The Lincoln Land Legacy Program: Past, Present, and Future

Name: The Lincoln Land Legacy Program: Past, Present, and Future
Start: 2026-03-05T18:30:00-08:00
Location: Pacific Maritime and Heritage Center

Schedule

Thu, 05 Mar, 2026 at 06:30 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

Pacific Maritime and Heritage Center | Newport, OR

Join the MidCoast Watersheds Council for a presentation by Onno Husing from the Lincoln County Planning and Development Department to learn about the Lincoln Land Legacy Program for our March Community Meeting night!
📅 Thursday, March 5th
⏰ 6:30 pm
📍 You can join either in-person at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center OR online via Zoom by registering here: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/jS9IW7D1TWeBn3hksC3VdQ#/registration!
🌊 About the presentation:
Approximately twenty years ago, the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners, in conjunction with county staff, elected to obligate most of its remaining Title III (old Title III) funds to create the Lincoln Land Legacy Program, which facilitates the development of conservation easements on scenic and ecologically important lands in the county. In recent years, Lincoln County staff has worked with partners to preserve several iconic properties in Lincoln County. One of these special places is the south side of Cape Foulweather. The compelling story of how these properties were saved from development will be shared, and thoughts about how to build upon these successes will be explored.
🌊 About the speaker:
Onno Husing has been the Director of the Lincoln County Planning & Development Department since 2012. Before that, he served for sixteen years as the Director of the Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association as well as a self-employed land consultant specializing in wetlands (based in Lincoln County). Husing moved to Oregon during 1985 to attend law school at the U of Oregon. He also holds a masters degree in Anthropology from the U. of New Brunswick in addition to a master's degree in city and regional planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has previously served as a Congressional staffer (a Sea Grant Fellow working for a Congressional Committee) and a researcher at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI). He began his career in marine policy during the summers of 1976/77 when he worked full time as a crewmember aboard a commercial fishing vessel based out of Provincetown, MA.