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Who We Are
Our Vision and Strategy for the Coast
In Oregon, the beaches belong to the people. For more than 50 years, Oregon Shores has served as the state’s leading voice when it comes to protecting the beaches, headlands, landscapes, and ecosystems that make Oregon’s coast so spectacular and loved.
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What We Do
Our Programs and Campaigns
Discover our latest campaigns focused on education and mile adoption, enhancing estuarine ecosystem resilience, and combatting climate change for a sustainable Oregon Coast.
CoastWatch
CoastWatch offers opportunities to learn about shoreline ecology and contribute to coastal research and conservation by adopting a mile of the Oregon coast.

Campaign for Oregon’s Estuaries
The Campaign for Oregon’s Estuaries aims to build a strong popular movement for conserving our estuarine resources based on a broad public understanding of the importance of these ecosystems, where rivers meet the sea.
Oregon Beaches Forever
Our mission is to safeguard Oregon's public beaches for future generations and ensure the preservation of our coastlines and communities as we adapt to climate change
Marine Legislation
The 2025 legislative session offers a unique opportunity to advocate for conservation and urge decision-makers to prioritize Oregon’s invaluable coastal ecosystems
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Volunteer STEAM Coach Training
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Oregon Shores Event
Snowy Plover Habitat Beach Clean Up – Sitka Sedge
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Oregon Shores Event
Snowy Plover Habitat Beach Clean Up – Bayocean Spit
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Snowy Plover Habitat Beach Clean Up – Seaside
Coastal Community Connections
Oregon Shores is excited to get involved in the Winter Waters PNW seafood goodness with a pint night fundraiser in Eugene on Thursday, February 27th, from 4-8pm. 🌊
Head over to ColdFire Brewing Company 🍺 in Eugene for a unique dinner featuring seaweed + seafood dishes from Cece Eugene, the pescatarian food cart stationed at the brewery, by Sierra Mickey. Katie Russell, from Oregon Shores, will be in the house, and a portion of proceeds from food and beer sales ($1 of each beer!) will go to benefit our environmental non-profit.
This is a free, a la carte event, but we do ask that you get a ticket so we know how many people to expect: www.winterwaterspnw.com/events/cece-coldfire
Menu Sneak Peek:
🐟 Oregon Albacore Tonnato on sesame and tamari focaccia with dulse seaweed and castelvetrano olive chimichurri
⭐ Miso and Date White Beans with crispy dulse from Oregon Seaweed ... See MoreSee Less
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🌊📸 King Tides in the Classroom! 📸🌊
Our Education Manager, Denise, recently visited Driftwood Elementary School, where 1st and 5th grade students shared their experiences from this winter’s king tides! 🌊👀
Students compared tide heights at Battle Rock in Port Orford from January, using photos of king tides vs. average tides to see firsthand how rising water levels impact our coast. These young scientists are learning how photography helps us document and understand coastal change—an important tool in protecting Oregon’s shores! 🏖️💡
Great work, Driftwood students! Keep exploring and observing! 👏📷
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🆘 Critically endangered: sunflower sea stars. How can you help them rebound? Protect Rocky Habitats where they thrive.
Oregon’s Rocky Habitats are biologically important - making up 41% of the state's 362 mile coastline. These habitats are home to a wide diversity of wildlife including:
🌊 Invertebrates like anemones, mussels, sea stars, and crabs, fish, vegetation and algae like sea grasses and kelp, marine mammals, and seabirds like cormorants, murres, and puffins.
Join us in learning how you can help protect Rocky Habitats in Oregon through legislative effort by the Oregon Ocean Alliance via our upcoming webinar on February 4th. Register here: bit.ly/Introducing_OOA
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Oregon Shores is excited to get involved in the @winterwaterspnw seafood goodness with a pint night fundraiser in Eugene on Thursday, February 27th, from 4-8pm. 🌊
Head over to @coldfire_brewing 🍺 in Eugene for a unique dinner featuring seaweed + seafood dishes from @cece_eugene, the pescatarian food cart stationed at the brewery, by Sierra Mickey. Katie Russell, from Oregon Shores, will be in the house, and a portion of proceeds from food and beer sales ($1 of each beer!) will go to benefit our environmental non-profit.
This is a free, a la carte event, but we do ask that you get a ticket so we know how many people to expect. Link to ticketing is in our bio.
Menu Sneak Peek:
🐟 Oregon Albacore Tonnato on sesame and tamari focaccia with dulse seaweed and castelvetrano olive chimichurri
⭐ Miso and Date White Beans with crispy dulse from @oregonseaweed
#eugeneoregon #eugeneevents #winterwaters ...
🌊📸 King Tides in the Classroom! 📸🌊
Our Education Manager, Denise, recently visited Driftwood Elementary School, where 1st and 5th grade students shared their experiences from this winter’s king tides! 🌊👀
Students compared tide heights at Battle Rock in Port Orford from January, using photos of king tides vs. average tides to see firsthand how rising water levels impact our coast. These young scientists are learning how photography helps us document and understand coastal change—an important tool in protecting Oregon’s shores! 🏖️💡
Great work, Driftwood students! Keep exploring and observing! 👏📷
#KingTides #coastwatch #protectthecoast #oregoncoast #coastalconservation #oregonshores ...
🆘 Critically endangered: sunflower sea stars. How can you help them rebound? Protect Rocky Habitats where they thrive.
Oregon’s Rocky Habitats are biologically important - making up 41% of the state’s 362 mile coastline. These habitats are home to a wide diversity of wildlife including:
🌊 Invertebrates like anemones, mussels, sea stars, and crabs, fish, vegetation and algae like sea grasses and kelp, marine mammals, and seabirds like cormorants, murres, and puffins.
Join us in learning how you can help protect Rocky Habitats in Oregon through legislative effort by the Oregon Ocean Alliance via our upcoming webinar on February 4th. Register via the link in our bio.
📷: Sunflower sea star by Mylasia @the.intertidal footage
#oregonshores #coastwatch #protectthecoast #oregoncoast #coastalconservation #oregonoceanalliance #rockyhabitats ...
This Saturday in Newport, Oregon, @localoceanseafoods is hosting a very special @winterwaterspnw dinner with special guest chefs: students from Siletz Valley School who completed the @oregonseafare High School Seafood Butchery course. 🔪 🐟
A significant portion of the Siletz Valley School’s student body identifies as Native American, and the dishes the students will offer are inspired by traditional and modern day tribal ingredients from the local area, including:
Squash Bisque, with smoked Siletz Tribe upper river Chinook, salmon, crisp dulse seaweed
Hoxie’s Cove Oysters, broiled with nettles, duck bacon, and dulse hollandaise
Albacore Tuna Skewer, charred & cold smoked, with local honey glaze, hazelnut and nori gremolata
Learn more about this special event: winterwaterspnw.com, or link in today’s Stories. There are only 3 tickets left, but the students will also make an appearance at the Blue Foods Forum Seaweed + Oyster Social in Portland on 2/19.
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The Oregon coastal ecosystems are at the heart of our state’s identity, economy, and environment. But they need your help.
Oregon’s rocky habitats, which make up 41% of the coastline, provide critical nesting grounds to over one million seabirds, habitat for hundreds of fish species including spawning areas for commercially important juvenile rockfish and Dungeness crab, and are home for thousands of invertebrate species including sea stars, anemones, and shellfish.
Eelgrass meadows play a vital role in sequestering carbon, supporting marine life, and protecting coastal communities from erosion and ocean acidification. These habitats are the backbone of entire ecosystems, sheltering species from fish to marine mammals.
We’re working to protect these essential habitats by supporting state agencies, community groups, and science-driven management efforts. Your voice is critical to making this vision a reality. Help us protect Oregon’s ocean future. Join us for an informational webinar: Introducing the Oregon Ocean Alliance: Shaping Ocean Conservation Through Legislation, on February 3rd, from 6-7pm. RSVP via the link in bio.
📷: @shifting_tides_nw
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🌊 CoastWatch in Action! 🌊
Shoutout to CoastWatch volunteer Michelle for her incredible work at Mile 301, near the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. This rocky stretch of coastline is a "sticky" spot for marine debris, and this haul held some interesting finds:
🗑️ A large plastic garbage bin (used to haul out even more trash!)
⚪ ~20 pounds of styrofoam, including floats and cooler fragments
🌿 A homemade bamboo and styrofoam float
🛢️ A marine oil bin that`s been stuck on the rocks since June 2024
🚮 Countless plastic bottles, crab traps, and bags
Michelle’s dedication to keeping our coast clean highlights the importance of ongoing stewardship. Every piece of trash removed makes a difference! 🌱
Want to get involved? Visit the link in our bio to learn more about CoastWatch and join us in protecting Oregon’s coastal ecosystems. 🐚✨
#oregonshores #coastwatch #protectthecoast #oregoncoast #coastalconservation ...
Have you heard about the upcoming @winterwaterspnw series coming up in February? Winter Waters is an Oregon-based organization all about encouraging people to eat local, sustainably caught seafood and farmed seaweed. As a conservation non-profit, Oregon Shores aligns with the mission of keeping local seafood local for multiple reasons:
🐟 When seafood lovers prioritize sustainable seafood, businesses and policymakers are incentivized to adopt better regulations and industry standards, such as quotas, seasonal fishing limits, and marine protected areas.
🌊 Supporting seafood that is farmed or caught with minimal environmental impact (and kept in state rather than trucked or flown around the world) reduces greenhouse gas emissions, benefiting both the ocean and global conservation efforts.
💚 Sustainable seafood consumption raises awareness about ocean conservation issues, encouraging people to think critically about marine issues like climate change, plastic pollution, and habitat loss.
Learn more about Winter Waters events in Oregon: winterwaterspnw.com
#oregonshores #protectthecoast #oregoncoast #coastalconservation #sustainableseafood #oregonseafood ...
Did you spot the camouflaged fish amongst the seaweed?
The kelp greenling is a vibrant fish found along the Pacific Northwest`s rocky coastlines and kelp forests. Known for their striking colors and curious nature, they play a key role in the underwater ecosystem. Watch for these little beauties on your next tidepooling adventure! 🐠💚
📸Oregon Marine Reserves
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UPDATE: Registration is full for all three days!! Check out our website for more cleanup opportunities 💙
While we certainly always appreciate financial contributions to our conservation efforts, sometimes it just feels good to roll up your sleeves (or in this case, layer up in waterproof gear) and physically help. 💪 We have a great opportunity this month: help protect snowy plover habitat by joining our third annual cleanup effort with the U.S. Forest Service at the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area, near Florence, Oregon.
This year’s cleanup will take place January 22–24, with backup dates February 3–6 in case of inclement weather. Adult volunteers will assist in removing marine debris from critical plover habitat, with likely cleanup locations at Tenmile (January 22–23) and Tahkenitch (January 24). Limited seats will be available in volunteer vehicles, with priority given to past participants.
Interested in joining? Contact Elizabeth Roberts at marinedebris911@gmail.com to reserve your spot and indicate your availability. Let’s work together to make a difference for Oregon’s coastal wildlife!
#oregonshores #protectthecoast #oregoncoast #coastalconservation #marinedebris #beachcleanup ...
This past year, Oregon Shores Marine Conservation Manager, Annie, has been co-chairing the new Oregon Ocean Alliance, which is a group of eight founding member organizations who work collectively to advance the protection of Oregon’s ocean and coastal ecosystems. 🌊 The Alliance prioritized rocky habitats and eelgrass meadows in 2024-2025, because these habitats directly support biodiversity and coastal resilience. We have been advocating for two pieces of legislation that will benefit these habitats.
Join the Alliance on February 3rd for an informational webinar on these legislative priorities (link to register in bio), and learn how to take action to support coastal conservation. We will keep you updated on the campaign and upcoming hearings.
We want to extend our sincere gratitude to Rep. Gomberg for his leadership as chief sponsor on these upcoming ocean bills, the Marine Reserve bill in 2024, and his support of our Oregon Beaches Forever campaign. Thank you for prioritizing our coastal resources and communities!
📷 by Mylasia @the.intertidal - thank you so much for sharing these clips with us!
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🌊 Calling all educators! In a hands-on professional development workshop with Oregon Shores and Yakona Nature Preserve and Learning Center, educators will travel from the beach to the forest, and participate in field research to engage students grades 5-12. This collaborative approach will fully engage your students in the study of how our local habitats are impacted by climate change and other human impacts.
The training will be on Saturday, February 1, 9-4 pm and a $200 stipend will be awarded to the first 15 educators enrolled. Learn more, link in bio.
#oregonshores #coastwatch #protectthecoast #oregoncoast #coastalconservation ...
Oregon Shores is excited to be a founding member of the newly formed Oregon Ocean Alliance.
The Oregon Ocean Alliance was formed in 2024 💪 by eight environmental organizations including: @oregonshorescc @birdallianceoforegon @coastrangeassociation @oceana environmentoregon @sevencapesbirds @surfrideroregon and @nature_oregon.
Although many of our groups have worked together on individual issues, we agreed it was time to form an Alliance to work together in a more coordinated and proactive way to increase awareness and expand our impact in advancing important conservation priorities for the Oregon coast.
Will you join the Alliance in our efforts to secure funding to support coastal and marine conservation? Join us for an informational webinar: Introducing the Oregon Ocean Alliance: Shaping Ocean Conservation Through Legislation, on February 3rd, from 6-7pm. RSVP via the link in bio.
📷: Randh Scholten, Scott Groth, and Laurel Hillmann
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Where’s your favorite spot to watch King Tides? 🌊Let us know in the comments!
Today begins the last round of this winter’s King Tides (January 11th-13th), when ferocious Pacific Ocean waves roll in to pound the Oregon Coast. When the storms are at their peak, howling winds and towering waves drive spectacular walls of water onto the beach and against the bluffs. Storm watching has become a cherished activity for all ages, and there are plenty of oceanfront locations to enjoy the spectacle safely and comfortably.
King Tides and severe storms can make coastal areas unpredictable and dangerous. Beach access points may be closed for your safety, and it’s critical to heed these warnings. Sneaker waves—sudden, powerful surges of water—are one of the biggest hazards, often catching beachgoers off guard after periods of calm. These waves can sweep people, pets, and even vehicles into the ocean.
Be careful and enjoy the King Tides in Oregon this weekend.
📸: Jeremy Burke
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🌊 Introducing: Oregon Ocean Alliance 🌊
The Alliance is a coalition of eight Oregon-based environmental organizations with a shared dedication to protect and preserve Oregon’s marine ecosystems. Together, we advocate for policies to protect our marine resources and coastal communities for generations to come. Please visit our brand new website to learn more about our mission and join us on this journey: www.oregonoceanalliance.org and join our webinar (RSVP via link in bio).
Our priorities include:
💚 Rocky Habitat Protection & Conservation - ensuring that designated rocky habitat sites are implemented successfully
💚 Eelgrass Conservation - supporting increased protections and restoration activities that enhance and recover eelgrass habitat to increase climate resilience and enhance biodiversity.
💚 Strong Marine Reserves & Marine Protected Area Program - we are working diligently to ensure Oregon’s Marine Reserves and protected areas are funded and supported.
💚 Heceta Bank Complex Protection - we are raising awareness about the ecological significance of the Heceta Bank Complex, and exploring ways to protect it.
💚 Enhanced Funding for Ocean Conservation in Oregon - the Oregon Ocean Alliance is investing time to explore and help secure funding to support coastal and marine conservation from a variety of sources including federal, state and legislative opportunities.
#oregonoceanalliance #oregoncoast #oceanhealth #oregon #pnw ...
🌊 We’re hiring! 🤩
Oregon Shores is seeking a Community Science and Engagement Manager to lead our CoastWatch mile adoption program, organize volunteer opportunities, and facilitate community science projects.
If you’re passionate about empowering volunteers and protecting Oregon’s coast, we’d love to hear from you!
🗓️ Applications are due by January 12.
Learn more and apply here: https://bit.ly/OS_Employment
#CommunityScience #VolunteerEngagement #OregonCoastJobs ...