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Walk funded by grant, local support
CoastWalk from Page 1A
to Cannon Beach from Sept.
23 to 25. Depending on their
pace, people hiked for three to
ive hours each day.
“It went wonderfully. It
was super inspiring to see
these folks,” the conservancy’s
Executive Director Katie Voel-
ke said. “By the end, it was
glorious weather and there was
wonderful camaraderie that the
group built. Overall, they have
a whole new perspective and
respect for the Oregon coast.”
Though familiar with the
coast, Lund noticed parts of
the beach she had never seen
before during the walk.
“They brought so many
new things to me, even as an
Oregonian,” she said. “It was
worth every penny and every
minute of my time.”
A windy start
With howling wind and
rain, the irst day was challeng-
ing, but hikers made it from
Clatsop Spit to Sunset Beach.
Before the event, the con-
servancy communicated to
participants what to bring,
what to wear and how to train
— and that the walk would
happen rain or shine.
‘This is helping to move our mission
forward because it gets people out.’
Lorraine Ortiz,
conservancy development director
“People were really pre-
pared, but I don’t think people
knew what it meant to walk 10
miles in sideways rain,” the
conservancy’s Development
Director Lorraine Ortiz said.
“Now they know. The major-
ity didn’t turn around and they
had such a sense of accom-
plishment and great attitudes.”
Participants were rewarded
with clear, sunny days when
they hiked from Sunset Beach
to Cartwright Park in Seaside
on day two, and trekked over
Tillamook Head to Cannon
Beach on day three. After suc-
cessfully completing the walk,
the group celebrated at Public
Coast Brewing.
The walk was an opportu-
nity to educate participants on
the North Coast Land Con-
servancy properties along the
way, such as the recently ac-
quired Boneyard Ridge.
“That was neat to get an
idea of what exactly they’re
doing and where they’re doing
it while we’re walking,” Lund
said.
“We’re thrilled. We are not
an event organization; we’re
a land conservation organiza-
tion,” Ortiz said. “But this is
helping to move our mission
forward because it gets people
out, boots on the ground, to
understand why it’s important
that we’re doing the work that
we do.”
Another CoastWalk
to come
The event was a good it
for the conservancy, Ortiz
said.
“People use goling to do
business,” she said. “We do
hiking.”
The conservancy is al-
ready planning next year’s
CoastWalk, which might start
in Cannon Beach and head
south, Ortiz said.
The event was organized
by Voelke, Ortiz, Communi-
cations Coordinator Bonnie
Henderson and Administra-
tive and Outreach Assistant
Lynette Villagomez.
The funds raised — almost
$20,000 — will help sup-
port future North Coast Land
Conservancy
conservation
projects. The event received
a Cannon Beach Tourism and
Arts grant and sponsorship
from local businesses.
Ortiz said the CoastWalk
could partner with the Cape
Falcon Marine Reserve, Ore-
gon State Parks and the Hay-
stack Rock Awareness Pro-
gram in the future.
“It’s neat that (CoastWalk)
is grabbing the attention of
other organizations that see
the value in it,” Ortiz said. “It
enhances not only our mission
but theirs too. It’s a win-win
for everyone.”
After her experience, Lund
looks forward to supporting
the conservancy at next year’s
CoastWalk.
“They are trying to protect
our beautiful Oregon coast for
all of us,” she said. “Overall,
I wouldn’t change a thing.
Even that crazy windy day —
I am just very thankful that
was day one.”
LYRA FONTAINE/CANNON BEACH GAZETTE
he county dissolved the Arch Cape Design Review
Committee, calling it “unnecessary.”
Commissioner says
disbanding decision
is ‘a fair outcome’
Arch Cape from Page 1A
past four decades, and is a
local asset that maintains the
livability of the community.
Theodore Lundy, chair-
man of the Arch Cape com-
mittee, said the group offers
a way for locals to voice
their concerns face-to-face.
“It’s like a family meet-
ing down there,” Lundy
said.
Commissioner Lianne
Thompson used Lundy’s
family analogy to point
out not all family members
agree. She said many resi-
dents felt too vulnerable or
at risk to propose their build-
ing plans to their neighbors.
“Sometimes those family
members had not wished to
appear on the record because
they have been concerned
about their neighbor’s neg-
ative opinions,” Thompson
said.
Spraying needed to comply with state laws, Weyerhaeuser says
Spraying from Page 1A
Herbicide for regrowth
Timber companies are re-
quired to notify the Oregon
Department of Forestry of
planned operations, said Tilla-
mook District Forest Kather-
ine Skinner.
“At this point, there is no
required notiication of gener-
al citizens,” Skinner said. “In
this particular issue in Oswald
West State Park, Weyerhaeus-
er has notiied adjacent land-
owners.”
Skinner said some tim-
ber companies in Tillamook
County voluntarily give res-
idents a shorter notice of
planned spraying.
Weyerhaeuser
went
through proper notiication
channels before spraying, said
Park Manager Ben Cox, with
Oregon State Parks. When
planting after harvesting for-
est, Weyerhaeuser may use
herbicides to control weeds,
brush and invasive species
that compete with tree seed-
lings for sunlight, nutrients
and water, Weyerhaeuser
Public Affairs Manager Greg
Miller said in an email. The
Oregon Forest Practices Act
requires replanting within two
years after harvest and the
seedlings must be “free-to-
grow” within six years.
“Without herbicide use,
reforestation may be unsuc-
cessful, thus we would be
out of compliance with state
reforestation laws,” Miller
wrote. “Once tree seedlings
are established, herbicides are
rarely used again in the same
forest cycle, except along
road right of ways.”
The pesticides help the
trees get a head start before the
competing species and pre-
pares the site for tree replant-
ing this winter, Skinner said.
Weyerhaeuser notiied the
Oregon Department of For-
estry and applied herbicides in
compliance with state and fed-
eral regulations and law, Mill-
er said. The public has access
to notiications online through
the state department’s Forest
Activity Electronic Report-
ing and Notiication System.
In addition, Weyerhaeuser
communicated to the adjacent
parks department about the
chemical application and post-
ed a range of dates for opera-
tion at locations with potential
public access.
“We also went beyond forest
practice requirements by leav-
ing an untreated buffer along
the shared state park property
boundary,” Miller wrote.
Notiication needed
The notiication system is
a “step toward better notiica-
tion,” but Webster said it isn’t
enough. Spraying could occur
anytime in a six-month peri-
od, too large of a window.
With modern technology,
timber companies could send
out an electronic notice before
the helicopter takes off, she
said, and other timber com-
panies have posted two-week
notices after receiving phone
calls from residents.
“The big problem with the
aerial spraying is you can’t
get real-time notiications,”
said Jane Anderson, a Garib-
aldi resident. “People need to
know that this is happening.
They may tell you they’re go-
ing to do it in six months. If
you’d like to leave the area to
protect yourself, you’d have
no idea when that would be.”
Anderson and her husband
found out about aerial spray-
ing while hiking through the
woods several years ago.
“We saw liers on trees and
we were surprised,” Anderson
said. “We had no idea that was
happening.”
While the citizens group
voiced concerns about chemi-
cals drifting into Oswald West
and Short Sand Beach, for-
ester Skinner said there was
a “low risk” that chemicals
would drift from the treated
area, because the application
is done at a low elevation
and the chemicals cannot be
sprayed in the wind.
The group would like state
legislators to change Oregon’s
forest practices law.
“I felt really good about
reaching out and educating
people,” Webster said. “We be-
lieve it’s a public health issue.”
More than 300 people
contacted legislators after the
Sept. 24 event.
“The main focus is to let
folks know what’s happen-
ing in their forest,” Anderson
said. “Hopefully we’ll be able
to put enough pressure on our
legislators so that they will
decide aerial spraying is a
risky practice.”
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