FRIDAYEXTRA !
HIDING
The Daily Astorian
Friday, April 17, 2014
Weekend Edition
N
eal Maine taught biology at Seaside High
School for 30 years, and was a founding mem-
ber of the North Coast Land Conservancy, as
well as its executive director for 10 years.
Maine, a naturalist and artist is now working with his grand-
VRQ 0LFKDHO :LQJ 7RJHWKHU WKH\ HVWDEOLVKHG 3DFL¿F/LJKW ,P
ages, a partnership that is dedicated to raising public awareness
about our region’s natural resources through nature photography.
“All of these photos are taken in our own backyard,” says
Maine. Their photography centers around coastal and Columbia
River landscape ecology and the rich estuary habitat with the
surrounding wetlands and forest systems.
“What people don’t realize is that we live in paradise,” he
says. “We need to hang onto it as much as we can.”
Maine focuses his imagery on exploring wildlife in the con-
text of its habitat, while Wing’s specialty is capturing action
images that illustrate the dynamic nature of coastal wildlife.
“We thought we could never catch all the salmon, never cut
DOOWKHELJWUHHVQHYHUSROOXWHWKHRFHDQ´UHDGVD3DFL¿F/LJKW
,PDJHV À\HU ³,Q RXU KXEULV ZH WKRXJKW ZH FRXOG PDNH RXU
own trails. With renewed humility, we are learning how to share
WKLVSODFHWROLYHWRJHWKHUZLWKRXUSDUWQHUWUDLOPDNHUV3DFL¿
F/LJKW,PDJHVFHOHEUDWHVWKLVSDUWQHUVKLSDVZHXVHRXULPDJHV
to inspire others to honor nature’s trails in our own backyard.
A percentage of all photography sales is donated to North Coast
Land Conservancy to help further the goal of working with coastal
communities to protect wildlife habitat and its connectivity.
Photographs by Neal Maine and Michael Wing are avail-
able to view and purchase at Fairweather House & Gallery,
612 Broadway in Seaside. The gallery matches donations from
the sales to the North Coast Land Conservancy.
Photo courtesy of Neal Maine, PacificLight Images
A female cedar waxwing feeds twinberries to her young
near Stanley Lake.
Photo courtesy of Neal Maine, PacificLight Images
Courtship activity of Caspian terns near Sunset Beach.
Photo courtesy of Michael Wing, PacificLight Images
E N
S
H O U R •
2 4
•
• O
P
Two male Caspian terns offer courtship near Del Rey Beach.
E K
W E
• 7 D A Y S A
R O Y A L C AB
L.L.C.
Locally Owned & Operated
by Travis Weichal, since 1996
L.L.C.
• SMOKE FREE •
BIKE RACKS ON ALL VEHICLES
10% Military Discount
Pet Friendly
ww w . royalcab . net
Find us on
at royal cab of astoria
evice
d
e
l
i
b
o
m
r
u
o
y
h
g
u
ro
Order your cab th
HU B APP!
A
T
A
G
E
H
T
D
A
D OW N LO
Clatsop County, OR
Astoria,
Warrenton
Hammond
Seaside
Cannon Beach
503-325-5818
Pacific County, WA
Long Beach
Ilwaco
Ocean Park
Chinook
360-665-3500
cash
& debit