North Coast Watershed Association
$44,308  Coast Range 

Our project will complete the GIS analysis, and survey story telling of three cohort years of juvenile salmon and trout from 2023 to 2025 within the service areas of the NCWA and NWC. Additionally, the project proposals aims to conduct a UAV drone flight of 5 miles of riparian habitat along the Lower Lewis and Clark River to compare in stream field data with high resolution ortho photos and a thermal imaging of the river and riparian habitat. The project will highlight Conservation Opportunity Areas: 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 within the watersheds of Oregon's North Coast. The project will establish the first ever basin wide restoration baseline for the NCWA and NWC on Oregon Conservation Strategy Species including ESA listed coho, chinook, and chum salmon; non-listed threatened species including steelhead and coastal cutthroat trout; and species of concern such as Pacific and brook lamprey.