MARCH 1, 2018 // 21
Three days of marine, coastal science in Cannon Beach
CANNON BEACH — The
time has come for the
annual Sharing the Coast
Conference. This extrava-
ganza of information about
coastal natural history,
taking place Friday through
Sunday, March 2 through
4, in Cannon Beach, is a
joint project of CoastWatch
and the Northwest Aquat-
ic and Marine Educators
(NAME).
This year the Haystack
Rock Awareness Program is
a local partner. All activities
aside from field trips and
the Saturday evening party
take place at the Cannon
Beach Community Hall
(207 Spruce St.).
The event kicks off
with a speaker 7 p.m.
Friday evening. On Satur-
day, beginning at 9 a.m.,
we’ll hear talks and panel
discussions on such topics
as seabirds and shorebirds,
tidepool ecology and sea
stars, marine debris, marine
mammals, “beached marine
critters” found on the
shoreline and other top-
ics. A Saturday afterparty,
featuring the cutthroat trivia
A Haystack Rock Awareness Program member (far left) and vis-
itors observe the great sea stack of Cannon Beach.
PHOTOS COURTESY HAYSTACK ROCK AWARENESS PROGRAM
Visitors take in the beauty of Haystack Rock.
contest, starts at 5:30 p.m.
at the Public Coast Brewery
(264 E. 3rd St.).
On Sunday, an early
morning tidepool walk at
Haystack Rock is planned
(weather permitting). We’ll
gather back at the Commu-
nity Hall at 10 a.m. for a
series of short talks about
citizen science, then head
back out to the beach for
field trips. If the weather is
overly inclement, we will
have additional talks inside.
Sharing the Coast is a
chance to have fun learn-
ing some intriguing new
things about the shoreline
and socialize with fellow
coast-lovers, but the un-
derlying goal is to provide
background information
that will assist CoastWatch-
Register for third annual CoastWalk Oregon
Registration opens
Thursday, March 1, for the
third annual CoastWalk
Oregon, a fundraiser for the
North Coast Land Con-
servancy set for Sept. 14
through 16.
This year’s theme, “Two
Capes, Two Bays, Three
Days,” refers to the spec-
tacular stretch of coastline
participants will hike, from
the mouth of Nehalem Bay
to the south side of Cape
Lookout, the heart of the
scenic Three Capes region
on the Tillamook Coast.
Registration is limited to 90
participants.
CoastWalk Oregon par-
ticipants spend three days
COURTESY NORTH COAST LAND
CONSERVANCY
Hikers head south toward
Arch Cape on Day No. 1 of
CoastWalk Oregon 2017.
walking roughly 10 miles
a day on the Oregon Coast
Trail. This year’s event has
new twists. In addition to
buses, boats from Garibaldi
Marina (weather permitting)
and a vintage train from Or-
egon Coast Scenic Railroad
will be among the vehicles
shuttling participants at the
beginning or end of each
day’s hike. Every day will
start and end in Garibaldi.
Day No. 1 spans the
beach from Nehalem Bay
to Tillamook Bay. Day No.
2 begins on Bayocean Spit
and climbs Cape Meares
before ending at the beach
near Oceanside. Day No.
3 takes participants down
Netarts Spit and over Cape
Lookout.
The $349 registration
fee covers wayfinding,
trailhead shuttles, snacks
and a celebratory lunch at
the end of the third day.
Lodging and most meals
are not included. Most of
the registration fee rep-
resents a tax-deductible
donation to the North Coast
Land Conservancy, which
is working to create a vast
Rainforest Reserve in the
mountains adjacent to Os-
wald West State Park — a
private land conservation
effort unprecedented in
size in western Oregon.
For more details or to
register, visit coastwalkore-
gon.org.
ers in monitoring their
miles, and NAME members
in educating others about
marine and coastal science.
The cost is $35 for
current members of either
organization (includes
Saturday lunch and eve-
ning appetizers), or $45 for
nonmembers. Those joining
either group or updating
their memberships when
registering can take the
discount. Registration will
begin shortly; find out how
to sign up at oregonshores.
org.
For more information,
contact Fawn Custer,
CoastWatch volunteer co-
ordinator, at 541-270-0027,
fawn@oregonshores.org;
or Melissa Keyser, Ore-
gon NAME president (and
Haystack Rock Awareness
Program coordinator) at
503-436-8060 or keyser@
ci.cannon-beach.or.us.
COASTER THEATRE PLAYHOUSE
March 16 - April 21, 2018
Tickets $20 or $25
Shows begin at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday shows start at 3:00p.m.
Sponsored by Coaster Construction
Tickets: 503-436-1242 or coastertheatre.com
108 N Hemlock Street, Cannon Beach, OR