December 21, 2018
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King tides: Photographers sought for documentation
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Anyone with a camera is
urged to participate in the
project.
At high tide on any of the
three project days (Dec. 21,
22 and 23), find a good loca-
tion to observe the tide in re-
lation to the land, snap pho-
tos, and post them online.
More information on the
project, a link to tide tables,
and instructions for posting
photos, can be found at ore-
gonkingtides.net.
King Tide photos can be
taken anywhere affected by
tides, whether on the out-
er shoreline, in estuaries, or
along lower river floodplains.
Photos showing high water
in relation to infrastructure
(roads, bridges, seawalls, and
the like) can be particular-
ly striking, and reveal where
flooding problems threaten.
But shots of marshes or other
habitats being inundated, or
coastal shorelines subject to
flooding and erosion, are also
useful.
The goal to document the
highest reach of the tides
over many years for compar-
ative study.
Photographs from past
years of the King Tide Project
can be viewed on the proj-
ect’s Flickr site, flickr.com/
people/orkingtide.
Courtesy ODFW
A moose roams the woods of Wallowa County, where the poaching
of one of Oregon’s few bull moose has prompted hunters and land-
owners to offer large rewards for information leading to an arrest.
Reward offered for poacher
Photos courtesy King Tide Project
The Peter Iredale Shipwreck in Fort Stevens State Park during low
tide (above) and during a king tide (below).
Boys basketball team
falls to Astoria
The Columbia Press
Warrenton High School’s basket-
ball team lost 41-33 against Astoria
High School last weekend.
Dalton Knight was high scorer for
the Warriors with 13 points.
A game against Taft this week was
cancelled due to bad weather.
The Warriors play Rainier and
Willamette Valley Christian this
week.
Left: Jake Morrow leaps in an effort to
prevent a basket.
Right: Devon Jackson (24) attempts
a shot.
The Oregon Hunters As-
sociation’s Clatsop County
Chapter has pledged $500
toward the reward for infor-
mation leading to an arrest in
the case of a rare bull moose
poached in Oregon’s Wal-
lowa County.
The pledge brings the total
reward offered to $7,500.
Area land owners are offering
a Landowner Preference bull
elk tag as part of the reward.
Oregon State Police Fish
and Wildlife troopers seek
the public’s assistance in
finding the person who shot
the bull moose sometime be-
tween Nov. 8 and 11 (the last
couple of days of the second
bull elk season) in Wallowa
County.
OHA is offering a $1,000
reward from the Turn In
Poachers fund, and 13 OHA
Pam Ackley, Broker
chapters, including Clatsop,
have pledged $500 each.
“The poaching of a moose
is a tragic thing,” said OHA
Conservation Director Jim
Akenson. “Our moose popu-
lation is low – fewer than 70
in Oregon. For perspective,
gray wolves already number
more than twice that many in
Oregon, so moose should de-
serve at least equal manage-
ment protection.”
The moose was shot and
partially cut up off Forest Ser-
vice Road 46 between Teepee
Pond and mile marker 35 in
the Chesnimnus Unit. A side-
by-side utility task vehicle
was used to haul the moose
meat and parts from the kill
site to the campsite.
Anyone with information
should call the TIP line at
800-452-7888.