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How do we protect species amid changing weather?
Bringing the wetlands back
ASTORIA — The 10th
biennial Columbia River
Estuary Conference will
take place Tuesday through
Thursday, April 10 to 12, at
the Liberty Theatre (1203
Commercial St.) in Astoria.
The theme of this year’s
conference is “Promoting
Resiliency Under Shifting
Environmental Conditions.”
The conference will explore
ways local resource man-
agers and land use planners
can adapt to changes in
weather patterns to protect
native species and watershed
health.
The conference brings
together regional scien-
tists, researchers, natural
resource managers and
others to present and learn
the latest findings on the
MANZANITA — How do you
restore tidal channels and
wetland habitat in floodplain
areas that have historically
been diked and disconnect-
ed? Join Lower Nehalem
Watershed Council as Dick
Vander Schaaf, associate di-
rector of the Coast and Ma-
rine Conservation Program
for The Nature Conservancy
offers a presentation on the
Kilchis Estuary Restoration
Project.
“Kilchis Estuary Resto-
ration Project: from Plan-
ning through Construction
and Planting” will be held at
the Pine Grove Community
House, 225 Laneda Ave., in
Manzanita. The presentation
starts at 7:20 p.m. Thursday,
April 12, following an up-
lower river, its plume and
nearshore ocean. The con-
ference consists of two and
a half days of oral presen-
tations, along with a poster
session during a Tuesday
evening social.
Speakers will cover top-
ics such as changing ocean
conditions and its effect on
salmon and ecosystems; sea
level rise and flood risk;
integrating shifting weather
patterns into habitat resto-
ration; measuring results
of habitat restoration; toxic
contaminants; and more.
Keynote speaker Mary
Hunsicker, of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration National
Marine Fisheries Ser-
vice, will present Tuesday
morning on detecting
coast
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whether ocean conditions
have reached an important
tipping point. Thursday’s
keynote address will be
given by John Shurts, of
Northwest Power and Con-
servation Council, on the
latest in fish, wildlife and
energy policy and law.
The cost is $175 for the
full conference, or $100
for a single day. Locals’
discounted admission price
is $20 per day with Clatsop
or Pacific county ID. To
receive the discounted rate,
contact Erinne Goodell
at egoodell@estuarypart-
nership.org. The catered
evening session requires
regular admission costs.
To register and for more
information, visit estuary-
partnership.org/CREC2018.
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date from Lower Nehalem
Watershed Council at 7 p.m.
Join the group for its regular
council meeting from 5 to
6:30 p.m. to learn more
about the Council’s ongoing
work.
The Nature Conservancy
purchased a former dairy
farm in 2010 on the lower
Kilchis River intending to
restore the tidal wetland
habitats that once dominated
the site. The conservancy
utilized hydrologic model-
ing to develop restoration
scenarios for the project and
to foresee impacts due to
climate change. This pre-
sentation will step through
the planning and restoration
process and discuss future
work at the site. The project
COURTESY LOWER NEHALEM
WATERSHED COUNCIL
The Nature Conservancy
is restoring tidal channels
and wetland habitat in the
Kilchis Estuary.
also has broader implica-
tions for wetland restoration
on agricultural lands in
Tillamook County.
For more information,
call 503-368-7424 or email
LNWC@nehalemtel.net.