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Tide Tables
THESIUSLAWNEWS.COM |
Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative offers
summer programs to explore tide pools, learn wildlife
Turn of the tide
By Zeahna Young/Siuslaw News
T
his summer, the Cape Perpetua Ma-
rine Reserve Collaborative (CPM-
RC) is offering several educational
programs featuring the local tide pools at Bob
Creek, Cape Perpetua and Yachats State Parks.
The Collaborative is a partnership formed
in 2017 by conservationists, nonprofit orga-
nizations, federal and state agencies and a
local tribe to foster conservation in the Cape
Perpetua area through scientific research and
educational stewardship within the local com-
munity.
This is the first year the CPMRC is offering
these ambassador tours to the public.
According to Communications Coordina-
tor Tara Dubois, “We’ll have to secure funding
again, but my hope is that we can do this next
summer again, too. This is our pilot year, so
we’re learning a lot, but we’ll take what we’ve
learned and maybe expand it a bit next year.
We’ll see what happens, but our hope is to keep
it going for years to come.”
Funding for the pilot program comes from
the Oregon Coast Visitor’s Association, and
in addition to the ambassador tours at Cape
Perpetua Marine Reserve, the program is also
running up north at Cape Falcon.
The tour is led by various team members or
volunteers, and educators teach visitors about
marine life as well as safety and etiquette for
dealing with life in Oregon’s central coast tide
pools.
Liz Lemhouse, a Florence native, is one of
the CPMRC’s tour guides.
“I started officially working with them this
See TIDEPOOL page 2B
Entrance Siuslaw River
Low Tide
High Tide
July 24
12:57 a.m. / 7.4
8:08 a.m. / -1.7
2:39 p.m. / 5.7
8:02 p.m. / 1.9
July 25
01:47 a.m. / 7.2
3:21 p.m. / 5.8
08:53 a.m. / -1.6
8:53 p.m. / 1.7
July 26
2:35 a.m. / 6.9
9:35 a.m. / -1.3
4:02 p.m. / 5.8
9:43 p.m. / 1.6
July 27
3:23 a.m. / 6.4
10:15 a.m. / -0.8
4:41 p.m. / 5.8
10:34 p.m. / 1.5
SATURDAY EDITION | JULY 24, 2021 | $1.00
The tidepools at Bob Creek State Park feature a vast array of marine life.
Fire danger: campfire and other
restrictions now in effect in
Siuslaw National Forest
CORVALLIS—
Effective
July 20, Siuslaw National For-
est officials have enacted tem-
porary restrictions, including
limiting campfires, to reduce
risk of human-caused wild-
fires as dry conditions persist.
The restrictions prohibit
campfires outside of camp-
fire rings in most developed
campgrounds and picnic
areas; campfires are entire-
ly prohibited at Marys Peak
Campground and are allowed
at sand camps at the Oregon
Dunes and Sand Lake recre-
ation areas. Liquid gas stoves
and lanterns can still be used
during the restrictions. Other
restrictions, listed below, are
intended to prevent other acci-
dental fires.
“Even western Oregon and
areas along the coast are ex-
tremely dry this year,” said
Kevin Larkin, acting Forest
Supervisor. “By following
these restrictions, visitors can
reduce the chance of unin-
tentional fires on the Siuslaw,
particularly when firefighting
resources are stretched thin
with an already very active fire
season across the region.”
Restrictions include:
• No building, maintaining,
attending or using a campfire,
except where exemptions ap-
ply. Campfires in open sand
when sand camping in the
Oregon Dunes and Sand Lake
recreation areas are allowed.
For a list of where campfires
are allowed, read Forest Order
06-12-00-21-05.
• No smoking in the vicinity
of flammable material, except
within an enclosed vehicle or a
developed recreation site.
See FIRE page 3B
July 28
4:12 a.m. / 5.9
10:54 a.m. / -0.3
5:20 p.m. / 5.8
11:27 p.m. / 1.4
July 29
5:03 a.m. / 5.2
11:33 a.m. / 0.4
5:59 p.m. / 5.8
July 30
12:24 a.m. / 1.4
05:59 a.m. / 4.7
12:13 p.m. / 1.0
06:39 p.m. / 5.7
July 31
1:25 a.m. / 1.3
7:06 a.m. / 4.2
12:56 p.m. / 1.7
7:22 p.m. / 5.7
Siuslaw Watershed Council holds community
meeting to honor ‘Spirit of the Siuslaw’
On Wednesday, July 28,
Siuslaw Watershed Council
(SWC) will hold its July Wa-
tershed Community Meeting
from 5:30 to 7 p.m. on Zoom.
People are invited to join
their watershed neighbors for
an evening of sharing what
makes the Siuslaw special.
The meeting will include the
presentation of the Spirit of
Siuslaw Award for 2020. The
award goes to an individual
or group for outstanding work
and service that has enhanced
the well-being of the commu-
nities that call the Siuslaw wa-
tershed home.
The program for the night
will include a lesson about
things that are ubiquitous in
our watershed, but that we
rarely focus on — mosses, or
bryophytes.
Jesse Reeves, OSU student,
will be presenting: “Canar-
ies in the Watershed: Aquatic
Bryophytes (mosses) as Bioin-
dicators.”
Reeves is a lifelong resident
of the Siuslaw Watershed, who
has recently returned after an
undergraduate program in
Santa Fe, N.M., studying phi-
losophy, history of science and
mathematics. He is currently a
student at Oregon State Uni-
versity in the graduate pro-
gram in wildlife management.
Reeve’s presentation will
include an introduction to
biomonitoring, and will spe-
cifically look at the ways that
aquatic mosses can help deter-
mine the health of a stream.
His hope is that the audience
will come away with a great-
er appreciation for moss, and
advance this novel, promising
Time
Out
By Lloyd Little
Retired teacher, coach and
game official
With more than 55 years as an
athlete, coach, parent and spec-
tator, Lloyd Little shares what
he’s learned about sports from
his multiple points of view.
The Olympic Dreams
The delayed Olympics will be un-
like any Olympic Games in history.
The decision to have a 2021 Olym-
pics may be a costly one on many
fronts. With Covid still a threat,
particularly in Japan, does it make
sense to bring thousands of athletes
from around the world to a small
bubble to intermingle? Tokyo has
already banned all spectators from
attending any venue in their city.
Money has been a measuring
stick of success or failure for an
Olympic host city. That alone will
make Tokyo the least attended
Olympics. Thousands of part time
workers will be unneeded. Sponsors
will spend less in promotion during
the games.
The make-up of Olympic teams
may have changed from what they
may have been a year ago.
The experienced athlete is now
a year older and did the year long
wait prevent several athletes from
making the team this year? How
many young athletes made the team
because of the extra year to train?
See SIUSLAW page 3B
See LITTLE page 3B
ODFW RECREATION REPORT
Warm weather
fishing updates
and guidance
Temperatures have mod-
erated in many areas of the
state. However, drought and
low water levels persist and
the Oregon Department of
Fish & Wildlife (ODFW)
expects water temperatures
to spike again later in the
summer. Here’s what you
should know about fishing
in these conditions:
ODFW has adopted
emergency regulations for
some waterbodies. These in-
clude closing fishing during
the hottest part of the day,
and lifting bag limits for
lakes and ponds that are
likely to go dry. See the Reg-
ulation updates at the top of
each zone in the Rec Report
for the latest.
Conditions are right for
blue-green algae outbreaks
in ponds, lakes and reser-
voirs. You can find the latest
alerts on the Oregon Health
Authority website. However,
OHA does not monitor all
waterbodies, so be leery of
any algae blooms you see,
and follow these precautions
to fish safely.
Hot water can stress fish
out. Anglers can give fish a
break by following these tips
when fishing in warm sum-
mer water.
Access may be limited by
wildfires. To help you nav-
igate the status of popular
recreation sites, natural re-
source management agen-
cies in Oregon have released
an interagency status map
that shows open, closed and
reduced service areas on
a single map, regardless of
reason for closure.
FISHING UPDATES
Lake, Ponds, Reservoirs
All North Coast lakes
have been stocked with
rainbow trout. Many lower
elevations lakes have gotten
quite warm, making trout
fishing challenging due to
warmer water temps mak-
ing fish lethargic, and lots of
aquatic weed growth to deal
with. That said, there are
still trout available in North
Coast lakes.
Warmwater species are in
full swing. Spawning sea-
son is over, so the fish like-
ly won’t be as close to the
bank as they were earlier in
the spring. But these species
should still be actively feed-
ing.
Mid-coast lakes are full
of trout and the fishing has
been good but is starting
to slow down. Warmer wa-
ter and no new additional
stockings is starting to slow
things down but there is still
plenty of trout around to
catch throughout the sum-
mer. Here is a list of the lakes
that have been stocked so
far this year: Thissel Pond,
Cleawox, Munsel, Mercer,
Sutton, Alder, Dune, Buck,
Lost, Carter, Devils, Woa-
hink, Elbow, Siltcoos, Eck-
man, and Big Creek Reser-
voirs #1 and #2.
Warmwater fisheries in
the mid-coast are in full
swing. The Florence area
has a number of great warm-
water lake opportunities for
bass and other warmwater
species like yellow perch.
Siltcoos, Tahkenitch, Mer-
cer, Woahink, and Munsel
all provide good warmwater
fishing through the spring/
summer/fall months.