
This area is conterminal with Sand Lake, and Salmon River – Cascade COAs. The area includes Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge, at 1,202 acres, is the largest refuge within the Oregon Coastal Refuge Complex. The refuge also includes Neskowin Marsh, Little Nestucca River Unit, Martella Tract and Two Rivers Peninsula. Neskowin Marsh Unit protects a large freshwater coastal wetland that includes bogs and other rare plant communities. The bay is important for migratory and wintering shorebirds and waterfowl and marine mammals. Historical nesting site for Western Snowy Plovers. Nestucca Bay Refuge provides important winter habitat for the formerly endangered Aleutian Cackling Goose Semidi Island population and serves as an important overwintering site for Dusky Canada geese.
COA ID: 016
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats
Strategy Species

Black Brant (Observed)
Branta bernicla nigricans

Black Oystercatcher (Observed)
Haematopus bachmani

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Caspian Tern (Observed)
Hydroprogne caspia

Chinook Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

Chum Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus keta

Clouded Salamander (Observed)
Aneides ferreus

Coastal Cutthroat Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus clarki clarki

Coastal Tailed Frog (Modeled Habitat)
Ascaphus truei

Coho Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus kisutch

Columbia Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton kezeri

Fisher (Modeled Habitat)
Pekania pennanti

Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel (Modeled Habitat)
Oceanodroma furcata

Fringed Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis thysanodes

Harlequin Duck (Observed)
Histrionicus histrionicus

Hoary Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasiurus cinereus

Leach’s Storm-Petrel (Modeled Habitat)
Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Marbled Murrelet (Observed)
Brachyramphus marmoratus

Northern Red-legged Frog (Documented)
Rana aurora

Northern Spotted Owl (Modeled Habitat)
Strix occidentalis caurina

Olive-sided Flycatcher (Observed)
Contopus cooperi

Peregrine Falcon (Observed)
Falco peregrinus anatum

Purple Martin (Observed)
Progne subis arboricola

Red Tree Vole (Modeled Habitat)
Arborimus longicaudus

Silver-haired Bat (Modeled Habitat)
Lasionycteris noctivagans

Southern Torrent Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Rhyacotriton variegatus

Steelhead / Rainbow / Redband Trout (Documented)
Oncorhynchus mykiss ssp

Tufted Puffin (Observed)
Fratercula cirrhata

Northwestern Pond Turtle (Modeled Habitat)
Actinemys marmorata

Western Snowy Plover (Observed)
Charadrius nivosus nivosus

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas