THE RAINFOREST RESERVE FOREST RESTORATION PROJECT WILL IMPROVE FOREST STRUCTURE AND SPECIES DIVERSITY WITHI…
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Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_F26AC02853_014
- FAIN
- F26AC02853
- Recipient
- NORTH COAST LAND CONSERVANCY, INC.
- Awarding agency
- Department of the Interior
- Funding agency
- Department of the Interior
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 15.630
- Total obligated
- $49,844
- Period
- Sep 1, 2026 – Mar 1, 2027
- Fiscal year
- 2026
- Place of performance state
- OR
- Source file
- FY2026_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
THE RAINFOREST RESERVE FOREST RESTORATION PROJECT WILL IMPROVE FOREST STRUCTURE AND SPECIES DIVERSITY WITHIN THE UPPER BASIN OF WEST FORK ECOLA CREEK. HISTORIC LAND USE IN THIS AREA HAS RESULTED IN A PATCHWORK OF EVEN-AGED, OVERSTOCKED FOREST STANDS DOMINATED BY ONLY ONE OR TWO TREE SPECIES. THIS WATERSHED SERVES AS A CRITICAL DRINKING WATER SOURCE FOR THE CITY OF CANNON BEACH AND PROVIDES HABITAT FOR SEVERAL OREGON CONSERVATION STRATEGY (OCS) SPECIES DEPENDENT ON STRUCTURALLY DIVERSE FOREST CONDITIONS.THIS PROJECT WILL APPLY VARIABLE-DENSITY THINNING ACROSS 184 ACRES OF YOUNG STANDS TO PROMOTE ACCELERATED TREE GROWTH AND STRUCTURAL DIVERSITY. WILDLIFE OPENINGS TOTALING 5% OF THE PROJECT AREA WILL RETAIN AND ENHANCE EARLY SERAL PLANT COMMUNITIES, AND OUT-PLANTINGS OF UNDERREPRESENTED TREE AND SHRUB SPECIES WITHIN THESE GAPS WILL INCREASE BIODIVERSITY FOR THE BENEFIT OF WILDLIFE.