Project Spotlight: Waldron Creek Bridge
In 2010, EFM partnered with the Tillamook Bay Watershed Council and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife to enhance salmon habitat and improve water quality in Waldron Creek. This creek runs through the Garibaldi Forest property and is a tributary to the Miami River, a high-priority salmon river. The project included replacing an aging bridge to enhance water quality and flow, and to improve the property’s transportation infrastructure. The placement of large logs also improved over-wintering habitat for coho and steelhead.
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Key Objectives
Build Long-Term Value
Our modeling indicates that ecological forestry produces higher-quality wood over time than the industrial approach, and builds a more valuable and diverse standing forest. It enhances the opportunity to capture non-timber values such as conservation easements, conservation land sales, and commercial forest carbon.
Enhance Forest Health
Ecological forestry lengthens rotations, relies on commercial thinning and small patch cuts rather than clear cuts, and improves species and structural diversity.
Improve Social Returns
Ecological forestry generates a more reliable and consistent flow of wood, and presents more jobs and opportunities for rural communities.