THE BULLETIN • TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2021 A3
TODAY
Today is Tuesday, Feb. 2, the 33rd day of 2021. There are
332 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History: In 1990, in a dramatic con-
cession to South Africa’s Black majority, President F.W. de
Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and
promised to free Nelson Mandela.
In 1653, New Amsterdam — now New York City — was
incorporated.
In 1876, the National League of Professional Base Ball
Clubs was formed in New York.
In 1913, New York City’s rebuilt Grand Central Terminal of-
ficially opened to the public at one minute past midnight.
In 1914, Charles Chaplin made his movie debut as the
comedy short “Making a Living” was released by Keystone
Film Co.
In 1922, the James Joyce novel “Ulysses” was published in
Paris on Joyce’s 40th birthday.
In 1925, the legendary Alaska Serum Run ended as the last
of a series of dog mushers brought a life-saving treatment
to Nome, the scene of a diphtheria epidemic, six days after
the drug left Nenana.
In 1943, the remainder of Nazi forces from the Battle of
Stalingrad surrendered in a major victory for the Soviets in
World War II.
In 1980, NBC News reported the FBI had conducted a
sting operation targeting members of Congress using
phony Arab businessmen in what became known as “Ab-
scam,” a codename protested by Arab-Americans.
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan pressed his case for
additional aid to the Nicaraguan Contras a day ahead of a
vote by the U.S. House of Representatives. (The three ma-
jor broadcast TV networks declined to carry the speech,
which was covered by CNN; a divided House voted to
reject Reagan’s request for $36.2 million in new aid.)
In 2006, House Republicans elected John Boehner of Ohio
as their new majority leader to replace the indicted Tom
DeLay.
In 2014, Academy Award-winning actor Philip Seymour
Hoffman, 46, was found dead in his New York apartment
from a combination of heroin, cocaine and other drugs.
Five years ago: Health officials reported that a person in
Texas had become infected with the Zika virus through
sex in the first case of the illness being transmitted within
the United States.
One year ago: The Philippines reported that a 44-year-
old Chinese man from Wuhan had died in a Manila
hospital from the new coronavirus; it was the first death
from the virus to be recorded outside of China. The United
States recorded its ninth known case, a woman in the San
Francisco area who’d recently traveled to Wuhan. Quarter-
back Patrick Mahomes led the Kansas City Chiefs to three
touchdowns over the final 6 minutes, 13 seconds to lift
them to a 31-20 victory over the San Francisco 49ers in the
Super Bowl. .
Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Tom Smothers is 84. Rock
singer-guitarist Graham Nash is 79. Television executive
Barry Diller is 79. TV chef Ina Garten is 73. Actor Jack McGee
is 72. Rock musician Ross Valory (Journey) is 72. The former
president of South Korea, Park Geun-hye, is 69. Model
Christie Brinkley is 67. Actor Michael Talbott is 66. Actor Kim
Zimmer is 66. Actor Michael T. Weiss is 59. Actor-comedian
Adam Ferrara is 55. Actor Jennifer Westfeldt is 51. Rapper
T-Mo is 49. Singer Shakira is 44. Actor Rich Sommer is 43.
Country singer Blaine Larsen is 35. Actor Zosia Mamet is 33.
— The Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
Protecting rocky
shores on the
Oregon Coast
Photo by Hailey Hoffman/The Astoriann
A hiker takes photos after climbing over boulders at Ecola State Park.
T
wo proposals under review by the
state would increase protections
for rocky shore areas near Cannon
Beach where proponents say off-leash
dogs, illegal fireworks and other human
activities threaten fragile ecosystems.
If accepted, the proposals would des-
ignate Chapman Point, at the far north
end of Cannon Beach, and Ecola Point,
in Ecola State Park, as marine conserva-
tion areas.
The two sites are among a dozen
across Oregon under consideration for
new designations as the state updates
its Rocky Habitat Management Strategy
under the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan.
Tourism traffic at both sites has in-
creased since the management plan was
first developed in the early 1990s.
“Human-caused disturbances include
disrupting bird nests by climbing rocks,
drones flushing nesting wildlife, visitors
trampling through tide pools, fireworks
disrupting seabird and black oyster-
catcher nests, and dogs chasing defense-
less chicks that are unable to fly,” the
proposal for Chapman Point states.
The same issues occur at Ecola Point,
BY KATIE FRANKOWICZ
The Astorian
residents and observers say.
The local group behind the new pro-
posals — the North Coast Rocky Hab-
itat Coalition, in collaboration with the
Portland Audubon Society and others
— hopes to include the sites in the man-
agement plan.
There are limited resources when it
comes to enforcing any new rules or
changes at the sites, but they hope inclu-
sion in the official state plan and volun-
teer-led educational outreach will go a
long way to protecting the wildlife and
other organisms that rely on and shel-
ter in the rocky cliffs, rock outcroppings
and tide pools.
But they want to find a balance, too,
allowing people to pursue traditional ac-
tivities and also have a chance to see and
experience these places.
Tight boundaries
The coalition intentionally drew tight
boundaries for the proposed marine
conservation area at Ecola Point, leav-
ing large beach areas free of any new re-
strictions where people could still have
dogs off leash. They further revised the
boundaries to ensure commercial crab-
bers could still access traditional crab-
bing areas.
But within the conservation area at
Ecola Point, they propose a number
of changes with restrictions similar to
those already in place around Haystack
Rock, a designated marine garden where
drones and kites are not allowed within
2,000 feet of the offshore island and rec-
reational boats must keep their distance.
Dogs would need to be kept on leash in-
side the boundaries of the conservation
area. There would be no climbing al-
lowed on rocks in the intertidal zone.
Similar rules would apply at Chap-
man Point, but with the addition of
on-site volunteers who would provide
educational information and outreach
during summer low tides when foot
traffic is heavier. The coalition proposes
other types of wildlife, beach and har-
vest monitoring as well, some of which
already occurs formally and informally.