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10A • August 28, 2015 | Cannon Beach Gazette | cannonbeachgazette.com Conservationists fight worrisome weed Charter school public hearing will continue Sept. 15 Tansy ragwort can threaten livestock By McKinley Smith EO Media Group School from Page 1A Beneath the sun-yellow blossoms of invasive tansy ragwort plants that coat the ¿eld south of Seaside, a revo- lution is taking place. Millions of native plants are growing within and around the clumps of tansy ragwort. They’re small now, but they’re getting bigger. “Underneath this canopy … is many, many millions of alder,” said Melissa Reich, the stewardship director for North Coast Land Conservancy. Tansy ragwort is an in- vasive species that produces alkaloids, which can present a danger to livestock if in- gested. During the 1960s and ’70s, the agriculture industry sustained heavy losses due to livestock deaths and tan- sy ragwort contamination of hay and pastures, according to an Oregon Department of Agriculture and Oregon State University Extension Service article. It’s a visible species, and the conservancy wants the public to know that they’re not ignoring the weed. They’ve got a long-term management strategy they hope will overthrow the hold tansy ragwort has on their Àood plain by restoring the native habitat. But teacher’s union rep- resentative Meyer said the charter school could get the “cream of the crop” of stu- dents, with a prospect of smaller classes and more fa- vorable student-teacher ratio because of its 85-student ca- pacity. “So the haves get more, and the have-nots walk into my classroom of 32 to 33 kids,” he said. “Man, that’s not a level playing ¿eld.” Meyer said he also wasn’t happy about the school dis- trict potentially losing four teachers due to a decrease in students so the charter can exist. The charter’s teachers would be under a different contract and accountability system, Meyer said, and not part of a team. Residents disputed Mey- er’s charge of elitism. “We don’t want a school there because we think we’re better than anyone else,” Cannon Beach resident Susan Neuwirth said. “We want a school because we live there.” Kevin Widener of Seaside said the discussion should be about “what is best for the kids.” Disturbed habitats Tansy ragwort favors dis- turbed habitats where weak- nesses in the native Àora community allow it to take hold. “We’re not trying to pre- tend that tansy’s good,” Re- ich said. “It’s de¿nitely an invasive plant.” “In the long run, we’re going to get rid of tansy by shading it out,” she added. “It’s not being ignored.” In 2013, the berm between the Necanicum River and the MCKINLEY SMITH/THE DAILY ASTORIAN North Coast Land Conservancy Stewardship Director Melissa Reich stands beside a clump of invasive tansy ragwort on the Circle Creek property in Seaside. MCKINLEY SMITH/THE DAILY ASTORIAN MCKINLEY SMITH/THE DAILY ASTORIAN Tansy ragwort is an invasive species that can grow abun- dantly in disturbed areas. North Coast Land Conservancy Stewardship Director Me- lissa Reich stands beneath the canopy of a stand of trees the group planted to restore the Circle Creek property in Seaside. Circle Creek property south of Seaside came down as part of a multiagency effort to re- store a historic 100-acre Àood plain and prevent water from Àooding U.S. Highway 101. The North Coast Land Conservancy partnered with Clatsop County and the Ore- gon Department of Transpor- tation in the project. Now, what had once been pastureland of non-native grasses is undergoing a trans- formative process. The conservancy is work- ing to restore the habitat to a healthy Àood plain forest, in- cluding Sitka spruce swamp. They’ve seeded the ground with native grasses and shrubs. The last two winters, they’ve planted more than 20,000 trees and shrubs. Mowing forever Mowing the pasture would endanger the plants they’ve worked so hard to cultivate and lock them into a manage- ment plan that relies on regu- lar mowing to keep the weeds under control. “We’d be committing to mowing it forever,” Reich said. Instead, they’re following recommendations from the Ex- tension Service, relying on tan- sy ragwort’s insect antagonists: the cinnabar moth, ragwort Àea beetle and seed head Ày. These insect biocontrols keep the tansy ragwort in check, but eliminating the tan- Live Local? sy knocks out the biocontrol, too, leaving it a step behind the plant the next year. The landscape is already changing. The conservancy placed leashed pilings across the Àood plain to create changes in elevation across the largely Àat plain. Sometimes, less than a foot can make a dif- ference between being under- water or above it, Reich said. The plain can be several feet underwater during Àooding, and the pilings will change the way the water moves, allow- ing microhabitats to form. “This excites me,” Reich said, remarking on the height of the alder saplings. “They’re go- ing to come in and make good habitat for the other species.” The challenges The obstacles for most charter schools in Oregon are ¿nances and safety, said -im Green, an attorney for the Seaside School District from the Oregon School Board As- sociation. Cannon Beach Academy is asking the district to trust it with kids and taxpayer mon- ey, Green added. “Your real interest in this is to ensure they are going to do good things for boys and girls in your community,” he said. Cannon Beach resident Mary Peterson expressed concern for children’s safety with area traf¿c in the pro- posed location. The charter’s temporary location sits near a Highway 101 exit. She said she grew up in a rural school and was happy to move to a larger one in high school where there were more op- portunities. Getting its schools out of the tsunami inundation zone has been a focus of the Sea- side School District. Hull noted the charter school’s short-term facility is out of that zone, less than 200 yards away from an assembly area. Hull, who helped open three charter schools in the state, addressed another “hot button topic” by stating the district could receive a net gain of about $362,000 if it approves the academy. It would do so through methods including the collection of 20 percent of the charter’s state ADM money and reducing its staff. And Green said he would go over the budget with the academy’s board before Sea- side’s next meeting. If the school district says no for a third time, Cannon Beach Academy could again appeal to the State Board of Education. The charter school aims to open in the fall 2016 and be in its temporary location for about three years before settling into a permanent building on the South Wind site, south of town and east of Highway 101. Hull said they’d like to start hiring early next year if the district accepts the acad- emy’s proposal. It’s already received inquiries from po- tential teachers. The public hearing will continue Sept. 15. The school board will then have 30 days to issue a decision. pow ered b y Get 20% off any treatment at Elements Spa! Ro b ert Ca in , LD 45 yea rs of experience FREE C ON SU LTATION 503-436-0366 | elementsbythesea.com P.S. Also enjoy a wave cleanse steam shower and saltwater pool access on us! *Please bring your North Coast ID. • D en tu res for a ll a ges • N ew , pa rtia ls & cu stom d en tu res • D en tu res for im pla n ts • Relin es a n d repa irs D en tu re repa irs don e sa m e da y! 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