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AUGUST 21, 2013 | WEDNESDAY
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Agnes Creek Open Space logging called a success
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Lincoln City officials are calling a logging project designed to thin out the Agnes Creek Open Space forest to improve the health of the forest a success. Following clearcutting at the Agnes Creek forest in the 1960’s, the secondgrowth forest became very dense and uniform, with little understory vegetation or wildlife habitat, and was
becoming susceptible to damaging winds. “It was very thick,” said Steve Griffiths Lincoln City Parks Board chair. “It was difficult to walk through. It was so thick, no sunlight could reach the forest floor.” Debra Martzahn, Lincoln City Senor planner, said the logging project has met the City’s goal. “The trees had grown up close together and none of the trees would be strong,” said Martzahn. ”By thin-
ning, we are increasing the strength of the remaining tress against winds so they don’t blow down. We are allowing in more sunshine to reach the forest floor to increase plant growth and enhancing habitat that will provide food for forest animals.” Griffiths called the project a valuable effort by the City to protect pockets of JEREMY C. RUARK/THE NEWS GUARD wilderness in the urban area. Sunlight shines through to the forest floor at the Agnes Creek
Open Space following a logging project designed to make
See LOGGING, Page A5 the forest healthier.
Expedition to explore seafloor near Lincoln City
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WEATHER GUIDE PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS
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Weekly Rainfall: .52 inches Yearly Rainfall: 33.3 inches
A family of osprey have taken up residence on a light standard on the sideline at Taft High 7-12’s football field.
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Osprey take flight at Taft High
WEEKLY OUTLOOK Wednesday will tease us with a cloudy a.m. and a sunny p.m. Variations on the pattern through the weekend. There’s a chance of patchy drizzle Saturday with clouds and fog on Sunday.
JIM FOSSUM The News Guard
Weather data provided by Roads End Weather Watcher Sheridan Jones
Birds of a feather flock together. That saying holds especially true at Taft High 7-12’s football field, where two osprey, often referred to as sea hawks,
fish eagles or fish hawks, share a massive nest to nurture their offspring atop a light standard on the north sideline at Voris Field. The raptors, which can be seen soaring through the skies with fish caught from the nearby sea, are biding their
time between the spring and fall, when they become tourists of sorts and migrate to the south of Mexico and Central America before returning to the same resting places each year.
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Oceana launched its 2013 science expedition out of Newport on Aug. 20 to explore and document diverse living seafloor habitats off the coast of central and Northern Oregon, including areas off the coast at Lincoln City. Oceana scientists and crew plan to spend seven days at sea capturing highdefinition video footage of coldwater corals, sponges, and other sensitive living habitats using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV). “We will look at the Cascade Head Marine Reserve, which starts just south of the Salmon River and heads out three miles off shore and to south for a few miles,” said Ben Enticknap with Oceana. “It will be a first look at what the underwater marine life is in this protected area, and, over time we can keep going back to see how the protective measures are working.” According to Oceana officials, very few of the reefs and canyons off Oregon have been documented with underwater cameras due to their remote location and the region’s oftenrugged weather conditions. The data and footage will be used to support the conservation and management of ocean habitats, including See SEAFLOOR, Page A3
New Taft High principal looks to future EDITOR’S NOTE: A new front-office administrative team – led by the return to Taft High 7-12 of former associate principal Majalise Tolan as principal – has been hired by the Lincoln County School District, along with assistants Nicholas Lupo, former math department chair at Estacada High School, and Kelly Heart, former dean of students at Molalla High School. Tolan, 33 comes to Taft from Newport Intermediate/Isaac Newton Middle School, where she was principal. She replaces Scott Reed, now head of the Lincoln County School District’s Alternate Education Environments program. Tolan discusses her vision for the school with News Guard reporter Jim Fossum: Tell us about yourself, your background, age, ex-
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