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Arch Cape water conservation recognized by state
Plan to detect leaks,
update piping made
the unincorporated
area stand out
By Brenna Visser
Cannon Beach Gazette
The unincorporated area of Arch
Cape has been recognized for water
conservation efforts by the Oregon
Water Resources Department.
Arch Cape, with only 150 resi-
dents, was the only district nominat-
ed for towns serving less than 1,000
customers. The award is designed to
recognize individuals, groups and
businesses for responsible water
FILE PHOTO
View of Arch Cape from the south.
management.
Kerri Cope, a Water Manage-
ment and Conservation Analyst
for the Oregon Water Resources
Department, said Arch Cape was
recognized because of the depart-
Nehalem Airstrip to
see safety upgrades
The airstrip at Nehalem
Bay State Park will undergo
major safety improvements
this fall.
A two-phased project be-
gins in October to remove
underbrush along both sides
of the 2,350-foot airstrip and
to clear out about 20 acres
of non-native maritime pine
trees at its north end. The
trees, planted sometime in
the mid-1970s, are now about
50-70 feet tall. They have be-
come a significant safety haz-
ard for pilots on takeoff and
landing. The airstrip is one of
28 state-owned airstrips serv-
ing small communities for
emergency access, recreation
and general transportation.
The Oregon Depart-
ment of Aviation, which
oversees the operation and
maintenance of state-owned
airstrips such as the one at
Nehalem Bay, is funding the
project. The Department of
Aviation leases the property
from the Oregon Parks and
Recreation Department.
The project will be over-
seen by park staff, manage-
ment and the Oregon Parks
forester, and will take about
two months. Logs harvested
will be cut for firewood sales
in the campground. Work
will resume in spring 2018
with manual removal of in-
vasive Scotch broom in the
same area.
JOSHUA BESSEX/EO MEDIA GROUP
Fog is seen through the trees along North Fork Nehalem
River.
State seeks input on
Nehalem River plan
EO Media Group
The Oregon Parks and
Recreation
Department
is taking feedback until
mid-October on a proposal
to add a 17-mile section of
the Nehalem River to the
state scenic waterways pro-
gram.
A scenic waterway desig-
nation helps protect the sce-
nic, natural and recreation
value of a section of river
by subjecting some activities
within one-quarter mile of
the bank to a review.
The designation would
include several miles of the
river in southern Clatsop
County between Henry Rier-
son Spruce Run Park and the
Beaver Eddy Campground.
The designation would con-
tinue downriver to Cougar
Valley State Park east of Ne-
halem.
Public feedback will be
used in a recommendation
for or against the designa-
tion.
The state parks depart-
ment held at September
hearing at the North Country
Recreation District in Ne-
halem.
Comments can also be
emailed to oprd.publiccom-
ment@oregon.gov or mailed
to: OPRD Scenic Waterway
Study, 725 Summer St NE
Suite C, Salem, OR 97301.
The comment period clos-
es Oct. 13.
ment’s plans to construct a glass-
lined steel reservoir, install new
radio-read meters and update distri-
bution piping.
“It’s been several years since
we’ve made any water steward-
ship and conservation awards, but
Arch Cape’s Water Management
and Conservation Plan was the in-
spiration for once again recognizing
those who have shown an outstand-
ing commitment to responsible wa-
ter management,” Cope said.
The City of Prineville and the
Dillon Dam Project in Umatilla
County were also recognized for
water conservation efforts.
The Water Management and
Conservation Plan is a document all
water suppliers are required to sub-
mit to the state, Arch Cape Domes-
tic Water Supply District Manager
Phil Chick said. It serves as a road
map for how the department plans
to save water for the next 10 years.
Some of the other goals listed
in Arch Cape’s plan include im-
proving the district’s leak detection
program, as well as a yearly water
audit to identify and quantify water
waste.
While these conservation strat-
egies aren’t necessarily unique to
Arch Cape, Chick said what he
finds notable is how the plan was
designed and by who.
“We did this all in house by staff.
Usually a plan of this size is done
by consultants, so we are pretty
proud,” Chick said. “The passion
for this comes from a locally-ded-
icated citizenry. Our community is
very proactive — we have a knack
for getting ahead of things.”
This document serves as a plan
mainly for when cities face water
shortages — a reality that is possi-
ble but not often seen on the rainy,
Oregon Coast. But for Chick it’s
about making sure the resource is
not being taken for granted.
The water conservation plan par-
allels the town’s long term goal to
acquire the 5,000 acres that consti-
tutes the area’s watershed, echoing
the area’s overall commitment to
sustainable operations, Chick said.
“What better way than to man-
age from the source?” he said. “Wa-
ter is too important.”
Beach cleanups in Cannon Beach,
South County haul in tons of trash
Exhaust pipe
found in
Gearhart
Cannon Beach Gazette
Hundreds of volunteers
in the South County came to
Cannon Beach, Gearhart and
Seaside beaches Saturday for
the annual SOLVE Beach and
Riverside Cleanup, presented
by the Oregon Lottery.
More than 4,600 volunteers
joined for the event, which
collected an estimated 72,000
pounds of trash and marine
debris were collected from
140 project sites including
rivers, neighborhoods, parks,
historic cemeteries, and other
natural areas across the state.
According to SOLVE,
cleanups took place along
all 362 miles of the Oregon
Coast.
In addition to removing lit-
ter, invasive, non-native plants
were cleared from 2.5 acres of
natural area.
In Seaside, SOLVE and the
Seaside Lions met at the Turn-
around at 10 a.m. and contin-
ued efforts through the early
afternoon.
In Cannon Beach, volun-
teers joined SOLVE and Pa-
cific Alarms Systems for the
cleanup.
In Gearhart, cleanup teams
went to Del Ray Beach in
Gearhart. Among items sal-
vaged was a car exhaust pipe,
SOLVE reported.
The most common items
found during the event were
tiny bits of plastic, cigarette
butts, fishing rope, glass bot-
tles and plastic bottles. Items
found by volunteers included
a door and $20 at the Salmon
Headwaters Cleanup at Tim-
SUBMITTED PHOTO
Family enjoys the Cannon Beach cleanup.
berline, 20 large Styrofoam
blocks in the Multmomah
Channel and two bikes along
Bear Creek Greenway in Med-
ford.
SOLVE was originally
about stopping litter, but as
the years have passed, their
mission has focused in on how
volunteers can make a differ-
ence with the environment and
build a legacy of stewardship,
Quintin Bauer, program direc-
tor of volunteers, told mem-
bers of the Seaside Downtown
Development Association this
spring.
“We want to bring people
together and we want to im-
prove the environment,” Bau-
er said. “We want to get to the
heart of this and stop people
from leaving their trash on the
beach.”
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