[PAGE 1] Jetty Creek Watershed 10/17/2025 Forest Advisory Committee [PAGE 2] AGENDA • Review ownership terminology • Review Draft Purpose and Goals • Review Proposed Policy Categories • Review Management Zone Approach • Next Steps [PAGE 3] How to refer to the property: “The City of Rockaway Beach’s fee simple ownership in the Jetty Creek Watershed” [PAGE 4] Draft Purposes and Goals PROVIDE RELIABLE BUILD LONG-TERM FOREST FOSTER COMMUNITY SUPPORT AND ENHANCE ENSURE LONG-TERM QUANTITIES OF HIGH- RESILIENCE THROUGH ENGAGEMENT AND HABITAT FOR NATIVE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY QUALITY DRINKING WATER. STEWARDSHIP THAT STEWARDSHIP THROUGH WILDLIFE, CONSISTENT BY MANAGING THE FOREST PROMOTES SPECIES RECREATION AND WITH DRINKING WATER TO MINIMIZE WATER DIVERSITY AND EDUCATION. OBJECTIVES. TREATMENT COSTS AND STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY OPTIMIZE OPERATIONAL WHILE MITIGATING RISKS EFFICIENCY WITHIN THE FROM FIRE AND OTHER CITY'S BUDGET. DISTURBANCES. [PAGE 5] 1. Provide reliable quantities of high-quality drinking water The City of Rockaway Beach fee simple ownership in the Jetty Creek watershed includes roughly 52% of the drinking water source area. A combination of steep slopes, erodible soils, roads, and past management practices has resulted in concerns around high turbidity throughout the watershed, which could drive up water treatment costs. All management practices will prioritize protecting and improving both the quality and quantity of source water, now and in the future. This includes mitigating impacts from sediment, nutrients, temperature fluctuations, large-scale disturbances such as pest outbreaks, and human activities. Additionally, forest structure and stand composition significantly affect low-flow and peak-flow conditions—factors that are becoming increasingly critical as weather patterns grow more unpredictable due to climate change. [PAGE 6] 2. Build long-term forest resilience through stewardship that promotes species diversity and structural complexity while mitigating risks from fire and other disturbances. Diverse and complex forests have a higher capacity to store and filter water, as well as greater ecological resilience in the face of disturbance and climate change. Forest stewardship will align with natural ecological processes to accelerate the forest's ability to provide essential ecosystem services. Policies relating to harvest, stream protection, and invasive species management all aim to support natural forest processes while preparing for a future with greater variability and severity of disturbances. [PAGE 7] 3. Foster community engagement and stewardship through recreation and education. The city-owned property provides valuable aesthetic, recreational, and cultural value to the Rockaway Beach community, supporting activities from hiking and wildlife viewing to education. Management actions will balance encouraging public access and a sense of place with minimizing human impacts on water quality. [PAGE 8] 4. Support and enhance habitat for native wildlife, consistent with drinking water objectives. The Jetty Creek watershed provides important habitat for a wide range of wildlife species. The mosaic of forest stand characteristics on the city- owned property currently supports adequate habitat with significant potential for future improvement. Steep slopes and large riparian buffers have created natural barriers to harvest, resulting in de facto reserve areas across the property. Over time, managing for historical forest succession patterns will restore habitat conditions that have become increasingly rare on the Northern Oregon Coast. [PAGE 9] 5. Ensure long-term financial sustainability by managing the forest to minimize water treatment costs and optimize operational efficiency within the City's budget. Active management of the city-owned property plays a dual role in maintaining forest health and funding ongoing stewardship costs, with direct impacts on water affordability for the community. Timber sale revenue supports property maintenance activities that simultaneously protect source water quality and provide living wages to local contractors. By integrating active management with source water protection and climate resilience, the property serves as a public model for sustainable forestry that delivers both ecological and economic benefits. [PAGE 10] Policy Categories FOREST STREAM BUFFERS ROAD INVASIVE RECREATION AND STEWARDSHIP MAINTENANCE SPECIES AND PUBLIC ACCESS CHEMICAL USE [PAGE 11] Management Zones Zone 1 - preserve Zone 2- protect and steward Zone 3- steward and recreate [PAGE 15] Management Zones Zone 1 464 acres Zone 2 240 acres Zone 3 96 acres [PAGE 16] DISCUSSION AND NEXT STEPS BEN HAYES ben@springboardforestry.com