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16 // COASTWEEKEND.COM Expand your sustainable gardening Learn how a former dairy farm is skills at master gardener workshop being restored to wetland habitat Learn to propagate herbaceous plants, join work party at Discovery Garden ILWACO, Wash. — The Washington State University Master Gardeners of Paciic County will hold their inal 2016 gardening workshop at the Columbia Paciic Heri- tage Museum: “Sustainable Gardening by Propagating Herbaceous Plants.” Master gardeners will demonstrate how to success- fully propagate plants using stem cuttings. Bring a small sharp knife and a favorite plant to propagate and share. The workshop will begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 15 at the museum’s Discovery Garden, located behind the museum’s parking lot at 115 S.E. Lake St. After the workshop, master gardeners invite at- tendees to join a work party in the Discovery Garden. Bring your favorite garden- ing tools, and dress for the I really Lower Nehalem Watershed Council kicks of 2016-17 speaker series SUBMITTED PHOTO Roots for the raspberry sundae variety of peonies will be for sale. weather. The WSU Master Gardeners of Paciic County and the Columbia Paciic Heritage Museum aim to renovate and maintain a Paciic County Master Gar- dener demonstration garden at the museum. The workshop and plant clinic are free and open to the public. If you have plant ques- tions or problems, stop by and ask a master gardener any time between 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. If possible, bring sam- ples of your plant problem. In addition, master garden- ers still have raspberry sundae peony roots available for sale, just in time for fall planting ahead of next year’s spring- time blooms. Add showy col- or to your garden with these hardy, dependable shrubs. For more information, contact Bev Arnoldy at bev- arnoldy@gmail.com After a fun day of activities, products purchased from M R . 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The Lower Nehalem Wa- tershed Council’s kick-off event for its 2016-17 speak- er series will aim to answer that question. Dick Vander Schaaf, associate director of the Coast and Marine Conserva- tion Program for The Nature Conservancy, will talk about the Kilchis Estuary Restoration Project, which focuses on restoring critical habitat for native salmon in Tillamook Bay. The event will take place Thursday, Oct. 13 at Pine Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for refresh- ments. The presentation will start at 7:20 p.m. following an update from the Lower Nehalem Watershed Council at 7 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. The Nature Conservancy purchased a former dairy farm in 2010 on the low- er Kilchis River with the intention to restore the tidal wetland habitat that once dominated. The Conservan- cy used hydrologic model- ing to develop restoration scenarios for the project and to foresee impacts due to climate change. Vander Schaaf’s presentation will step through the planning and restoration process and discuss future work at the site. The project also has broader implications for wetland restoration on agri- cultural lands in Tillamook County. Joining Vander Schaaf on COURTESY OF THE NATURE CONSERVANCY At the Kilchis Estuary Preserve in Tillamook County, The Nature Conservancy is working to restore the land of a former dairy farm to tidal wetland habitat. Oct. 13 will be Tillamook County Community De- velopment Planner Hilary Foote, who will give a short introduction to Senate Bill 1517. Sometimes called the Oregon Wetlands Bill, it des- ignates Tillamook County as the site for a 10-year pilot project to create a land-use review process where the restoration and agricultural communities of the county can engage in an exploration of the ways in which the ag- ricultural use of high-value farmland can be preserved in coordination with wetlands restoration and enhancement to the beneit of the larger community. SB-1517 result- ed from Oregon’s 2016 leg- islative session in response to the restoration work at the Kilchis Estuary Preserve. Vander Schaaf provides leadership and oversight in coastal and marine projects that guide and support The Nature Conservancy’s con- servation work in Oregon. He leads estuary conserva- tion activities on Oregon’s North Coast, coordinates the Conservancy’s involvement in marine reserve implemen- tation in Oregon’s territorial waters, and is working on climate change adaptation as it relates to coastal conser- vation. Before focusing on coastal conservation issues, Vander Schaaf directed ecoregional conservation assessment work for the Oregon Nature Conser- vancy and led The Nature Conservancy’s effort at public lands conservation in Oregon. He has been with the Conservancy since 1983 when he was the Cascade Head ield intern. He has a Master of Science in ecology from the University of Oregon and a Master of Planning from the Univer- sity of Oregon’s Urban and Regional Planning Depart- ment. Foote is a land-use plan- ner for Tillamook County focusing on farm and forest uses and is the project man- ager for the implementation of SB-1517. In her spare time she runs a grass-fed beef cattle operation in Nehalem with her husband. Prior to moving to the North Coast, Foote spent over a decade working in utili- ty-scale renewable energy development and regulatory affairs. For more information, call 503-368-7424 or email LNWC@nehalemtel.net
