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See tide pool wonders History center opens HRAP photo exhibit CANNON BEACH — The Can- non Beach History Center & Museum and the Haystack Rock Awareness Program have partnered to celebrated HRAP’s 30th anniversary. The museum will host a photo exhibit exploring the tide pools of Haystack Rock through the eyes of the HRAP’s volunteers. The ex- hibit will open at 6 p.m. Satur- Submitted photo The photo exhibit will feature Haystack Rock tide pool creatures, like this sunflower star. day, April 18. For 30 years, the Haystack Rock Awareness Program has been protecting the delicate ecosystem of Haystack Rock. The exhibit celebrates the program’s aspects of educat- ing, protecting and inspiring. From illuminating the begin- nings of the program to teach- ing “fun facts” about tide pool creatures and the birds that ¿nd refuge on the Rock, the HRAP exhibit will appeal to all ages. HRAP is a professionally staffed, volunteer-driven pro- gram that receives funding from the city of Cannon Beach and private donations. The Friends of Haystack Rock pro- vide guidance and support the program. The history center is locat- ed at the corner of Spruce and Sunset streets. For more infor- mation visit www.cbhistory. org Learn about Pacific Northwest foraging Douglas Deur to present at next In Their Footsteps lecture ASTORIA — Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop announc- es the next In Their Foot- steps free speaker series event. The program is “Pa- cific Northwest Foraging” presented by Douglas Deur at 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19 in the Netul River Room of the Fort Clatsop visitor center. A research professor at Portland State University, Deur has worked with tribes and national parks through- out the western United States, and western Canada, documenting traditional Na- tive American environmen- tal knowledge and practices. Deur’s 2014 book, “Pa- cific Northwest Foraging,” distilled some of the lessons of his work relating to the abundant plant harvest op- portunities in the Northwest. This book, the focus of this month’s In their Footsteps presentation, appeared on the New York Times best- seller list. While the book is largely a plant-gathering In Their Footsteps 1 p.m. Sunday, April 19 Fort Clatsop Visitor Center 92343 Fort Clatsop Road, Astoria 503-861-2471 Author to give talk on ‘The Next Tsunami’ CANNON BEACH — Oregon au- thor Bonnie Henderson pres- ents her latest book “The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast” at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 19 at the Cannon Beach History Center & Museum. This presentation is free and open to the public. “The Next Tsunami” is the story of the geological discov- eries that signal the imminence of a catastrophic tsunami on the Northwest coast. Henderson will talk about the tsunami that occurred in March 1964. She will share the stories from locals like, then-10-year-old Tom Horn- ing who awoke near midnight to ¿nd his yard transformed. A tsunami triggered by Alas- ka’s momentous Good Friday earthquake had wreaked hav- oc in his Seaside neighbor- hood. It was, as far as anyone knew, the Paci¿c Northwest coast’s ¿rst-ever tsunami. More than 20 years passed before geologists discovered that it was neither Seaside’s ¿rst tsunami, nor was it its worst. In fact, massive tsuna- mis strike the Paci¿c Coast every few hundred years, triggered not by distant tem- blors, but by huge quakes less than 100 miles off the Northwest coast. Not until the late 1990s would scien- tists use evidence like tree rings and centuries-old ware- house records from Japan to ¿x the date, hour and magni- Submitted photo “The Next Tsunami: Living on a Restless Coast” by Bonnie Henderson. Submitted photo Bonnie Henderson will speak about her book “The Next Tsunami” at the Cannon Beach History Center and Museum. tude of the Paci¿c Northwest coast’s last mega earthquake: 9 p.m., January 26, 1700, magnitude 9.0 — one of the largest quakes the world had known. Henderson reveals in her book that when the next one strikes, whether it is this year or hundreds of years from now, the tsunami it gen- erates will likely be the most devastating natural disaster in the history of the United States. In addition to geologist Tom Horning’s experience during the 1964 tsunami, Henderson will also share the stories of meteorologist Alfred Wegener, who formu- lated his theory of continen- tal drift while gazing at ice Àoes calving from Greenland glaciers, and geologist Bri- an Atwater, who paddled his dented aluminum canoe up coastal streams looking for layers of peat sandwiched among sand and silt. Henderson’s story of how scientists came to understand the Cascadia Subduction Zone — a fault line capable of producing earthquakes even larger than the 2011 To- hoku quake in Japan — and how ordinary people cope with that knowledge is es- sential reading for anyone interested in the charged in- tersection of science, human nature and public policy. The Cannon Beach His- tory Center & Museum is located at 1387 S. Spruce St. For information, call 503- 436-9301, or visit www. cbhistory.org Free Submitted photo “Pacific Northwest Foraging” by Douglas Deur. guide, it was written with the guidance of tribal elders and seeks to engage the deeper philosophical foundations of foraging for a general audi- ence. Deur’s book is available at the Lewis & Clark Nation- al Park Association book- store in the visitor center. There will be a book signing following his presentation. This monthly Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. 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