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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, MAY 20, 2016
BioBlitz: Park is focusing on pollinators Shipyard: ‘It’s a bad
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Expert biologists will lead
groups of about 12 on hikes
to inventory species. The
experts will also give presen-
tations and demonstrations.
The family-friendly event will
have free children’s activi-
ties, information booths and
a chance to use microscopes.
The lurry of activities will
be held around Netul Land-
ing. Park rangers area calling
the area, “Science Central.”
“We are centering the
event around the Netul area,
where we have a big shelter,”
Carla Cole, the park’s natu-
ral resource program manager,
said.
Cole said the park is focus-
ing its BioBlitz on pollinators,
since it does not have much
information on them or the
funding to conduct inventories.
The effort also falls in
line with a national pollina-
tor initiative. In 2014, Presi-
dent Barack Obama directed
an interagency task force to
develop a national strategy to
promote the health of honey
bees and other pollinators.
Cole said the strategy
focuses on bringing aware-
ness and encouraging federal
agencies, such as the national
parks, to promote the conser-
vation of pollinators.
Visitors this weekend will
discover moths, butterlies,
dragonlies and beetles, Cole
said.
“These BioBlitz events are
a great opportunity to utilize
citizen scientists to build our
species list,” she said.
In addition to the scien-
tiic work, the event will have
a cultural aspect. Tony John-
deal. Boats might sink
because it’s not there’
son, chairman of the Chi-
nook Indian Nation, will pres-
ent a traditional wood carving
demonstration on Saturday.
Overall,
Cole
said,
BioBlitz is meant to encour-
age citizen scientists to bet-
ter understand their parks and
engage the next generation of
stewards.
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Own neighborhood
The way people experi-
ence national parks has drasti-
cally changed over the years,
Tucker said. Part of the cen-
tennial celebration has been
for national parks to exam-
ine how they relate with their
communities.
More park visitors look to
connect through technology,
whether it is liking a park’s
Facebook page or using an
online application such as
iNaturalist.
The BioBlitz event is a
good way to embrace the
technology, Tucker said. Vis-
itors can count plant and ani-
mal species using apps such
as Bumble Bee Watch, Project
Budburst, eBird, along with
iNaturalist. These programs
allow anyone to become a cit-
izen scientist.
The park wants visitors
to know the same programs
can be applied in their own
neighborhoods.
Tucker said the park is
relying on more citizen sci-
entists since it does not have
the resources to hire biolo-
gists for inventories each year.
An event like BioBlitz helps
involve the community.
“One of the overarching
goals of the centennial is to
engage the next generation of
park visitors,” Tucker said.
Submitted Photos
Carla Cole, natural resource program manager at Lewis
and Clark National Historical Park, helps students identify
and measure dragonfly larvae.
A park ranger helps a child identify species at Lewis and
Clark National Historical Park.
Column: Nonproit Friends of the Column manages the park
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Di Bartolomeo posted on
Facebook that he would cover
the parking fee for any stu-
dent who paid on prom night.
The ierce reaction to his post
caught the attention of City
Councilor Drew Herzig, who
brought the issue up at a City
Council meeting this week.
“Congratulations on your
graduation and come to the
Column to celebrate,” LaMear
and Schnitzer said in the state-
ment. “We look forward to all
your ‘posts’ on social media!”
The City Council agreed to
raise the fee to $5, up from $2,
to generate money to help pay
for maintenance and improve-
ments at the Column. The Col-
umn is a city park, but is man-
aged by the nonproit Friends
of the Column.
Attendants at the Col-
umn have recently been more
aggressive about collecting the
fee, a pass good for a year.
LaMear said Schnitzer was
very gracious when he heard
about the complaints. The
philanthropist has donated
and raised money to preserve
the Column, relieving pres-
sure on the city to maintain the
landmark, but city oficials are
often the ones left to answer
when questions get prickly.
“I got one very irate call
today saying that they were
upset about it,” LaMear said.
“And they were upset about
the whole $5 fee. But I also
explained that was what we
used to maintain the Column,
and that that was an expensive
venture to maintain that place.”
Astoria Marine opened in
1926, building wooden-hulled
sailing and ishing boats.
During World War II and the
Korean War, the company
built military vessels, which
led to much of the site’s con-
tamination. Since the 1960s,
it has primarily repaired ish-
ing boats. In 2014, the ship-
yard was added to the National
Register of Historic Places.
Dave Jordan, an advisory
group member who lives near
Tillamook and bases his ishing
boat out of Warrenton, said it
takes him as little as 45 minutes
for his boat to get to Astoria
Marine. Astoria Marine helps
change his equipment between
the crab, shrimp and tuna sea-
sons, along with biennial haul-
outs and emergency repairs.
“That’s one of the big
losses, is the emergency part
of it,” he said. “It’s a bad deal.
Boats might sink because it’s
not there.”
The closest shipyards are
in Toledo, Reedsport and Port-
land, along with Port Angeles
and Port Townsend in Wash-
ington state and Crescent City
in California. Jordan said he
would need to rent a room and
stay a day or two if he had to
go to Toledo.
Because of its history,
Astoria Marine includes spe-
cialized equipment for boats
smaller than 50 feet, which
Löfman wrote make up about
half of the local ishing leet.
Her letter also mentioned that
neighbors and recreational
users are not impacted by the
limited scope of contamina-
tion at Astoria Marine.
“I just don’t see the rea-
son to shut them down,” Jor-
dan said. “It’s true. There’s
no groundwater contamina-
tion. Their neighbors are not
impacted by them. It is a per-
ceived problem, and I don’t
actually think it is a problem.”
Port support
The advisory group’s let-
ter comes after another signed
in September by Port of Asto-
ria commissioners afirming
their support for relocating the
shipyard. The Clatsop County
Board of Commissioners has
also penned such a letter, and
local ish processors and oth-
ers have offered support.
The Port is trying to move
its boatyard off of Pier 3 to
accommodate Astoria For-
est Products’ expanding log
export operation, and hopes to
include a facility like Astoria
Marine in the move.
Executive Director Jim
Knight sent a white paper —
a report meant to summarize
an issue — to Mark Ellsworth,
the North Coast Regional
Solutions Team coordinator
for the governor’s ofice.
“Jim gave me a white
paper outlining the need … so
that we could use it in discus-
sions with different agencies
and funding sources” for a fea-
sibility study, Ellsworth said.
During a budget message
Tuesday, Knight said the Port is
planning the study in the coming
year. Ellsworth said the project
would take multiple years and
involve cobbling together fund-
ing from multiple sources.
Complicated cleanup
In a possible reprieve for
Astoria Marine, Williams
said he is not conident the
cleanup of the shipyard will
start this summer because of
the lengthy permitting pro-
cess. GSI Water Solutions Inc.
is planning the project and try-
ing to secure permits.
Rod Struck, the principal
hydrologist with GSI, said the
most onerous permit is from
the U.S. Army Corps of Engi-
neers to excavate contami-
nated sediment from the Lewis
and Clark River and build an
earthen dike to protect upland
properties after the cleanup is
done. Another issue, he said,
is making sure the money is
there from insurers.
While GSI is seeking
permits, Williams is sift-
ing through public comment
before he issues a record of
decision, and eventually a con-
sent order to start the project.
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