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OCTOBER 27, 2016 // 7 Author to speak about the Owyhee canyonlands ASTORIA — Members of the public will have a special opportunity to take a vicarious journey with author Bonnie Olin into one of the most remote areas in the lower 48 states — the Owyhee canyonlands in southeast Oregon — by way of a talk, slideshow and ilm. The presentation will take place at 6 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3 at the Astoria Public Library, located at 450 10th St. If you are an outdoor enthusiast or an armchair adventurer, you won’t want to miss seeing the Owyhee, because you won’t ind yourself there on the way to anywhere else. The Owyhee is a desert region that spans the border of Idaho, Oregon and a small part of Nevada. Cen- tered on the Owyhee River and the Owyhee Mountains, the region covers an area of about 9 million acres and is roughly the size of the two small states of Maryland and Rhode Island combined. It is home to one of largest remaining herds of bighorn sheep and many other wild plants and animals, such as endangered sage grouse. While Idaho’s section of the Owyhee is protected as a wilderness area, the same cannot be said for Oregon’s section. During her presen- tation, Olin will talk about the Owyhee’s geogarphy, natural history and environ- ment as well as legislation and other efforts underway to protect the area and desig- nate it as a wilderness area. Olin has been kayaking with her husband Mike Quigley for 27 years, using rivers as their highways into the wild. Quiqley has been familiar with the Owyhee since the mid 1970s and introduced Olin to the can- yonlands in 1993. Together, they have spent the last 23 years exploring the canyons, kayaking the river and hiking the side canyons from river to rim countless times. They SUBMITTED PHOTO Husband and wife Mike Quigley and Bonnie Olin have spent the last 23 years exploring the canyons. SUBMITTED PHOTO The Owyhee River cuts through the canyondlands. know, from irst-hand experi- ence, that there are many reasons to protect this region. “The canyon geology offers some of the most stunning visual examples of rhyolite formations on our planet,” Olin said. “It is unlike Bryce, Zion, Canyon- lands or the Grand Canyon. We have a golden opportu- nity to protect a landscape like no other in the lower 48 states that could easily qual- ify for National Park status. It is public land. It belongs to all of us. And yet, the Oregon section of the region remains unprotected.” Olin began her advoca- cy for the protection of the Owyhee with the publication of her book, “The Owyhee River Journals.” She self published the book because larger publishing irms felt the Owyhee was too unknown to have much of a market. However, two edi- tors encouraged her to pur- sue the project on her own. Featuring the photography of her husband, the book is considered a writing of re- cord and came to fruition, in part, because Olin couldn’t ind a book on the Owyhee that she was looking for — one bursting with full-color photos showing all the stems of the river canyon including the most remote regions. “I wanted to share the Owyhee that I knew, irst with family and friends, but eventually with everyone, to increase awareness of the area, in the hope that once people saw the unique beau- ty of these canyonlands, they might ind it a special place worthy of preservation,” she said. To reach her audience, she developed a program which includes a talk, a slideshow and a movie, that together, will take the audience on a vicarious jour- ney deep into the Owyhee Canyonlands, from Nevada, through Idaho and Oregon. “For seeing it, I believe, is the next best thing to being there. And it is crucial to see it, to have an understanding of its importance,” she said. The book includes an abundance of photographs that feature the entire river system and reveal the beauty of the inner canyon corri- dor. The movie titled “Deep Creek & the Owyhee River” is a story of an expedition into the Owyhee canyon by inlatable kayaks in 2006 that begins on the Deep Creek tributary of the East Fork of the Owyhee River in Idaho, continues into the East Fork and ends at Three Forks in Oregon. It is a view of the upper regions of the Owyhee River that few people see. A petition supporting pro- tections for the Owyhee by the Oregon Natural Desert Association and information on a conservation proposal will be available at the event. Olin was born and raised in Springield and has ties to the communities of Astoria and Chinook. Her grandfa- ther, John Olin, was known as the “logger organist of Astoria.” He had six children with his second wife Ellen Catrina Lindstrom. Their youngest son and Bonnie Olin’s father, Eldon R. Olin, went on to become a timber cruiser and artist. Eldon de- picted the lives of the people in the timber industry in his drawings and Oregon land- scapes in oil on canvas. His wife, Bernice, started a busi- ness selling reproductions of his work in the 1970s and is still in business. Attend forest ecology talk at Blue Scorcher ASTORIA — The North Coast Sate Forest Coalition will host a forest ecology and photography presen- tation at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 28 at Blue Scorcher Bakery & Cafe, located at 1493 Duane St. The evening will offer an introduction into the fascinating world of forest ecology as well as focus on the numerous ways that forest management impacts people’s lives. Trygve Steen, a pro- fessor of forest ecology, environmental sustainabili- ty and photography at Port- land State University, will give the presentation. Steen will include examples of his photography that examine Pacific Northwest forests and will discuss the impacts of Oregon Depart- ment of Forestry’s manage- ment. Steen has joined several North Coast State Forest Coalition outings. 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