BISOPHERE BASICS! Details about Oregon’s last remaining UNESCO Biosphere Region.

The Cascade Head Biosphere Region is a 102,110 acre site designated originally in 1976 on the central Oregon Coast by the United Nations Man and Biosphere Program and reauthorized to our current footprint in 2017. It has within its boundaries the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area, Cascade Head Experimental Forest, the Cascade Head Preserve, and the Cascade Head Marine Reserve and Marine Protected Areas. Our rare and diverse ecosystem includes the Salmon River and its estuary, a sandy littoral spit, densely forested uplands, a two mile basalt headland covered in native coastal prairie and marine reserve stretching west into the waters of the Pacific.

This unique land / sea connection, is protected and managed by a dynamic community of agencies, non-profits, businesses, and residents in the surrounding communities. The Cascade Head Biosphere Collaborative is working alongside partners to increase awareness of the UNESCO site and to advance the mission of the Man and the Biosphere Programme.

A video introduction to the Cascade Head Biosphere Region…click to play now