Ecola Creek Project History

Property Description

The Ecola Creek Forest Reserve (ECFR) consists of 220 acres of forestland owned by the City of Cannon Beach located approximately one-mile east of Cannon Beach. The ECFR consists of three “tracts”. The first tract is a 60-acre parcel that is the site of springs that are the City’s primary water source, the summer water intake and the City’s water treatment facility. The second tract is a 40-acre parcel of commercial timberland that was acquired by the City from the Weyerhaeuser Company in 2003. The third tract is a 120-acre tract of commercial timberland acquired by the City from the Weyerhaeuser Company in 2004.

The ECFR contains a mixed age forest, including a remnant of coastal old growth rain forest adjacent to the West Fork of Ecola Creek, and aquatic and riparian habitat associated with the West Fork and North Fork of Ecola Creek. The parcel contains approximately one mile of frontage on the West Fork of Ecola Creek and 3/10 of a mile of frontage on the North Fork of Ecola Creek. The area provides passage, spawning and rearing for steelhead, sea-run cutthroat trout, and Chinook and Coho salmon. Ecola Creek has been listed as critical habitat for coho salmon and is managed for native fish.

A management plan was adopted by the City Council on December 5, 2006.


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