Climate Events
Apr
27
Talk on Coast and Climate Change
April 27, 2019, Lincoln City
Climate change is expected to drive stronger storms onto the Oregon coast.\Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
Chuck Willer, director of the Coast Range Association, will speak on the “Oregon Coast in the Era of Climate Crisis at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, in Lincoln City’s Driftwood Public Library...
Past Events
Nov
4
King Tide Field Trip
November 4, 2017, Charleston
King Tide floods Charleston shoreline.\Photo by Raincoast.
On the first day of this winter’s first series of king tides, the King Tide Project is offering a guided field trip, giving volunteer photographers an orientation to the citizen science project and a tour of promising locations for...
Nov
4
King Tide Project, First Series
November 4, 2017 - November 6, 2017
King Tide at Horsfall Beach near North Bend.\Photo by Susan Ferguson.
The first round of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place November 4-6. (The other two high-tide series the project will cover will be...
Nov
3
Climate Change Talk
November 3, 2017, Port Orford
King Tide at Agate Beach and Garrison Lake in Port Orford.\Photo courtesy of Oregon King Tides.
Former Oregon Secretary of State Bill Bradbury will be giving a talk about the issue of climate change at the Port Orford Library (1421 Oregon St.), from noon to 1 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 3. The...
Oct
16
Oregon Outdoor Summit
October 16, 2017 - October 17, 2017, Corvalis
Outdoor Summit. | Courtesy of OSU
The Outdoor Summit is a two-day adventure, convened by Oregon State University Outreach & Engagement, Travel Oregon, and Oregon State Parks. The summit will engage community leaders, outdoor enthusiasts and recreation businesses, public agencies, students,...
Oct
15
Pollinator Conservation Talk
October 15, 2017, Yachats
On Sunday October 15 at 2 p.m. in the Yachats Commons, Laren Leland is giving a talk about native bee conservation and how you can help pollinators in your own yard and on a larger scale. In addition to sharing her experience gardening for pollinators in Portland and in the Yachats River...
Oct
13
Coastline Habitat Change Seminar
October 13, 2017, Charleston
Pacific Rim National Park in British Columbia, Canada. | Photo by Jack Aloha
As part of the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s Fall Seminar Series, Margot Hessing-Lewis from the Hakai Institute (BC Canada) will speak on, “Stressed and disturbed; coastline complexity and biodiversity...
Oct
10
Northwest Climate Conference
October 10, 2017 - October 11, 2017, Tacoma
Storm surge waves during a King Tide. Photo by Jenny Green.
The 8th Annual Northwest Climate Conference will take place Oct. 10-11 at the Tacoma Convention Center in Tacoma, Washington. The conference annually brings together more than 300 researchers and practitioners from around the...
Oct
1
Climate Leadership Training
October 1, 2017, Newport
King Tide swamps Highway 126.\Photo by Greg Reed.
Deb Lev, a natural resource professional and climate leader trained by Al Gore’s Climate Reality project, will give a talk on “Climate Change in the Pacific Northwest” at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 1, in the South Beach Community Center (3024...
Sep
24
Notes from the Riverkeepers Performance
September 24, 2017, Astoria
Latourell Falls in the Columbia River Gorge. | Photo by Chanel Hason
A musical homily unveiling the epic, sordid history of crude-oil-by-rail transport in the Columbia River Gorge.
Doors at 6:30pm, show at 7pm
Audience talk-back after the performance at 8:15pm
Notes from...
Sep
16
International Coastal Cleanup Day
September 16, 2017
Celebrating International Coastal Cleanup Day. | Photo from Golden Gate State Park
Celebrating International Coastal Cleanup Day. | Photo from Golden Gate State Park
International Coastal Cleanup: Saturday, September 16th, 2017
Nearly 12 million people and counting have been part of the world’s biggest volunteer effort to protect the ocean. Will you join in this year?
In...