Astoriaâs 3,700-acre Bear Creek watershed is a primary source of drinking water and revenue from both logging and sequestering carbon. But it needs a lot of maintenance. A 70-acre swath of young forest over the hill from the Bear Creek Reservoir needs to be thinned to promote a healthy, diverse forest. A failing culvert on Cedar Creek just upstream of the reservoir needs to be removed and replaced with a bridge to return the stream to its natural state. Astoria is investing in forest stewardship projects in areas like the Bear Creek watershed. Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian The city is deciding how to invest $837,500 it netted from a November sale of carbon sequestration credits into forest stewardship and maintenance projects over the coming years, while buffering capital improvement funds against poor logging years.