Bandon Marsh Expansion

PRIORITY AREAS FOR CONSERVATION & RESTORATION** Part of a larger effort encompassing an estimated 10,000 acres including: • Foster Dairy – Priority 1 • Winter Lake – Priority 2 • Beaver Slough – Priority 3 • Iowa Slough – Priority 4 • Hatchet Creek – Priority 5 • Alder Creek – Priority 6 • Fat Elk Creek – Priority 7 **Source: ODFW Map Priority Areas 1 through 7. _______________________________________________________________ EFFORTS HAVE BEEN UNDERWAY SINCE AT LEAST 2008*** • 622 acres: “…first phase of larger initiative by ODFW to conserve and restore approximately 3,000 acres in lowlands along the lower Coquille River…” • Pg. 24 (9.) Catalyst for future conservation… ”Phase 4 involves, several years down the line, acquiring and restoring additional properties in the valley, including a working dairy. The initiative is a landscape-level effort to protect and restore the entire wetland ecosystem in the Coquille Valley.” ***Source: See Page 7 “Public Involvement or interagency Coordination”: Coquille Valley, Oregon Wetland Conservation and Restoration: A Proposal to The National Coastal Wetlands Conservation Grant Program; Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board. _____________________________________________________________ HISTORY OF BANDON MARSH**** • Congress established the Bandon Marsh as a National Wildlife Refuge IN 1983. • Over a decade later, Congressman Peter DeFazio led effort to pass refuge expansion to include Ni-les'tun Unit completed in September 2011. • Currently Refuge encompasses 889 acres. • BM National Wildlife Refuge is largest tidal salt marsh restoration project in Oregon; doubles acreage of tidal marsh habitat in Coquille estuary. • Creates habitat for young salmon and shorebirds and over 5 miles of new tidal channels. ****Source: USFWS:http://www.fws.gov/oregoncoast/bandonmarsh/restoration/ partners_supporters.htm ______________________________________________________________ FEDERAL LAND OWNERSHIP IN OREGON***** • 26.7% all land in U.S. is Federally owned • 53.1% of all land in Oregon is Government owned or controlled • Oregon is 4th on the list of “States with the Most Land Owned by the Federal Government” • 32.7 Million Acres Federally Owned • 61.5 Million Acres State Owned • Of the nearly 60% of state land owned and managed by the federal government, most of it falls under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Forest Service or the Bureau of Land Management, with smaller portions controlled by the Fish and Wildlife Service. • USFWS Controls 582,058.53 acres of Land in the State of Oregon • Incl. 229,274.20 acres purchased and valued at $57 million • Only 1,106 acres held as agreements or leases • Oregon is 10th on the list of all US States just behind Minnesota and Kentucky of USFWS controlled lands *****Sources: Congressional Research Service report for Congress: Wilderness Overview and Statistics 2010; May 16, 2011: http://247wallst.com/2011/05/16/the-states-with-the-most-land-owned-by-the-federal-government/ USFWS Annual Report of Land Under Control of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, As of September 30, 2009.

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