People+Plants+Wildlife

A view from Boneyard Ridge down to the flats at Circle Creek and the Necanicum River. Over the past several months, North Coast Land Conservancy has been tackling a large but important project: refreshing the boundary markings on all its

By Katherine Lacaze, NCLC Communications Coordinator   Last week, on the day following the 2021 Summer Solstice, I had a monumental experience as a North Coast Land Conservancy employee: visiting the proposed Rainforest Reserve. I was brought onto the team

In late spring and early summer, North Coast Land Conservancy’s Necanicum Forest Habitat Reserve in Clatsop County is blanketed with a sweet stillness that draws your attention to the songs of birds splashing on the banks of the Necanicum River and

Have you noticed some of the Sitka spruce trees at North Coast Land Conservancy’s Circle Creek Conservation Center—or other locations in the region—looking a little brown? That’s the doing of spruce aphids, which suck the sap from the tree needles.