Oregon Coast Community Forest Association (OCCFA) is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization. Our mission is to acquire, protect, restore and manage forest lands in Lincoln County for the long-term benefit of local communities and the natural world.

The OCCFA community forest dedicates the benefits of its forest owned assets to the citizens of Lincoln County. Over time we will become a mechanism for forest restoration and the long-term sustainable management of the lands we own.  The primary goal of the OCCFA is to own or manage working forests through the practice of ecologically sustainable forestry, providing benefits to local communities through the creation of family-wage jobs and the welfare of Lincoln County communities. Ecologically sustainable forestry keeps a forest a forest while providing a continual flow of timber and non-timber products.

The OCCFA’s community forest model will offer many economic, social and environmental benefits to the people of Lincoln County:

• Protecting water sources
• Providing wildlife habitat
• Preserving working forest land from commercial development
• Outdoor recreation
• Opportunities to observe and connect with nature
• Educational opportunities
• Local income from sustainable forestry activities