CANNON BEACH — The Haystack Rock Awareness Program (HRAP) has received a mini-grant from Northwest Aquatic and Marine Educators (NAME) to conduct a BioBlitz at Haystack Rock. Everyone is invited to join this scavenger hunt for life!

HRAP interpreters will be at Haystack Rock 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, June 2. During these low-tide hours, HRAP staff and volunteers will join participants as they photograph life in the tidepools and on Haystack Rock. The challenge is to record all living species within the designated area during a 24-hour period.

Within this window, all BioBlitz participants are asked to upload their photos to iNaturalist. The information collected will be accessible to scientists and citizen scientists so they might better understand the biodiversity in the area.

The Haystack Rock Awareness Program, now in its 33rd season on the beach, aims to protect, through education, the intertidal and bird ecology of the Marine Garden and National Wildlife Refuge at Haystack Rock. HRAP hopes to provide sustainability-focused educational opportunities to all people.

For more information, visit ci.cannon-beach.or.us/HRAP, or contact Pooka Rice, HRAP outreach coordinator, at 503-436-8079 or Lrice@ci.cannon-beach.or.us.