Large-scale changes in land uses and climate-related impacts have the potential to alter the community's quality of life and its long-term economic viability.

The Partnership for Coastal Watersheds represents a new approach for managing coastal watersheds, and it could provide the local community with a way to anticipate and respond to the local effects of climate and land use changes.  The Partnership's project area is currently focused on the South Slough watershed and several small watersheds that drain to the Pacific Ocean between Cape Arago and Bullards Beach known as the coastal frontal watersheds. 

The Partnership for Coastal Watersheds is comprised of staff from the South Slough Reserve, the Coos Watershed Association, local landowners, technical advisors, and interested individuals and organizations.
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