
This area includes Ecola State Park and surrounding 9 miles of coastline between Seaside and Cannon Beach. The area includes coastal Sitka spruce forest, eventually opening up to a grassy bluff. Sea stacks punctuate the long sweep of shoreline to the south. Offshore islands provide nesting and loafing areas for several species of seabirds.
COA ID: 003
Ecoregions
Strategy Habitats

Coastal Dunes
Occurring along the Oregon coastline, coastal dunes provide habitat for species that prefer open, sandy habitats with a high degree of disturbance from winds and tides.

Grasslands
Grasslands include a variety of upland grass-dominated habitats, such as upland prairies, coastal bluffs, and montane grasslands.

Late Successional Mixed Conifer Forests
Late successional mixed conifer forests provide a multi-layered tree canopy, including large-diameter trees, shade-tolerant tree species in the understory, and a high volume of dead wood, such as snags and logs.

Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats
Flowing Water and Riparian Habitats include all naturally occurring flowing freshwater streams and rivers throughout Oregon as well as the adjacent riparian habitat.

Wetlands
Wetlands are covered with water during all or part of the year. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, and marshes, while seasonally wet habitats include seasonal ponds, vernal pools, and wet prairies.
Strategy Species

Black Oystercatcher (Observed)
Haematopus bachmani

California Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis californicus

Caspian Tern (Observed)
Hydroprogne caspia

Chum Salmon (Documented)
Oncorhynchus keta

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

Cope’s Giant Salamander (Modeled Habitat)
Dicamptodon copei

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 (Observed)
Oceanodroma leucorhoa leucorhoa

Long-legged Myotis (Modeled Habitat)
Myotis volans

Marbled Murrelet (Observed)
Brachyramphus marmoratus

Northern Spotted Owl (Observed)
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

Townsend’s Big-eared Bat (Observed)
Corynorhinus townsendii

Tufted Puffin (Observed)
Fratercula cirrhata

Western Snowy Plover (Observed)
Charadrius nivosus nivosus

Western Toad (Modeled Habitat)
Anaxyrus boreas

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