Sitka Sedge State Natural Area

Sitka Sedge State Natural Area (Sitka Sedge) is an estuary and beach on the north coast of the U.S. state of Oregon in Tillamook County. Sitka Sedge consists of 357 acres (144 ha) of tidal marsh, mudflats, dunes, forested wetlands, and uplands at the south end of the Sand Lake estuary, north of Tierra Del Mar. Land at the southernmost end of the estuary had been diked and farmed for most of the twentieth century, and the area had been proposed for golf course development for more than a decade. Tierra Del Mar residents have acted since 1989 to preserve the site. In 2014 Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) purchased the property formerly known as the Beltz Farm to preserve this natural ecosystem for public education. It is named for the Sitka sedge, Carex aquatilis v. dives, a plant native to the site.