| Beavercreek-Ona Beach Comprehensive Plan |
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| Beginning the Planning Process |
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The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is taking the first steps toward developing a plan for Beaver Creek State Natural Area (SNA) and Ona Beach State Park located south of Newport in Lincoln County. Beaver Creek SNA was recently opened with initial improvements as Park of the Year for 2010. Ona Beach State Park was established many years ago. Additional lands have recently been acquired, mostly adjacent to ONA Beach State Park, substantially expanding the total acreage of the park complex and narrowing the gap between the two parks. A map of the planning area is available for viewing at this web site. Other relevant materials produced in the planning process, when they become available, will also be posted at this web site.
A plan is needed to fully address future recreational use and resource management in both parks. In the planning process OPRD will take a comprehensive look at current information on natural and cultural resource conditions and management needs related to both parks, outdoor recreation trends in the region, areas within the parks that are suitable for recreational use, measures needed to avoid significant impacts on local public services and neighboring land uses, and related ideas and concerns identified through public input.
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| Planning Area |
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Click here to view a map of OPRD's current park ownership that will be included in the plan.
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| Park Resource Assessments |
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Our main focus during the first phase has been on studies of the natural and cultural resource conditions. These studies help us determine which areas within the parks are best suited for future resource management activities and/or recreational uses. We are now ready to discuss, in our public involvement forums (see meeting schedule below), the preliminary findings of the resource assessments and what these findings tell us about the opportunities and constraints related to future use and management of the parks.
Certain resource assessments will continue beyond the completion of the park plan. Local volunteers have been instrumental in the success of an on-going citizen inventory of the bird species that use the park properties. A study of the Beaver Creek Marsh hydrology, being conducted in partnership with the U.S. Geological Survey, will continue at least through 2013.
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| Public Involvement Forums |
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In the park planning process, OPRD holds meetings followed by written comment opportunities to ask for public input on park-related issues, goals, use and development concepts and management strategies. Three types of meetings will be held in each public involvement phase:
- Meetings for the general public will be held at two locations, at a local venue and a venue in the Portland area.
- Owners of properties adjacent to one or both parks are being invited to attend neighborhood meetings at a local venue to share their issues and ideas about the parks and their relationship to the neighborhood.
- Meetings for the planning stakeholder committee (see below) will also be held at a local venue.
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| Public Meetings Schedule |
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Due to inclimate weather conditions and related problems, three meetings scheduled in Newport for March 13-14 for the Stakeholders Committee, neighborhood group and general public were canceled. The March 15 public meeting scheduled in Wilsonville was held as planned.
The canceled Newport meetings have been rescheduled for:
Park Neighbors
April 24, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Stakeholders Committee
April 25, 2012
2:00 - 4:00 p.m.
General Public
April 25, 2012
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
All three meetings will be held at the same location:
Newport Public Library
35 NW Nye Street
Newport, Oregon
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| Stakeholder Committee Representation |
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The stakeholder committee will be made up of representatives of interest groups and agencies that have direct interests in one or both parks. The following interest groups and agencies have been asked to participate through committee representation:
Lincoln County Planning
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Oregon Dept. Fish & Wildlife
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Lincoln County Public Works
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Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
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Mid-Coast Watershed Council
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Lincoln County Outdoor School Association
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Wetlands Conservancy
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Oregon Equestrian Trails
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Yaquina Birders and Naturalists
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Oregon Dept. of Transportation
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Corvallis-to-Sea Trail Partnership
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Oregon State Police
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Lincoln Soil & Water Conservation District
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Oregon Coast Visitor Association
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Oregon Recreation Trails Advisory Council
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Lincoln County Economic Development Alliance
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Central Coast Fly Fishers Association
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Park neighborhoods
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Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition
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| Staff Contact |
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Please direct questions or comments to:
Ron Campbell, Park Master Planner
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
725 Summer Street N.E., Suite C
Salem, Oregon 97301-1271
503-986-0743
ron.campbell@state.or.us
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