Protected as Refuge: Two Rivers Peninsula

The inclusion of this 102-acre forested headland within the Nestucca Bay National Wildlife Refuge protects a dramatic coastal vista near Pacific City, as well as provides future hiking, birding, and wildlife viewing opportunities for the public.

About the Complex

Oregon Coastal Refuge Complex

The Oregon Coastal Refuge Complex comprises six refuges along the Oregon coast, representing marine, estuarine, and old-growth forest ecosystems.

Nestucca Bay is managed as part of the Oregon Coastal Refuge Complex.

About the NWRS

National Wildlife Refuge System

The National Wildlife Refuge System, within the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, manages a national network of lands and waters set aside to conserve America’s fish, wildlife, and plants.

• The Kinglet's Golden Rule

  

  Equal in weight to a couple of pennies, Golden-crowned Kinglets are among our smallest birds. How does this bantam satrap survive western Oregon's inclement winters, let alone those even further north? In two words: insulation & bugs.

  Learn about Bergmann's rule and how the kinglet breaks it

• Creature Features

  

  Browse this collection of writings and photographs by Refuge volunteer Peter Pearsall.

  Get a fresh perspective on our Refuges

• Humbling, Bumbling Bumblebees

  

  As tireless pollinators of plants both wild and cultivated, native bumblebees play an essential ecological role on the Oregon coast. Comprising nearly 30 species, Pacific Coast bumblebees are threatened by maladies introduced by non-native bees; some varieties have all but disappeared.

  Get the buzz on these remarkable insects

• A Variegated Landscape

  

  Nestucca Bay NWR boasts no less than seven different habitat types. Ever heard of forested lagg? Or sphagnum bog, or shrub carr? These, plus pastures, prairies, woodlands and estuarine mudflats, round out the variegated landscape at Nestucca.

  Get the lay of the land and its inhabitants