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FEBRUARY 8, 2018 // 21 Rock on! HRAP reopens for 2018 beach season CANNON BEACH — The Haystack Rock Awareness Program invites you to join them daily on the beach during low tide Friday, Feb. 9, through the end of October. The program is entering its 33rd season on the beach! Having educated more than a million visitors and thousands of students over the years, the program’s mission is to “protect, through education, the intertidal and bird ecology of the Marine Garden and National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock.” HRAP Rocky Shore Environmental Interpret- ers will be on the beach during low tides to educate visitors at Haystack Rock about biodiversity found on and around the rock. Our free public education program will change as the seasons change, with the arrival and departure of various animals to the area. We offer bird scopes, aquaria stations, an inter- active visitor table with a microscope and many other exciting educational opportunities. HRAP welcomes vol- H A H A E R A S U T E P O L D R VI O I S L E T S V I C T O R E A T A T V C H I P O H A R E M O R A N P R U O N S T S H VI S E N T R E R U S O N I U S E N S E B P I A E R VI B T O S E A N S L S T U S V A R A M A J C U L A A S I T E L E S S B A S T E S E E T O A H E R O A U T I S M S T E R A R O F G O O D VI D D E L R I E R K E W A S A B N T A L S T U B A U M N A L R I C A L E E F U N N D A M E O B A R D H U M O R I S E T S A S A C O M A C H A U T A A U G H F D S S C O O F A D I F I L E R O N L VI K O T E S L O N E D R A A G V O I A N S A B D O E D M E R I V E R S P E R I N A A C T R E A G O L O S S O I D D E N I S A N A C A R D C A N T I O N T O E A R E N A L I N E N P L E D C O M A T E R VI A T M E B I G D O N M E E G A D COLIN MURPHEY PHOTO Observers with the Haystack Rock Awareness Program keep a sharp eye on the puffin popula- tion as numbers in recent years have continued to dwindle despite research and educational efforts to revive the colony. unteers of all ages, in- cluding families. Program volunteers participate in a variety of activities on the beach and behind the scenes, plus a chance to make jewelry for our new Trash Talk Project. There is no minimum time commitment required, and we have wonderful volunteers come from all around Oregon and Wash- ington. Those interested in volunteering should contact Lisa Habecker, our educa- tion and volunteer coordi- nator and 15-year HRAP veteran, by email (habeck- er@ci.cannon-beach.or.us) or phone (503-436-8064). Teachers, instructors or groups interested in a field trip and/or tour of the rock should contact Habecker as well. This season we will be offering returning favorite and all new special events, educational classes and workshops for kids and adults. The complete beach schedule can be found on the City of Cannon Beach website, under the Haystack Rock Awareness Program. For questions or com- ments, contact Haystack Rock Awareness Program Coordinator Melissa Keyser at 503-436-8060 or hrap@ci.cannon-beach. or.us. A whale of a good talk in Cannon Beach CANNON BEACH — The next talk in “The World of Hay- stack Rock” lecture series takes place 7 p.m. Wednes- day, Feb. 14, and features Leigh Torres, assistant professor at Oregon State University. Torres’ talk is titled “Through the Looking Glass: New Perspectives on Whale Ecology to Inform Crossword Answers T A T S Conservation.” The series is held the second Wednesday of each month through April, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at the Can- non Beach Library (131 N. Hemlock St.). The next talks will be held: • Wednesday, March 14: Bill Chadwick, re- search professor at Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center. His talk is titled “Axial Seamount: The most Active Volcano in the Pacific Northwest” • Wednesday, April 11: Katie Volke, Director of the North Coast Land Conservancy. Her talk is titled “Life in the Coastal Edge” FILE PHOTO Every Thursday Dec. 28, 2017 coastweekend.com W N E E AR’S Y PEOPLE READ ABOUT • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • THEM ON PAGES 10 AND 11 Pig n’ Pancake Fort George Wet Dog Blue Scorcher Rusty Cup Street 14 Café Arnie’s Café Astoria Rivewalk Inn Buoy Beer Ast-War Chamber River Sea Gallery Holly McHone Jewelry UrgentCare NW Astoria Corner Deli Baked Alaska Carruthers Astoria Dwtn Assoc Astoria Coffeehouse Motel 6 BW Lincoln Inn Comfort Suites Holiday Inn Express Lamplighter Commodore Hotel Crest Motel Rivershore Motel Columbia Inn Hampton Inn is now available at the following locations throughout Clatsop County • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Martin North (Surfsand) Stephanie Inn Pelican Brewery Chamber of Commerce Fresh Foods Adrift Hotel Hungry Harbor Grille Beach Day Coffee Ashore Hotel Pig ‘n Pancake Visitors’ Bureau Finn’s Fish House McMenamins Inverted Experience Shilo Inn Comfort Inn Rivertide Suites Holiday Inn Inn at Seaside Best Western Shilo Inn River Inn Libraries Gearhart by the Sea Shelburne Inn The Depot Restaurant Uptown Café coastweekend.com
