12 DAYS
OF EARTH
DAY: APRIL
11-22
All events are free and
open to the public.
Donations asked for
Cannon Beach Shreds
(April 19) to offset costs.
APRIL 11
• 8:45 a.m. to 2:45 p.m.
haystack rock aware-
ness program (hrap)
on the beach
• 9 to 11 a.m. Bird walk
at Ecola Creek Forest
reserve, with Barbara
linnett and susan
peterson
APRIL 12
• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
hrap on the beach
• 1 to 2 p.m. Tree
planting near south
entrance to Cannon
Beach, with CB public
Works and CB acad-
emy students
APRIL 13
• 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Microplastic removal
at Whale park, orga-
nized by sea Turtles
Forever
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
snowy plover train-
ing at CB City hall
(163 E. Gower ave.)
with audubon society
and hrap volunteers,
organized by sea Tur-
tles Forever
• 11:15 a.m. to
5:15 p.m. hrap puf-
fin Welcome at hay-
stack rock
APRIL 14
• 12:30 to 6:30 p.m.,
hrap on the beach
• 2 to 3 p.m. hands
across the sand at
haystack rock, orga-
nized by CB yoga arts
APRIL 15
• 12:45 to 7:45 p.m.
hrap on the beach
• 7 p.m. Talk: “Birds in
your Backyard” at CB
library (131 N. hem-
lock st.), with Barbara
linnett
APRIL 16
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. ivy
pull behind CB acad-
emy (3781 s. hem-
lock st.)
• 1:45 to 7:45 p.m.
hrap on the beach
• 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Tree planting with
scout Troop, at pub-
lic restroom (195 N
spruce st.), with CB
public Works
APRIL 17
• 6:45 to 8:45 a.m., 2:30
to 7:45 p.m. hrap on
the beach
• 7 to 8 p.m. Talk: Era
horton of american
Cetacean society on
Thursday, april 11, 2019 // 9
differences in tooth
and baleen whales; 25
species of the Oregon
Coast; threats to ceta-
ceans worldwide; and
whale watching in
Oregon, at CB Cham-
ber of Commerce (207
N. spruce st.)
APRIL 18
• 6:45 to 10 a.m., 3:45
to 7:45 p.m., hrap on
the beach
• 9 to 11 a.m. CB parks
and Community ser-
vices Meeting, CB City
hall (163 E. Gower
ave.)
APRIL 19
• 6:30 to 11 a.m., 4:15
to 7:45 p.m., hrap
and marine debris
survey
• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Cannon Beach shreds
— paper, that is — at
midtown parking lot
• 6 to 8 p.m. Gaylord
Nelson Community
potluck w/ speaker
Joe Balden: “Trees and
Their Benefit to the
Community,” Cannon
Beach Community
hall (207 N. spruce st.)
APRIL 20
• 6:30 to 11:45 a.m.
hrap on the beach
• 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., Black
Oyster training, CB
City hall (163 E. Gower
ave.), with audubon
society
• 11 to 11:15 a.m.
Earth day parade,
a community/pets
walking parade, from
antler and Third
streets to hemlock
street near Coaster
Theater playhouse
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Earth day street Fair,
at second street
between hemlock
and spruce streets
• 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. red-
wing Blackbird aware-
ness, at little pompey
Wetland, with natural-
ist Neal Maine
APRIL 21
• 9 to 10 a.m. Nudi
Bunny safari at hay-
stack rock
• 6:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. hrap on
the beach
APRIL 22
• 6:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. hrap on
the beach
• 4 to 5 p.m. Talk:
“retuning sea Otters,
repairing the Coast”
with Bob Baily, at
Cannon Beach his-
tory Center (1387 s.
spruce st.)
Schedule is also
available on the City of
Cannon Beach website.
Erick Bengel photos
Jesse Jones (right) shows Heath Foott, of Portland, how to plant a young Sitka spruce tree during Cannon Beach’s street fair in 2014.
Both he and Knop said that the
12-day event could not have hap-
pened without the city of Can-
non Beach’s support. “They sup-
port us very much, and the Public
Works staff goes above and
beyond to help us with all the
different activities,” Knop said.
“The entire city staff is a wonder-
ful group of people, and they sup-
port us in any way that they can.”
When U.S. Bank told the com-
mittee they couldn’t accommo-
date the street fair in their park-
ing lot this year, they considered
moving the fair even farther away
from foot traffic. Johnson sug-
gested they have the fair on a
street instead. So the city is clos-
ing a minor street on 2nd Street
between Hemlock and Spruce
Street.
“We decided to bring it for-
ward, not move it backward,”
said Cannon Beach City Manager
Naturalist Neal Maine, center, receives the Lifetime Environmental
Achievement Award in 2014 from 12 Days of Earth Day chairwoman,
Barb Knop (left), and his friend Ed Johnson (right), the inspiration behind
Cannon Beach’s Earth Day celebration.
Bruce St. Denis. “Environmen-
tal stewardship is a core value of
the city, and the fact that folks are
looking at Earth Day and extend-
ing it out for additional events
and additional opportunities for
awareness makes it very import-
ant to the city of Cannon Beach
and who we are.”
Johnson said that St. Denis
has been instrumental in helping
the committee through logistical
challenges. “Even when Bruce
doesn’t have to attend meetings,
he’s there to help us,” Johnson
said. “These things would not
have happened without him.”
St. Denis has been the Cannon
Beach city manager for a year
and said he feels fortunate to be a
part of a city that takes environ-
mentalism seriously.
Knop said that, though it is
difficult to organize a 12-day
event, she works with a great
group of people, and what they
create makes it all worth it.
“The goal is to celebrate the
Earth and make people aware that
there are many things we can do
to protect the Earth,” she said. CW