Natural Areas Management Plan
The City of Wilsonville’s Natural Areas Management Plan (NAMP) is a comprehensive framework for the management of ecosystems and the stewardship of city-owned natural areas. The NAMP was designed to help the city achieve its vision of a more ecologically resilient future for its residents and widlife.
This NAMP highlights 14 city-owned and managed natural areas and uses field-collected data to inform recommended management strategies based on proven best practices and integrated pest management (IPM). The NAMP summarizes past and current management work that the city implements in its natural areas and highlights community engagement and volunteer opportunities that the city provides to engage the public in natural areas management. The NAMP also highlights a number of existing natural resource management approaches and documents that have been adopted by the City or other management entities in the region (e.g. Metro and Clackamas County). The NAMP is intended to work in conjunction with and not supersede these existing plans.
Identified habitat types within the NAMP include upland mixed conifer/deciduous forest, riparian mixed conifer/deciduous forest, riparian deciduous forest, scrub/shrub wetland, upland meadow, riparian meadow, and oak woodland/savanna. Using the data gathered during assessments and delineations, the NAMP outlines six over-arching objectives related to current and future issues facing the city’s natural areas:
- Enhance ecological processes and native vegetation communities
- Control invasive and noxious weeds
- Improve resilience against climate change
- Reduce wildfire risk
- Proactively manage for emerging pests/diseases
- Provide the public with safe and accessible opportunities to recreate, learn, and be stewards of natural areas.
