yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center promotes education about the natural world while working to restore coastal forest habitat. We offer public access by escort, and there are many ways to engage with us. Check the Visit page for more information.
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Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center was created to restore native coastal forest on Oregon’s Yaquina Bay.
vision
To honor the past and secure the future by inspiring the present
through partnerships in education, stewardship, and preservation.
mission
Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center is a living laboratory
that serves to protect, preserve, and enhance the natural ecosystems and cultural history of Oregon’s central coast spruce habitat and its wildlife through the arts, education, and stewardship.