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Help pull invasive It’s all about the beach with the
purple loosestrife Haystack Rock Awareness Program
SVENSEN — Spend a day at
the beautiful Wolf Bay Hab-
itat Reserve east of Astoria,
and help rid the marsh of a
purple menace. Invasive pur-
ple loosestrife grows along
the lower Columbia and
spreads easily, threatening to
overwhelm the diverse wet-
land ecology of this area and
crowding out native plants
such as cattail and wapato,
which feed native wildlife.
North Coast Land Conser-
vancy will host a hands-on
stewardship day at Wolf Bay
Habitat Reserve from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 20.
Volunteers will pull up the
invasive weed. It’s not hard; the
roots separate easily from the
saturated soil in the bay. Volun-
teers will lay the pulled weeds
on the unused railroad tracks
that border the bay, where they
dry out and decompose without
causing further harm.
Wear rubber boots and
gloves; NCLC will provide
tools. Bring your own drink-
ing water and lunch. There
are no toilets or potable water
on site. If you’d like to help,
contact NCLC Stewardship
Director Melissa Reich at
503-738-9126 or melissar@
nclctrust.org, for details and
directions.
The Wolf Bay loosestrife
Kid-focused event
on tap, followed by
summer potluck,
tsunami walk
PHOTO BY ALEX PAJUNAS
Purple loosestrife, called “the
purple menace” by the North
Coast Land Conservancy, is
an invasive weed.
pull is the irst day of a
two-day partnership with
The Nature Conservancy
to attack purple loosestrife
growing along the lower
Columbia. On Sunday,
volunteers will be weeding
The Nature Conservancy’s
nearby Blind Slough by
canoe and kayak.
Those wishing to partic-
ipate Sunday as well must
begin with an orientation
from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday
following the loosestrife pull
at Wolf Bay. To register for
The Nature Conservancy’s
work party at Blind Slough,
visit tinyurl.com/tncpurple
The 13 th Annual
Cannon Beach Cottage & Garden Tour
T HREE -D AY E VENT
S EPTEMBER 9 TH - 11 TH , 2016
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 TH
6:00 p.m. Kicks off with a concert by Kelsey
Mousley and the Next Right Thing and food
by Newman’s at 988 and Sea Level Coffee and
Bakery. Tickets $12
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 TH
12:00 p.m. Luncheon & Lecture at Tolovana Inn
with Libby Holah of Holah Design Tickets $25
1:00 - 5:00 p.m. Home & Garden Tour of
Tolovana Tickets $30
6:00 p.m. Maggie & the Cats Concert & Reception
(Fall Raffl e Takes place at this time (included in
home and garden ticket price))
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 TH
11:00 a.m. Garden Tea & presentation by author
and naturalist Sherian Wright on beekeeping
for the average gardener Tickets $20
Weekend packages are $60
Advance ticket purchases recommended
For tickets call 503-436-9301 or visit www.cbhistory.org
CANNON BEACH — The
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program will host two
events open to the public on
Saturday, Aug. 20.
First, the focus is on kids
— and kids at heart — at a
Discover Haystack Rock ed-
ucational event from 9 to 11
a.m. The summer program
will offer a fun-illed kids
day, focusing on connecting
young visitors with the ani-
mals that live at and around
Haystack Rock.
HRAP Education Coor-
dinator Lisa Habecker will
discuss some of the many
nesting seabirds that inhabit
the rock before leading a
murre egg painting activity.
Enjoy light snacks, beverag-
es and a talk followed by a
guided tour of the tide pools.
Meet at the HRAP truck
on the beach in front of
Haystack Rock. This event
is free and open to the
public. All ages are wel-
come. Advanced registration
is encouraged, as space is
limited. Call HRAP Program
Coordinator Melissa Keyser
at 503-436-8060 or email
hrap@ci.cannon-beach.or.us
Then, see and hear what
a full-rip 9.0 earthquake and
resulting tsunami are like.
A multimedia presentation
will be featured at HRAP’s
summer potluck at Cannon
Beach City Hall. Arrive and
enjoy food at 1 p.m., then, at
1:30 p.m., hear Scott West
recount his experience in
Otsuchi, Japan on March 11,
2011.
West, a U.S. Navy veter-
an and retired federal agent
from Edmonds, Washington,
works around the globe on
conservation issues. Today
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The Haystack Rock Awareness Program will host a kids-centric event at Haystack Rock from 9 to
11 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 20.
he provides environmental
consulting services and
speaks about tsunamis. In
2011, he and a small crew
were at the water’s edge
in the port city of Otsuchi
trying to stop the slaughter
of Dall’s porpoises.
The epicenter of the
Tohoku subduction zone
rupture was just off the
coast. Woefully unprepared
for such an event, West’s
crew of six managed to
survive the earthquake and
tsunami, which claimed the
lives of over 15,000 people.
They were able to ilm some
of the events.
West will show his ilm
and answer questions at the
potluck.
The Oregon Coast last
saw a major tsunami in 1700.
Seismologists have said a
9.0 or greater magnitude
earthquake is overdue in the
Cascadia Subduction Zone,
a fault that stretches from
Northern Vancouver Island to
Cape Mendocino, California.
About 15 million people live
in the subduction zone.
Following the potluck
and presentation, HRAP
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After HRAP’s summer potluck and tsunami evacuation walk,
staf will be on the beach at 6 p.m. to talk about the tide pools.
staff will lead a tsunami
evacuation walk, following
the route from Haystack
Rock to one of the assembly
areas. They will head to
Haystack Rock at 3:30 p.m.
and walk to the assembly
area at 4:15 p.m.
There will be an option to
visit the tide pools after the
event. HRAP staff will be on
the beach from 6 to 8 p.m.;
low tide is at 8:58 p.m.
The potluck, presentation
and walk event is free and
open to interested parties.
City hall is located at 163 E.
Gower St. Space is limit-
ed, and RSVP is required.
Email hrapvolunteer@
ci.cannon-beach.or.us or call
503-436-8095.
The Haystack Rock
Awareness Program is a
stewardship program with
the city of Cannon Beach
whose mission is to pro-
tect, through education, the
intertidal and seabird life of
the Oregon Islands National
Wildlife Refuge and Marine
Garden at Haystack Rock.
Since its modest beginnings
in 1985, HRAP has educated
and inspired over 900,000
adults and children to learn
about the natural resources
at Haystack Rock.