News from NCLC

A $600,000 grant awarded this week by the US Forest Service Community Forest Grant Program moves North Coast Land Conservancy one step closer to conserving 3,500 acres of forest in the mountains above Oswald West State Park. NCLC is in

We’re dreaming of a Hawaiian vacation–preferably at a luxurious beachfront resort. For one lucky family–or four lucky adults–that dream will be coming true.   North Coast Land Conservancy is selling raffle tickets for a chance to win an amazing Escape

A partnership between two coastal land conservation groups has made possible conservation of Botts Marsh, the only saltmarsh that had been designated for development on Nehalem Bay. It marks the penultimate step of a nearly 40-year effort to conserve 30

Much of the original forested floodplain along the Oregon side of the lower Columbia River has long since been logged off and diked for pasture. Blind Slough Swamp Preserve is an exception. This large Sitka spruce swamp represents a habitat

English ivy is a tree-strangler. When this invasive vine creeps up tree trunks, its rootlets burrow into the bark, causing fungus and decay. Eventually the enormous weight of the ivy can topple a tree. Vaughn Martin and Penny Abegglen of