The Lost Coast Restoration project is a community-based effort to restore Alaska’s most destructive clearcut.
As of October 2008, logging operations on the Lost Coast will cease. Unfortunately, we will be left with 30 years of clearcuts and no long-term restoration plan.
Lost Coast resident and artist Jen-Ann Kirchmeier has joined forces with Cascadia Wildlands Project and Eyak Preservation Council to launch a long-term commitment to restore the ecological values of this landscape.
The restoration will be straight-forward, on the ground, hands-on, pick-and-shovel work. Specific opportunities that have been identified so far include tree planting, stream bank stabilization, salmon habitat enhancement, and pre-commercial thinning of second-growth forests.
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This long-term project is broken into three phases. It will begin with several small pilot projects in 2007.
The Project is currently in Phase I: information gathering & team-building. In summer 2007 we will work in the field conducting surveys and
outreaching to locals and professionals. We will also ensure that logging companies and the university comply with the end of logging projects and road closures.
Phase II: writing and funding the restoration plan. Restoration is both as simple as picking up litter, and as technically complex as rocket science. To keep our hands in the dirt, we will start implementing the first, obvious pilot restoration projects immediately, while working towards consensus with all stakeholders on a larger restoration strategy.
Phase III: ongoing, long-term implementation of the restoration plan. This phase could start as early as 2008. The exact scope of work will be determined on the ground and through local and professional collaboration.
Generous support to get this project off the ground was provided by Marion Weber and the Titcomb Foundation.
