Community. Collaboration. Conservation.

The Necanicum Watershed Council is a community-based nonprofit organization dedicated to the well-being of all communities, both human and wildlife, that rely on the Necanicum Basin. Through hands-on restoration, conservation education and community collaboration, we believe that there is an economically and ecologically equitable future for all life on the north Oregon coast.

Who We Are

photo by Keith Wallach

In the 1990’s a group of passionate community volunteers came together to start devising a plan to protect and enhance the habitat of the Necanicum Basin. By 1997, when the Oregon legislature passed the Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds, these volunteers had started to ramp up their efforts and had a clear vision for a sustainable ecological future on the north coast. A decade later the Necanicum Watershed Council became an official 501(c)(3) community-based nonprofit organization. 

What We Do

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photos by Keith Wallach

“I understand that everything is connected,
that all roads meet, and that all rivers flow into the same sea.”

– Paulo Coelho

photo by Daniel O’Neil

Thanks to our partners at Oregon Bottle Drop, your cans and bottle deposits can now be donated to the Watershed Council!

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We're having a little meet and greet on Monday. Come on by if you're in Seaside. Your Watershed Directors would love to get to know you! 4pm at the Whet Spot
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Bring us your cans and bottles tomorrow at our monthly collection day! 39 N. Holladay Dr. Seaside, OR 97138 10AM-12PM Cans for Coho is a community recycling initiative designed to keep trash from our waterways and beaches while simultaneously fundi
Please join us in welcoming our new Executive Operations Director, Sarah Walker, as the Necanicum Watershed Council moves to a co-director model. Sarah Walker is joining the Necanicum Watershed team with a background in fisheries and  wildlife

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