Climate Events
May
12
Offshore Wind Energy Webinar
May 12, 2021
An active planning process is underway which could bring wind power turbines to the ocean off Oregon’s shores in coming years. On May 12 and 13, public webinars explaining the planning process are being offered by the state’s Department of Land Conservation and...
May
13
Offshore Wind Energy Webinars
May 13, 2021
Wind power installation.\Photo courtesy of Surfrider.
An active planning process is underway which could bring wind power turbines to the ocean off Oregon’s shores in coming years. On May 12 and 13, public webinars explaining the planning process are being offered by the state’s Department...
Past Events
Dec
14
King Tide Talk and Training
December 14, 2017, Bandon
King Tide at Bandon's Coquille Point.\Photo by Rick Poecker.
Round three of this winter’s King Tide Project takes place Jan. 2-4. Join Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the Sprague Room of the Bandon City Library (1204 11th St.,...
Dec
7
Two Talks on Sea Level Rise
December 7, 2017, Newport
Yaquina River swamped by King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Wetlands Conservancy.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will join Fran Recht, habitat program manager for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, to discuss potential impacts of sea level rise to the Oregon coast...
Dec
5
King Tide Rendezvous
December 5, 2017, Newport
Meg Reed surveying riprap in the field.
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up Dec. 3-5. Volunteer photographers can participate anywhere, but if you will be on the central coast and would like some companionship, moral...
Dec
5
King Tide Project, Second Series
December 5, 2017
King Tide at Wakonda Beach.\Photo by Woody Dukes.
The second round of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place December 3-5. (The final round is set for January 2-4, 2018.) The project reveals areas...
Dec
4
King Tide Meet-Up.
December 4, 2017, Pacific City
Cape Kiwanda at King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Oregon King Tides.
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up December 3-5. Photographers can participate anywhere—photos documenting the highest reach of the highest tides at any...
Dec
3
King Tide Meet-Up.
December 3, 2017, Cannon Beach
Wreck of the Peter Iredale at King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Oregon King Tides.
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up December 3-5. Photographers can participate anywhere—photos documenting the highest reach of the...
Dec
2
King Tide Presentation
December 2, 2017, Yachats
Cape Perpetua and the Visitor Center.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will make a presentation on the King Tide Project, sea level rise, and citizen science at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101) just south of the cape, about three miles...
Nov
29
Science on Tap - Tsunami Travellers
November 29, 2017, Newport
Dr. Jessica Miller will be the featured speaker at the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Science on Tap event on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 6 p.m., at the Rogue Brewery's South Beach location (2030 Marine Science Dr.) in Newport.
Dr. Miller’s talk, "Tsunami travellers: what have we learned from a...
Nov
18
Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Research Talk
November 18, 2017, Yachats
More acidic seawater is corrosive and contains less of the minerals that oysters need to build their shells. | Photo by Marc Dewey, Taylor Shellfish
Fall on the central Oregon coast brings with it free educational presentations and events at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center. In addition to...
Nov
16
Sea Level Rise Presentation
November 16, 2017, Newport
Siletz River mouth and Millport Slough.\Photo by Roy Lowe.
Fran Recht, habitat program manager for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, will speak on “Sea Level Rise and Landward Migration of Estuarine Marshes” on Thursday, Nov. 16, 7 p.m., in an event hosted by the Yaquina...