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LOCAL OBITUARIES Lucas Scott Collins Sept. 26, 1996 - Aug. 1, 2013
b a s ke t b a l l and spent time with his family. Survivors include his mother and stepfather, Lucas Collins J e n n i f e r Mullins and Joe Smith; father, Charles Collins of Montana; brother, Nathan Collins; sister, Samantha Mullins; maternal grandparents, Mike and Lorie Wiggins; Uncle James and Aunt Caroline Collins of Toledo; Aunt Rachelle and Uncle Andrew Beska; greatgrandmother, Wilma Wiggins of Corvallis; and many cousins, neighbors and friends. The family suggests that remembrances be contributions made at any Umpqua Bank in Lucas’s name. Services are entrusted to Dunes Memorial Chapel, 541-127-2822. Sign the guestbook at www.theworldlink.com.
Lucas Scott Collins, 16, of Reedsport, died Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013, at his home. Private cremation rites have been held. A celebration of life service was held at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 11, at the Reedsport Foursquare Church, 2900 Frontage Road. Pastor Terry will officiate. There will be a potluck reception following the services. Everyone is welcome. Lucas Scott Collins was born Sept. 26, 1996, in Reedsport to Jennifer Wiggins and Charles Collins. He spent his entire life in By Alysha Beck, The Umpqua Post Reedsport and was going to Kathy Castelein, faculty research assistant and plover biologist at Portland State University, watches a rehabilitated snowy plover be a junior at Reedsport High fly away near New River in the Bandon State Natural Area on Friday. Three chicks were released after being rescued from the School. same area in July. Snowy plovers are listed state and federally as threatened mainly because of habitat loss and predation. Among his personal interests he enjoyed camping, target shooting and riding four-wheelers. He liked to go swimming, playing video games and hanging out BY THOMAS MORIARTY intensive effort.” with his friends. He played The Umpqua Post Keeping track of just how The Bureau of Land Management’s access Habitat many of the birds are out Coos Bay District lists the following BANDON — 20 years areas as having dry sand closures: there is too expansive a task closures ■ Bandon Beach State Natural after the western snowy for just the agency’s staff To protect the species during Area. plover was listed as a threat- biologists. To keep track of Wednesday, Aug. 14 - Tuesday, Aug. 20 snowy plover nesting, which takes ■ New River. ened species under the the birds, they rely on a netplace in open dry sand, federal HIGH TIDE A.M. P.M. ■ North Spit of Coos Bay. Endangered Species Act, agencies have negotiated restricted work of monitors who scour Time Ft. Time Ft. Date ■ Oregon Dunes day-use area. state and federal wildlife beach access periods with Oregon the beaches keeping tabs on 01:51 6.5 14:57 5.7 Aug. 7 ■ Siltcoos Estuary. officials say the species is State Parks. plover numbers. ■ Sutton Beach. 8 02:29 6.4 15:27 5.9 Aug. From March 15 through Sept. 15, doing great, but predation Kathy Castelein, a ■ Tenmile Estuary. 03:07 6.2 15:58 6.1 Aug. 9 beachgoers are allowed only on the and habitat management are Bandon-based researcher ■ Tahkenitch Estuary. Aug. 10 03:47 5.9 16:29 6.2 sand portions of beaches wet still at a critical stage. with Portland State Dogs are required to be on leash marked as snowy plover nesting Aug. 11 04:31 5.6 17:03 6.3 Standing on a stretch of University’s Biodiversity on beaches marked as plover nestareas. Aug. 12 05:21 5.2 17:42 6.4 New River south of Bandon Information Center, has ing areas. 06:22 4.7 18:28 6.4 Aug. 13 Friday morning, Dan Elbert, worked with the monitoring a biolgist with the U.S. Fish program for almost 17 years. and Wildlife Service said the A.M. P.M. LOW TIDE birds are still in a precarious of the population,” she said. Castelein said that the government had established stretch of dry sand south of Time Ft. Time Ft. Date position. Paxton said that Reporter Thomas a goal of 250 breeding adults Aug. 7 08:40 -0.5 20:44 1.4 though aquarium staff even at be reached can Moriarty China Creek along New for the region. 09:10 -0.4 21:22 1.2 Aug. 8 were only releasing a few 541-269-1222, ext. 240, or by River is currently home to “We reached that last 22:02 1.1 -0.2 09:41 Aug. 9 birds at the South Coast email at between 40 and 45 birds. year for the first time,” Aug. 10 10:13 0.2 22:45 0.9 beach, that number is far thomas.moriarty@the“It’s a fairly large winterElbert said. Aug. 11 10:46 0.5 23:33 0.8 from insignificant. worldlink.com. Follow him ing area,” Castelein said. The western snowy 1 --:--.11:23 Aug. 12 “Just these three little on Twitter: Despite their uptick in plover was first listed under 00:28 0.7 12:06 1.5 Aug. 13 guys — that’s over 1 percent @ThomasDMoriarty. the ESA in 1993. Since then, numbers, the tiny shore-
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state and federal officials have developed a carefully developed system of beach access restrictions to reduce conflict with humans during the tiny shorebirds’ nesting season. Elbert, who’s based at the agency’s Newport field office, was on the South Coast to supervise the release of three orphaned snowy plover chicks that had been discovered on the beach last year. The chicks had since been raised at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Erin Paxton, the aquarium’s public affairs coordinator, said that the agency. “We work very closely with Fish and Wildlife Services because we are one of the few facilities permitted to work with threatened bird species,” Paxton said. Elbert said limiting predation is a challenge for wildlife managers. “By far our biggest problems are from the corvids,” he said, referring to the avian family that includes crows and ravens. Coyotes and rodents are also common threats. Pointing to a high wall of sand at the edge of the beach, Elbert said invasive European beach grass buildup of dunes that are too steep for plover chicks to navigate. “Every year, we aim to remove beach grass from nesting areas,” Elbert said. “But it’s an expensive and
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Dan Elbert, with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Kathy Castelein, faculty research assistant at Portland State University, discuss where to release three rehabilitated snowy plover chicks near New River in the Bandon State Natural Area on Friday. The plovers were rehabilitated at the Oregon Coast Aquarium after being rescued from the New River area in July.
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