SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 // 21
Fun with fungi: Learn about mysterious
mushrooms that grow in Clatsop County
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On Citizenship Day,
experience history
where it happened
KNAPPTON COVE — Cel-
ebrate the United States
Constitution and Citizenship
Day on Sunday, Sept. 17, at
the Knappton Cove Heritage
Center’s Quarantine Station,
The Columbia River’s “Ellis
Island.”
The program begins at 2
p.m. with the lecture “Be-
coming a U.S. Citizen” by
Friedrich Schuler, a professor
at Portland State University.
The station is three miles
upriver (east) on Washing-
ton State Route 401 from the
Washington side of Astoria/
Megler Bridge, two miles
east of Dismal Nitch Rest
Area.
For more information,
visit knapptoncoveheri-
tagecenter.org, or email
knapptoncove@gmail.com.
Northwest Natural hosts
‘Get Ready North Coast!’
ASTORIA — If a natural
disaster hits the area, North-
west Natural wants residents
and their families to be pre-
pared. So it’s time to “Get
Ready North Coast!”
Join Northwest Natural
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16, at the Astoria Ar-
mory (1636 Exchange St.)
for an event that will help
people prepare for a natural
disaster.
Company representatives
will be joined by Red Cross,
Astoria Fire Department, The
Food Bank, Lutheran Disaster
Response and other emer-
gency preparedness groups
to give away safety items and
information, plus a free lunch.
The first 100 families
will also receive a free,
small preparedness kit.
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State Park Ranger Dane Osis leads a mushrooms walk.
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FORT CLATSOP — Lewis
and Clark National His-
torical Park, Fort Clatsop,
has announced the autumn
2017 In Their Footsteps free
speakers series.
The first program in this
monthly series will take
place 1 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
17, with Dane Osis present-
ing “Mysterious Mushrooms
of Clatsop County.”
A wide variety of fungi
thrive in Clatsop County
because of the area’s high
precipitation and humidity.
This illustrated talk will
cover rules and regulations
for mushroom foraging, as
well as equipment needed to
collect fungi. The audience
will also learn about com-
mon species of both edible
and poisonous mushrooms
found in the area.
Osis is a state park ranger
at Fort Stevens State Park.
After gaining a foundation
in mushroom identification
through several college
courses, he commercially
picked mushrooms in the
Siskiyou and Deschutes
National Forests. Osis has
taught mushroom identifica-
tion for 14 years at Fort Ste-
vens State Park and shared
similar training at several
Oregon State parks and the
Tillamook Forestry Center.
This forum, held the third
Sunday of the month, is
sponsored by the park and
the Lewis and Clark Nation-
2911 Marine Dr #B
Astoria, OR 97103
503-325-3276
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Mushrooms
al Park Association. The free
programs take place in the
Netul River Room of Fort
Clatsop’s visitor center.
Other upcoming In Their
Footsteps speaker series
programs include:
• Sunday, Oct. 15 —
“America’s Master Park
Maker: Frederick Law Olm-
sted” by Laurence Cotton
• Sunday, Nov. 19 — “A
Town Called Seaside” by
Gloria Linkey
• Sunday, Dec. 17 —
“Channeling Your Inner
Lewis & Clark” by Richard
Brenne
For more information,
call the park at 503-861-
2471.
Mon-Sat 10 am - 8 pm
Sun 12 Noon - 6 pm
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