‘Putting it back to the way it was’: Nonprofits partner to restore Oregon’s Siuslaw River estuary
A 20-year conservation effort to restore the lower Siuslaw River just got a big boost. A cattle farmer recently transferred 245 acres of land to continue restoration of the tidal estuary. The act will mean a lot for salmon. If the Siuslaw River estuary were a puzzle, a good-sized piece of it was just put back. The latest land deal helps expand more than 1,200 acres of existing conservation lands in the area. It took the work of state and federal agencies and area nonprofits to make it happen.