Willapa Bay Watershed
This section is for reference only. The sign-up period for this watershed has closed.

This unit consists of foothills and mountains above 500 feet of elevation.  Copious precipitation supports a lush rainforest of Pacific silver fir, western hemlock, western red cedar, and Douglas-fir.  Much of the region is in the third rotation of timber harvest.  Forestry, recreation, some rural residential development.

This unit is comprised of lower elevation mountains and foothills in the Coast Range.  The soils are underlain by sedimentary bedrock but have silty and clayey texture throughout the profile.  The soils in the Mid-Coastal Sedimentary CRA are more loamy in texture.  Fragipans are present in some of the soils.  Temperature regime is mesic and the moisture regime is udic.  Vegetation is Douglas-fir and western hemlock.

Map of Willapa Bay Watershed
 

Counties in Willapa Bay Watershed

• Grays Harbor
• Lewis
• Pacific
• Wahkiakum

Land Cover/Use

For General and Application Information, visit our national NRCS CSP home page.
 

Washington State NRCS Informational Materials

Willapa Bay Watershed CSP Eligibility, Qualification and Application Steps   (.PDF file 190 KB)
 

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Program Contacts

Ross Lahren
Asst. State Conservationist for Programs
USDA  - Natural Resources Conservation Service
316 W. Boone Ave  Suite 450
Spokane, WA  99201
509.323.2971

Carl Boyd
District Conservationist
Chehalis USDA Service Center
Phone:  360.748.0083   Ext. 101
Fax:       360.740.9745
1554 Bishop Road
Chehalis, WA  98532-8710
 

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