Celebrate new marine reserve near Manzanita
Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve hold two kick-off events
MANZANITA and CANNON BEACH —
After many years of planning
and public involvement, the
Cape Falcon Marine Reserve
site went into effect Jan. 1. This
site is located in the ocean just
off the coast, between Falcon
Cove and Manzanita, and is an
area dedicated to conservation
and scientific research.
The Friends of Cape Fal
con Marine Reserve are hold
ing two free kick-off events
for the reserve that are open to
the public. There will be live
music, refreshments, informa
tion about the marine reserve,
and family-friendly activities.
The first event takes place
from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Satur
day, Jan. 16 at the Pine Grove
Community House, located at
225 Laneda Ave. in Manzani
ta. The event will feature the
Tsunami Drummers, music by
Two Crows Joy, family activ
ities and fish printing, chow
der and bread from Bread &
Ocean, beer from de Garde
Brewing and more. There will
also be an introduction to the
reserve and toasts at 6 p.m.
The second kick-off event
takes place from 4:30 to 8
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 30 at Can
non Beach Community Hall,
located at 207 N. Spruce St. in
Cannon Beach.
Just like protected natural
areas on land, there are ben
efits of protected areas in the
ocean. They conserve wildlife
and
biodiversity,
including
various local invertebrate and
fish species. Protected areas
can also extend benefits to ma
rine birds and mammals.
“This is a historic moment
in Oregon’s efforts to protect
its natural heritage,” said Na
dia Gardner, a local volunteer
with Friends of Cape Falcon
Marine Reserve. “The Cape
Falcon Marine Reserve ex
tends protections from Oswald
West State Park, the most vis
ited park on the North Coast,
and its 2,500 acres of old-
growth
forest,
Neahkahnie
Mountain and majestic head
lands into the ocean,” she con
tinued. “It is conserving the
ocean for people and wildlife
into the future.”
The Cape Falcon site in
cludes a 12.4-square-mile ma
rine reserve, where all removal
of marine life and ocean de
velopment (e.g. wave energy,
pipelines) is prohibited. Adja
cent to the marine reserve are
two Marine Protected Areas
(7.6 square miles total). The
MPAs still prohibit ocean de
velopment, but allow some
limited fishing activities.
The marine reserve is locat
ed just offshore, roughly bor
dering Oswald West State Park.
The north boundary is located
at the north end of Falcon Cove
Beach. The south boundary is lo
cated north of Manzanita, in the
Neahkahnie Beach area. Passive
recreation is allowed in the ma
rine reserve; people may walk,
collect shells, boogie board, and
boat (with disallowed fishing
gear not deployed).
Oregon has designated five
marine reserves. The other
sites are located at Cascade
Head (near Lincoln City), Ot
CCC philosophy instructor to speak on
existentialism and 'Waiting for Godot'
ASTORIA — In conjunction
with the upcoming produc
tion of “Waiting for Godot,”
Seth Tichenor, the philos
ophy instructor at Clatsop
Community
College,
will
give the free lecture “Exis
tentialism and ‘Waiting for
Godot.’”
The event will take place
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22 at the
CCC Performing Arts Cen
ter, located at 16th Street
and Franklin Avenue.
Admission is free, but
donations may be made to
support
Partners
for
the
PAC, the group staging the
production
whose
member
organizations
are
working
to keep the building func
tioning as a year-round per
formance arts space. North
'Existentialism and
Waiting for Godot'
7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 22
CCC Performing Arts Center
58816th St., Astoria
Free
Coast drama students and
their advisers are especially
invited to attend.
“Waiting for Godot” was
written by Irish author Sam
uel Beckett and first per
formed in Paris in 1953. It
spawned the “theater of the
absurd”
movement,
while
opening up new lines of
intellectual
thought
about
the meaning of human exis
tence.
Tichenor has pursued ad
vanced degrees in philoso
phy from the University of
Hawaii, Manoa and in the
ology from Boston Univer
sity. He has been teaching
for 19 years, including at
the University of Hawaii,
Oregon
State
University,
Concordia
University,
Lin-
field College, and a number
of community colleges in
cluding CCC.
Submitted photo by Nadia Gardner/Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve
Oswald West State Park's Smuggler Cove and the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve.
ter Rock (near Newport), Cape
Perpetua (near Yachats), and
Redfish Rocks (near Port Or-
ford). The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife is respon
sible for managing and scien
tifically monitoring these sites.
The Friends of Cape Fal
con Marine Reserve is a group
of local people and organi
zations who are working to
increase
understanding
and
appreciation of the marine re
serve. The local group is work
closely with a number of non
profits including the Lower
Nehalem Community Trust,
North Coast Land Conservan
cy, Haystack Rock Awareness
Program, Oregon State Parks,
The Nature Conservancy, Sur-
frider, and local watershed
councils to put on educational
lectures, field trips, youth edu
cation programs and more.
For more information about
Oregon’s marine reserves and
the related harvest restrictions,
call Oregon Department of
Fish & Wildlife’s Newport Of
fice at 541-867-4741 or visit
http ://bit. ly/1 liA9fig
For information about local
marine reserve field trips, lectures
and volunteer opportunities, con
tact Chrissy Smith, coordinator of
the Friends of Cape Falcon Ma
rine Reserve, at 541-231-8041 or
capefalconmr@gmail.com
His areas of specialty in
clude the philosophy of re
ligion, classical south Asian
philosophy,
comparative
philosophy and the philos
ophy of education. He is a
co-founder of Philosofarian,
a project that aims to make
philosophical life relevant to
everyone everywhere.
Partners
for
the
PAC
will stage the production of
“Waiting for Godot” 7 p.m.
Jan. 29 and 30; 3 p.m. Jan.
31; and 7 p.m. Feb. 5 and
6. The show is directed by
Karen Bain of Astoria and
includes a cast of local ac
tors,
including
William
Ham, Slab Slabinski and
Bill Honl. Tickets for the
show are $15 and will be
available at the door (cash
or check only).
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