FEBRUARY 2, 2017 // 7
Sign up for a West Coast swing dance class in Astoria
Four-part class
series offered
this February
ASTORIA — The Astoria
Arts & Movement Center
welcomes prospective dance
students to a four-week
beginning-level West Coast
Swing Dance Class.
West Coast swing is a
smooth, sensual variation of
the Lindy hop or jitterbug
that showcases the lady. It
can be danced to a range of
music, from jazz and blues
to country and rock.
Taught by instructor Jen
Miller, the class series takes
place once a week at 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 7, 14, 21
and 28 at the Astoria Arts &
Movement Center, located at
342 10th St.
No partner is required, no
experience is necessary, and
two left feet are welcome.
Class is $45 per person
for the entire series or $15
per person to drop in.
Class is an hour long,
followed by a student-led
swing practice hour at 8:30
p.m. Admission is free for
class students and $5 for
drop-ins. For more informa-
tion, contact Miller via email
at jen@floorplay.net or visit
www.floorplay.net
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Salmon River estuary restoration
teaches lessons about salmon recovery
Cannon Beach Arts Association seeks submissions of artwork
revolving around the theme of contemporary portraiture.
Art association seeks
contemporary portraits
for upcoming exhibit
Lower Nehalem
Watershed Council
hosts Dan Bottom
for talk Feb. 9
MANZANITA — Although
estuaries have long been
recognized as biologically
productive, their value as
nursery habitat for juvenile
salmon has not been fully
appreciated until recently.
The first comprehensive
study of juvenile salmon in
an Oregon tidal marsh began
less than 20 years ago in
the Salmon River estuary.
Millions of dollars are spent
each year to restore estu-
arine wetlands to support
salmon recovery efforts on
the coast and in the Colum-
bia River. Now, for the first
time, researchers at Salmon
River have quantified the di-
rect contributions of estuary
restoration to Chinook and
Coho salmon populations.
Join Lower Nehalem
Watershed Council in wel-
coming author and scientist
Dan Bottom for a presenta-
tion examining the science
behind estuary wetlands
restoration and the recovery
of salmon populations.
The free event will be
held Thursday, Feb. 9 at
the Pine Grove Commu-
nity House, located at 225
Laneda Ave. in Manzanita.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for
refreshments. The presen-
tation will start at 7:20 p.m.
following an update from
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Dan Bottom will examine es-
tuary wetlands restoration
and the recovery of salmon
populations.
COURTESY CAREY SMITH, PACIFIC COAST JOINT VENTURE, VANCOUVER, WA
An aerial view of the Salmon River Estuary.
Lower Nehalem Watershed
Council at 7 p.m.
The presentation will
make the scientific case for
habitat restoration as an
engine for salmon resiliency
and recovery.
In the early 1960s most
tidal wetlands in the Salmon
River estuary were diked for
agricultural use. But since
1978, a series of restoration
projects has removed dikes
and tide gates and restored
salmon access to about 75
percent of the historical
wetland habitat. Many
juvenile Chinook and Coho
salmon now move into the
estuary earlier in the year
and remain for a longer
time compared to the period
when most of the estuary’s
wetlands were diked.
Estuary restoration has
strengthened population re-
silience to future disturbance
(e.g., floods, landslides,
climate change, etc.) by
providing access to alter-
native downstream rearing
areas, dispersing the risks
of salmon mortality more
broadly across the basin.
In addition, the restoration
of estuarine habitat has
contributed directly to the
survival and return of adult
salmon. Up to 75 percent of
the adult Chinook and 20 to
35 percent of the adult Coho
now returning to spawn in
the Salmon River were juve-
niles reared in the restored
estuarine marshes.
The Salmon River results
have important implications for
habitat restoration and salmon
recovery programs throughout
the Pacific Northwest.
Presenter Dan Bottom
served as a fishery research
biologist and project leader
in state and federal govern-
ment for 38 years, including
22 years with the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife Research Section
in Corvallis and 16 years
with NOAA’s Northwest
Fisheries Science Center in
Newport. At NOAA, Bottom
led an interdisciplinary re-
search team investigating the
ecology and life histories of
juvenile Chinook salmon in
the Columbia River estuary.
In 2011, he co-authored
an Oregon Sea Grant book
examining the conservation
future of Pacific salmon spe-
cies, “Pathways to Resilience:
Restoring Salmon Ecosystems
in a Changing World.” Bottom
retired from federal service at
the end of 2015. He continues
serving as a member of the
Expert Regional Technical
Group for the Columbia River
estuary and as courtesy faculty
at Oregon State University.
This event is part of the
Lower Nehalem Watershed
Council’s regular Speak-
er Series, held the second
Thursday of the month from
January through May. Some
of the featured topics for
2017 include salmon recov-
ery, watershed health and
ocean acidification.
Deadline to submit
artwork is Feb. 11
CANNON BEACH —Cannon
Beach Arts Association is
issuing a call for work for its
first juried show of 2017. The
theme for the show is con-
temporary portraiture, and it
is a complimentary show to
“Au Natural: The Nude in the
21st Century” exhibition hap-
pening at Clatsop Communi-
ty College.
In today’s “selfie culture”
this is the perfect opportu-
nity to explore what role
portraits now play in society.
Artwork submissions
should freely interpret the
exhibition theme. Two-di-
mensional and three-di-
mensional work should not
exceed 36 inches in any
dimension (including frame)
and should weigh no more
than 40 pounds.
Work can be in any me-
dium. Each artist can submit
three works. All submitted
artwork must be exhibition
ready with all appropriate
hardware.
The exhibition will run
Feb. 18 through March 26. A
reception will be held from 6
to 8 p.m. Feb. 18.
The show will be juried
by Martha Lee, owner of
Russo Lee Gallery.
In addition to the juried
exhibition at the Cannon
Beach Gallery, CBAA will
also host a non-juried show
in its new space located
in Sandpiper Square. The
Creative Coast Project
Space will host a salon-hung
exhibition for any artwork
left over from the jurying
process. This exhibition will
run during the same time
frame as the main show and
will provide the opportunity
for all the artwork submitted
to be viewed.
Artists should submit
work from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Feb. 11 at the Creative Coast
Project Space, located in
Suite 25 at 172 N Hemlock
St. Early submissions may
be brought to the Creative
Coast Project Space 11
a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday
through Saturday.
All artwork submitted by
mail must arrive by Feb. 11.
All shipped artwork must
include return packaging or
reusable packaging and a
paid return label.
FedEx and UPS Packages
must be sent to: Creative
Coast Project Space, Suite
25, Sandpiper Square, Can-
non Beach, OR 97110.
USPS Packages must be
sent to: Cannon Beach Gal-
lery, PO Box 684, Cannon
Beach, OR 97110