After more than a decade of community advocacy, planning, and partnership-building, the City of Rockaway Beach is on track to own the lower half of the watershed that supplies its drinking water. In April 2026 the city signed a contingent purchase agreement for 800 acres of forestland from Nuveen Natural Capital, including roughly 600 acres in the lower Jetty Creek watershed. The $4.35 million purchase is expected to close by the end of the year…
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