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North Bay NAP 00
- Status
- Funded in 2001
This acquisition adds acreage currently under threat of logging, residential, and commercial conversion to the North Bay Natural Area Preserve. The site contains both high quality and highly diverse salt water and freshwater wetland communities of plant and animal species. The project area is of outstanding ecological quality and lies on the north side of the vast Grays Harbor estuary. This unique coastal wetland is a mosaic of freshwater wetland, sphagnum bog and bog forest, and coastal marsh community. In addition, North Bay NAP contains a portion of a forested coastal berm, estuarine scrub-shrub habitat and a variety of upland second growth forest communities. It stands out as being the premier site of its kind in both the Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay estuary complexes. These habitats at North Bay NAP support a wide variety of common and rare wetland and upland wildlife species. The Olympic mudminnow, a state listed sensitive fish species, spends its life in the pools and channels of the freshwater wetland areas. The Makah copper, a butterfly that is a state candidate for listing, experiences its full life cycle in the quiet shrub habitat of the preserve. Tidelands associated with the preserve support a variety of shorebirds, waterfowl and the peregrine falcons that feed on them. The wetlands provide high quality habitats for several species of amphibians, including red-legged frogs.
Location
From Olympia west on Highways 101 and 8 to Aberdeen, west through Aberdeen/Hoquiam toward Ocean Shores on Hwy 109. N. Bay NAP is approximately 15 miles past Hoquiam on the south side of Hwy 109.
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North Bay NAP 00
- This acquisition adds acreage currently under threat of logging, residential, and commercial conversion to the North Bay Natural Area Preserve. The site contains both high quality and highly diverse salt water and freshwater wetland communities of plant and animal species. The project area is of outstanding ecological quality and lies on the north side of the vast Grays Harbor estuary. This unique coastal wetland is a mosaic of freshwater wetland, sphagnum bog and bog forest, and coastal marsh community. In addition, North Bay NAP contains a portion of a forested coastal berm, estuarine scrub-shrub habitat and a variety of upland second growth forest communities. It stands out as being the premier site of its kind in both the Grays Harbor and Willapa Bay estuary complexes. These habitats at North Bay NAP support a wide variety of common and rare wetland and upland wildlife species. The Olympic mudminnow, a state listed sensitive fish species, spends its life in the pools and channels of the freshwater wetland areas. The Makah copper, a butterfly that is a state candidate for listing, experiences its full life cycle in the quiet shrub habitat of the preserve. Tidelands associated with the preserve support a variety of shorebirds, waterfowl and the peregrine falcons that feed on them. The wetlands provide high quality habitats for several species of amphibians, including red-legged frogs.
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What is the WWRP?
The Washington Wildlife and Recreation Program (WWRP) is a state grant program that creates and conserves local and state parks, wildlife habitat and working farms. The Washington State Recreation and Conservation Office administers WWRP grants, and the legislature funds the program.
