JUNE 22, 2017 // 17
Take a guided tour
of Nedonna Marsh
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Nedonna Marsh
J
oin Friends of Nedon-
na Marsh for a guided
Ecological Tour of
Nedonna Marsh 10 a.m. to
noon Saturday, June 24, and
learn about the organiza-
tion’s work to help keep the
area wild.
“This is an intact rem-
nant of the original native
coast,” organizers wrote in a
release. “Within this area is
a native saltwater marsh, a
spruce/willow wetland and a
dune area with many native
plants.”
Coyotes, river otters, deer
and other wildlife make this
area home, and migratory
birds use it to rest and refi ll,
the group said. Two salm-
on-bearing streams, Jetty
Creek and McMillan Creek,
fl ow through the estuary and
into Nehalem Bay.
The marsh is privately
owned and in danger of
being developed. “If this
happens, the community
will lose this special place
forever,” the friends group
said.
The walk is fairly easy,
but there is some uneven
group, so it would be best
to wear sturdy shoes. Rain
or shine, the walk will take
place. Participants are asked
to bring binoculars if they
have them.
The suggested donation,
collected on site, is $5 per
person over 18. Kids walk
free. No dogs allowed.
The walk begins from
the parking lot near the
South Jetty of the Nehalem
River in the Nedonna Beach
section of Rockaway Beach,
Oregon.
To get there from U.S.
Highway 101, turn west
at the sign indicating the
Manhattan Beach Way-
side. (This exit is somewhat
north of Neah-kah-nie
High School.) Then, do
not actually turn into the
wayside, but proceed west
on Beach Drive, following it
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as it curves north, and then
dead-ending after about half
a mile.
At the intersection of
Beach Drive and Section
Line Road is the parking lot
where the hike will start. Re-
garding restroom facilities:
There is a port-a-potty at
the parking lot, plus the
complete restroom facilities
at the Manhattan Beach
Wayside.
The event is sponsored by
Friends of Nedonna Marsh,
Lower Nehalem Community
Trust, and Rockaway Beach
Citizens for Watershed
Protection.
Registration is appreciat-
ed, and can be done through
the Explore Nature website:
explorenaturetillamookcoast.
com.
For more information,
contact nedonnamarsh@
gmail.com or call 503-355-
2516.
Walk the Land with land conservancy
SEASIDE — The North
Coast Land Conservancy is
offering a free guided two-
hour walk on Oregon Walk
the Land Day beginning 11
a.m. Saturday, June 24, at
the Circle Creek Conser-
vation Center, at Seaside’s
south end.
The walk consists of
foot trails, mown paths and
raised boardwalks. Conser-
vancy Executive Director
Katie Voelke and natural-
ist Mike Patterson will lead
participants through a rough-
ly 3-mile hike.
“The walk will provide a
glimpse of the forests in the
Necanicum River fl oodplain
and lower reaches of Tilla-
mook Head in their many
stages: newly planted, dead
and decaying, and every-
thing in between,” organiz-
ers wrote.
Anyone can partic-
ipate, but preregistra-
tion is required. Register
at NCLCtrust.org/cc-head-
land-fl oodplain.
Circle Creek, one of the
conservancy’s largest habi-
tat reserves, is located at the
end of Rippet Road in Sea-
side. Look for it on the west
side of U.S. Highway 101,
0.7 miles north of the junc-
tion with U.S. Highway 26.
Follow the road west and
north, passing a gravel quar-
ry on the left, to where it
ends between two barns.
For more information,
contact nclc@nclctrust.org
or 503-738-9126.
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