MARCH 8, 2018 // 23
COURTESY SEASIDE AQUARIUM
Haystack Rock
You’re gonna lava this lecture
CANNON BEACH — The
next talk in the “World
of Haystack Rock” series
features Bill Chadwick,
research professor at Oregon
State University’s Hatfield
Marine Science Center. His
presentation, titled “Axial
Seamount: The Most Active
Volcano in the Pacific North-
west,” takes place Wednes-
day, March 14.
The free lecture is the
latest installment of a series
held 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the
second Wednesday of each
month through April at the
Cannon Beach Library (131
N. Hemlock St.).
Chadwick’s research in-
terests include investigating
how magma is supplied and
stored at active volcanoes,
how lava is emplaced during
submarine eruptions and how
underwater eruptions affect
the chemistry and ecosystems
of hydrothermal vent sites.
The final talk this season,
taking place April 11, will be
“Life in the Coastal Edge,”
with Katie Voelke, director
of the North Coast Land
Conservancy.
The “World of Haystack
Rock” series is sponsored
by the Friends of Haystack
Rock. The Friends group
supports the Haystack Rock
Awareness Program in coop-
eration with the City of Can-
non Beach, promoting the
preservation and protection
of intertidal life and birds
that inhabit the Marine Gar-
den and the Oregon Islands
National Wildlife Refuge at
Haystack Rock.
Plant a willow, welcome a
beaver to Thompson Creek
SEASIDE — Thompson
Creek and Stanley Marsh
Habitat Reserve in Seaside
is one of the North Coast
Land Conservancy’s most
visible success stories, with
coho salmon migrating up
Thompson Creek to spawn
every winter and beavers
returning to create more
salmon habitat.
You can help the Con-
servancy keep that success
going by joining a wil-
low-planting stewardship day
at Thompson Creek 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturday, March
10.
Willow planting is one
of the conservancy’s easiest
and most popular stew-
ardship activities. Willows
provide food and building
materials to beavers. The
dams those beavers build
result in broader wetlands,
enhancing habitat for a wide
variety of wildlife, from
salmon to waterfowl.
People of all ages and
abilities are welcome.
Volunteers will gather at the
pump house at Thompson
Creek, on the east side of
Seaside off Lewis and Clark
Road.
Contact Stewardship
Director Melissa Reich at
melissar@nclctrust.org to let
her know you’ll be coming
and to get directions. Bring
a lunch and water. Wear
waterproof boots and work
gloves if you have them.
Prepare to get muddy; this
stewardship day happens
rain or shine (barring ex-
treme weather). There are no
toilets on the property. Dogs
are not allowed at Conser-
vancy habitat reserves.
Read more about
Thompson Creek and Stan-
ley Marsh at nclctrust.org.
Get hooked by professor’s angle on fish
MANZANITA — Join the
Lower Nehalem Watershed
Council and guest co-host,
Friends of Cape Falcon Ma-
rine Reserve, as we welcome
Dr. Scott Heppell, associate
professor of fisheries at
Oregon State University,
Thursday, March 8, at the
Pine Grove Community
House (225 Laneda Ave.), in
Manzanita.
The presentation will
start at 7:20 p.m. following
an update from the Lower
Nehalem Watershed Council
at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30
p.m. The event is free and
open to the public.
Heppell’s research focuses
on the physiological ecology
of fishes, in particular how
physiology, behavior and life
history traits affect the inter-
actions between fish popula-
tions, their respective fisheries
and the environment.
COURTESY LOWER NEHALEM WATERSHED COUNCIL
Dr. Scott Heppell, associate professor of fisheries at Oregon
State University
Imagine a baby fish in an
immense ocean — how does
it get from where it is born
to where it will settle and
grow? Once it is grown, what
area will it call home? These
questions are crucial when
considering the size and
spacing of Oregon’s marine
reserves, protected areas
in our state coastal waters.
Almost no information exists
for marine reserves regard-
ing “Are they big enough?”
and “Are they close enough
together?” But Heppell and
his team are beginning to
answer these questions for
the Redfish Rocks Marine
Reserve near Port Orford on
the southern Oregon Coast.
This event is part of the
Lower Nehalem Watershed
Council’s regular Speaker
Series. Join us at the Com-
munity House each second
Thursday from January
through May, and October
and November, for natural
resource-focused presenta-
tions.
New to the Speaker
Series: We’re raffling off
a gift certificate or special
item from a local business
supporter during each event.
This month we have a $25
gift certificate and hat from
Wheeler Marina. Raffle tick-
ets will be available for a $5
donation at the door, and the
winner will be drawn at the
end of the presentation.
Find more information on
our Facebook page.
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