk

Neacoxie Creek forested wetland area. Photo by Bob Goldberg.

The public is invited to a Newport talk by Jake Robinson of Yankee Creek Forestry to learn about forested wetland and spruce swamp restoration. 

Estuaries and wetlands along the Oregon coast have been altered during the past 150 years by diking, draining and conversion to agriculture or development. Over 90% of tidal marshes and swamps have been lost in the process. These areas are vital habitat for countless species and also dampen flood and storm effects, trap sediment, sequester carbon and provide nutrients to lower estuaries and the ocean.

Jake Robinson has been practicing forestry since 2001. His work has involved everything from cruising to cutting, planning to planting. In addition to working as a private contractor serving small, non-industrial private forest landowners, he has also worked with a variety of agencies and including South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Northwest Natural Resource Group, U.S. Forest Service, and the Oregon Department of Forestry, among others, and also for several watershed councils.

Robinson’s presentation will focus on an innovative use of forest byproducts in an ecological restoration project, and combining upland forest work with wetland restoration.

The discussion will happen at the MidCoast Watersheds Council meeting on Thursday, October 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the public meeting room at the Central Lincoln PUD building, 2129 N. Coast Hwy in Newport, (across from the Safeway complex). Refreshments will be served.

For more information, contact Evan Hayduk at evan@midcoastwatershedscouncil.org.