Protected Lands

This land has been continuously farmed for more than 150 years. The McNabb family operated a dairy there from 1940 to 1982, when it was purchased by the current owners. Eagle Mill Farm, LLC is dedicated to continuing the farming legacy.

Each year, more than 2,000 students in the Valley visit the farm. Many come to pick their own Halloween pumpkin. Classes also come each spring and fall to prepare harvest lunches, through the Rogue Valley Farm-to-School Program.

This 20 acre parcel east of Myrtle Creek in south Douglas County features rolling hills and oak woodlands and serves as an important visual backdrop for the city of Myrtle Creek. 

This 50 acre property supports a thriving, mature forest. It is home to the Alder Creek Children’s Educational Project, an education resource which instructs primary and secondary students on forest management and ecology. This property is also featured on National Geographic Society's Central Cascades Geotourism Project.

You won't find a more beautiful forest along the east fork of the Illinois River than this 212-acre property. This section of the Illinois River provides critical spawning habitat for coho salmon. The surrounding serpentine geology gives rise to rare and unique flora, making this property one of the most diverse in the region.

The 40 acres at Dog Creek is a remote forest preserve largely surrounded by public lands. The property contains a maturing  second growth stand of Douglas fir with some old growth trees.

The Seals Wetlands protects 58 acres of wetlands located just outside of the city of Myrtle Point. The site contains several streams and numerous seeps that feed the wetland and connect it to the South Fork Coquille River, providing summer and winter rearing habitat for salmon and steelhead. This project was completed in cooperation with the South Coast Land Conservancy.

This property of approximately 32 acres on Sykes Creek near Wimer provides wildlife habitat along Sykes Creek and intermittent streams through the property. The owner is working to enhance and maintain future old growth characteristics of the property through restorative ecological thinning, protection of the riparian area, and reduction of fuel loads and noxious weeds on the site. 

This agricultural land in the valley bottom also includes oak savanna, oak woodland and meadows. Portions of the property are cultivated and grazed, while others are left in their natural condition. Snider Creek runs through the property and provides habitat for the western pond turtle.

The South Fork of Little Butte Creek provides some of the best coho salmon spawning habitat in the Rogue Basin.  We hold three conservation easements on the South Fork of Little Butte Creek which protect streamside vegetation and upland habitats. These conservation projects were completed  with assistance from the Rogue Valley Council of Governments and the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board.

This gorgeous 160-acre forested parcel lies within the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument and was protected in 2000. It contains Douglas fir and ponderosa pine forests and oak woodlands interspersed with open meadows. The property is adjacent to Emigrant Creek and the historic Buckhorn Springs Lodge, which has been a gathering and healing center since the early- to mid-twentieth century.