Planning for a healthy and prosperous Coos Bay

The estuary management plan for Coos Bay ensures the bay is managed for the benefit of the public and natural resources in a way that meets the development needs of the community. Coos County and the cities of North Bend and Coos Bay have been working to modernize the Coos Bay Estuary Management Plan (CBEMP), which is over forty years old, through a Phase 1 revision. CBEMP Phase 1 revisions are intended to:

1. improve plan usability,
2. update some maps and inventory data,
3. improve coordination between jurisdictions,and
4. update the 40-year-old plan with current agency names, laws and regulations.

CBEMP Phase 1 revisions do not include any changes to zoning or management unit designations—those will be addressed in subsequent phases. As part of the update process, the draft plan update is being shared with the public for review and feedback. Plan Documents are available for review on the Coos County website.

Estuary management plans rely on data and information that describe the physical, biological, social, and economic conditions of the estuarine area, and define the boundaries of individual management units. This information has been mapped and is available on this data viewer. This information is all draft for now. It only becomes official when the county and cities adopt the information.

The Coos Bay Estuary Management Plan Update is a project of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, in partnership with Coos County, the City of Coos Bay, the City of North Bend, and the Partnerships for Coastal Watersheds. This project is supported with funding from the Oregon Coastal Management Program from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Office for Coastal Management, under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, as amended.

For more information about the project, the revisions, or the data, please email meg.reed@dlcd.oregon.gov.