Clatsop State Forest-Jewel Meadows Area – State Wildlife Action Plan

The Clatsop State Forest in Oregon's Coast Range. Photo Credit: Herman Biederbeck, ODFW

Geographic boundaries of the COAs were updated for the 2026 State Wildlife Action Plan and the associated COA profiles are intended to provide additional information. Content of each COA profile is being refined and will be updated to reflect current conditions when feasible. Please help us by submitting information on Local Conservation Actions, Plans, or Potential Partners to: OCS.revision@odfw.oregon.gov.

The Clatsop State Forest – Jewel Meadows Area COA (49 mi²) extends to the north of the town of Jewell. The watershed provides critical habitat for many Coast Range plant and animal communities. This area is primarily composed of managed forest including components of mature stands, remnant large trees and open upland grassland meadows. This COA creates a contiguous chunk of habitat along with the Columbia River – Blind Slough Swamp and Clatskanie River COAs.

Recommended Conservation Actions

Follow objectives and strategies outlined in the Jewell Meadows Wildlife Area Management Plan.
Maintain and restore existing habitat.
Manage and protect mature and late successional forest, especially for forest-dependent strategy species.
Protect, enhance and restore habitats to benefit fish and wildlife species. Manage habitats to enhance populations of Roosevelt elk, black-tailed deer, coho salmon & other native species.

Local Conservation Actions and Plans

Potential Partners

Special Features

General

Jewel Meadows Wildlife Area is a 1,114 acre parcel owned and managed by ODFW. The wildlife area’s purpose is to “protect and enhance habitat to benefit native wildlife species, to reduce wildlife damage to adjacent properties, and to provide the public with an opportunity to observe wildlife in a natural setting.”

Protected Areas

Jewel Meadows Wildlife Area

Previous COA Associations

Previously Associated with (2006 COA IDs)
- CR-02 (Columbia – Clatskanie area)
Size Change from 2016 boundaries: +1 mi²(2% increase)

Ecoregions

Coast Range

Oregon's Coast Range, known for its dramatic scenery, is extremely diverse, with habitats ranging from open sandy dunes to lush forests and from tidepools to headwater streams. It follows the coastline and extends east through coastal forest to the border of the Willamette Valley and Klamath Mountains ecoregions

Key Habitats

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.

Natural Lakes

Natural lakes are relatively large bodies of freshwater surrounded by land that were formed through geological processes, such as glacial scouring, tectonic movements, volcanic activity and river meander cutoffs. In Oregon, natural lakes are defined as standing water bodies larger than 20 acres, including some seasonal lakes. Depth is not a reference for characterization of …

Example of Oak Woodlands, which is a Strategy Habitat within the State Wildlife Action Plan

Oak Habitats

There are several oak habitat types in Oregon, where oaks comprise most of the canopy. These can include oak woodlands, oak forest, oak chaparral, and riparian oak. Oak savanna is covered in the Grasslands Key Habitat. Oaks may also co-dominate a canopy in oak/fir, oak pine, and oak hardwood habitats.

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.

Ducks on a wetland in Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area, Oregon

Wetlands

Wetlands are habitats that are inundated or saturated by surface water or ground water at a frequency and duration sufficient to support vegetation typically adapted for life in sodden soil conditions. While dominated by periods of inundation, the natural ecological cycle may also include dry intervals. Permanently wet habitats include backwater sloughs, oxbow lakes, peatlands, …