2023 Fall Meeting

Northwest Community Forest Coalition

Photo: Suter Creek, Tributary to Eagle Creek in Estacada, Oregon

Our Fall Quarterly Meeting brought a renewed focus to management approaches surrounding water quality, stream health, and riparian habitats.

Photo: Clackamas County SWCD Staff introducing the Eagle Creek Community Forest

The NWCFC Fall 2023 Quarterly featured community forest practitioners, funders, and policy makers and the materials around what forest management can look like as it prioritized water quality and riparian health as one of the numerous co-benefits of community forest management, as well as the resources available to support this work. Presentations and materials covered include:

  • Montesano City Forest: Balancing Active Management with Riparian Set Asides.

  • Eagle Creek Community Forest: Process, Goals, and Management

  • Funding Opportunities; Federal and State.

  • A Panel on Forest Management for Water Quality and Storage, Wildlife Habitat, and Forest Restoration featuring Boneyard Ridge, Nason Ridge, and Stewart Mountain.

You can view the the timing and details for each session and the related materials below.

Meeting Materials

The Coalition Visited Eagle Creek Community Forest - Read about the visit and learn about some of the goals for the property moving forward below.

Photo: Clackamas County SWCD Staff introducing highlighting forest management practices taking place on the ECCF property.

A blog post post covering the visit to the Eagle Creek Community Forest is available at the link below!

Save the Date for NWCFC Forum!

Taking place May 7 - 9, 2024, NWCFC will be visiting Enterprise, Oregon and Wallowa East Moraine.

More details to come in the coming months.