Editing Haystack Rock (section)

==History==
In 1968, a protrusion of a rock that was used as a ledge by those illegally climbing it was blasted off.<ref>{{Cite web |last=John |first=Finn J. D. |date=2019-08-26 |title=Offbeat Oregon: Haystack Rock was once a tempting target for daredevil climbers |url=https://www.thenewsguard.com/news_paid/offbeat-oregon-haystack-rock-was-once-a-tempting-target-for-daredevil-climbers/article_1ee1ee78-c83f-11e9-81c8-eb394960cc1e.html |access-date=2024-07-23 |website=The Lincoln County Leader |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Hale |first=Jamie |date=2019-05-26 |title=Blast from the past: Remembering Haystack Rock’s dynamite explosion in 1968 |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/05/dcea013a102758/blast-from-the-past-remembering-haystack-rocks-dynamite-explosion-in-1968.html |access-date=2024-07-24 |website=oregonlive |language=en}}</ref>

In 1990, Haystack Rock was granted Marine Garden status by the [[Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife]]. The site is protected under the [[Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge]] as a designated wilderness area.<ref name="HRAR" />

The sea stack formation was closed temporarily during July 2023 after a [[cougar]] was documented, for the first time, climbing on the rock in search of prey.<ref name="CTCO">{{cite news |title=Cougar that closed Oregon's Cannon Beach moves on |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/animal-news/cougar-closed-oregons-cannon-beach-moves-rcna94797 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |work=NBC News |agency=The Associated Press |date=July 17, 2023}}</ref>