JUNE 28, 2018 // 19
IT’S A PUFFIN PALOOZA
Discover Haystack
Rock Events:
Puffin Puppets &
Puffin Polaroids
CANNON BEACH —
Have fun with the Hay-
stack Rock Awareness
Program, during two
puffin-focused educational
activities open to all.
At 10 a.m. Monday, July
2, make puffin puppets.
Participants will learn about
the tufted puffin, the iconic
bird of Cannon Beach and
the official HRAP mascot,
while creating their very
own puffin puppet to take
home as a souvenir. This
class is offered for free.
From 10 a.m. to noon
Tuesday, July 3, partici-
pants will take a special
tour of Haystack Rock
focused on the puffin pop-
ulation and their role in the
ecosystem. They will learn
about how plastics affect
the puffin population and
take home a special puffin
pin made from microplas-
tics. Photos will be taken
in front of Haystack Rock.
Participants will join our
newsletter and get special
recognition as one of our
beloved Puffin Pals!
BARB AND LARRY HAUSER PHOTO
Puffins
This class is $35, and all
proceeds support the HRAP
Education Department,
which offers free field trips
educating more than 2,500
students every year. Learn
more at the various events
or register through our
Facebook page or on our
website.
The mission of HRAP,
now in its 33rd season on
the beach, is to protect,
through education, the
intertidal and bird ecology
of the Marine Garden and
Hike a spit, see tide pools
NETARTS SPIT — The Friends
of Netarts Bay Watershed Es-
tuary Beach and Sea is hosting
two free events to get people
outside and exploring nature.
From 9 to 11 a.m. Satur-
day, June 30: Hike Netarts
Spit with Oregon State Park
rangers, the Huehca Omey-
ocan group and others for a
two-mile guided walk at Cape
Lookout State Park. Registra-
tion required on Eventbrite.
com.
From 9 to 11 a.m. Sunday,
July 1: Oceanside Tidepool
Discovery Days with staff and
volunteers will help visitors
understand what is living
along the coastal edge. Look
for State Parks rangers or vol-
unteers in WEBS T-shirts live.
Registration recommended.
Find links to reservations
site at explorenaturetillamook-
coast.com; netartsbaytoday.
org; or by searching for the
Friends of Netarts Bay on
Eventbrite.com.
For questions contact
Smith_Chrissy22@yahoo.com
or call 541-231-8041.
National Wildlife Refuge
at Haystack Rock. Having
educated more than one
million visitors, HRAP
aims to provide sustain-
ability-focused educational
opportunities to all Cannon
Beach visitors.
For more information,
visit ci.cannon-beach.or.us/
HRAP or contact Lisa
Habecker, HRAP education
and volunteer coordinator,
at 503-436-8064 or Ha-
becker@ci.cannon-beach.
or.us.
Refresh your mind, body, beach
CANNON BEACH — This
summer, join the Haystack
Rock Awareness Program
in partnership with Cannon
Beach Art Gallery and yoga
teacher Christen Allsop
for an event that combines
microplastic filtration with
yoga and meditation.
Learn how to clean the
beach with screens designed
by Marc Ward of Sea Tur-
tles Forever and visualize
cleaning your mind as
the pristine sand falls to
the ground. Leave with a
refreshed mind, body and
beach.
This event will take
place 9 to 11 a.m. Satur-
day, June 30, and will be
led by HRAP Outreach
Coordinator Pooka Rice. It
will be fun for all ages and
abilities.
Along with a yoga and
meditation session, par-
ticipants will learn about
microplastics and their
negative effects on our
planet, learn what they can
do to help resolve this issue
and take part in cleaning
these harmful particles from
Cannon Beach.
This class is $35 per
person. Tickets may be
purchased online through
HRAP’s Facebook page and
on Eventbrite.
The Haystack Rock
Awareness Program, now in
POOKA RICE PHOTO
Microplastic filtration in action
its 33rd season, aims to pro-
tect, through education, the
intertidal and bird ecology
of the Marine Garden and
National Wildlife Refuge at
Haystack Rock.
For more information,
visit ci.cannon-beach.or.us/
HRAP or contact Rice at
503-436-8079 or lrice@
ci.cannon-beach.or.us.
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