Climate Events
Jul
31
Lecture on Antarctica and Climate Change
July 31, 2019, Charleston
Nov
25
King Tide Project, First Series
November 25, 2019
Aerial view of Whale Cove (upper right) and Little Whale Cove during a king tide.\Photo by Briana Goodwin.
The first round of the 2019-2020 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place November 25-27, 2019. (The other two...
Jan
10
King Tide Project, Second Series
January 10, 2020 - January 12, 2020
King Tide at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Bob Loewen.
The second round of the 2019-2020 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place January 10-12, 2020. (The final round is set for February 8-10.) The project reveals areas currently...
Feb
8
King Tide Project, Third Series
February 8, 2020 - February 10, 2020
A 2018 king tide on the Yaquina River.\Photo by Greg Henton.
The final round of the 2019-2020 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place February 8-10, 2020. The project reveals areas currently prone to flooding, but more...
Past Events
Jan
15
King Tide Wrap-Up Party
January 15, 2018, Cannon Beach
Aspiring coastal scientist Dylan Anderson.
We’re celebrating the conclusion of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project on the north coast with a party at the Public Coast Brewery (264 3rd St.) in Cannon Beach. The event is free and open to all. We’ll furnish the finger food—drinks and meals...
Jan
13
Wildfires of Western Oregon Talk
January 13, 2018, Yachats
Oregon 2017 wildfires in the gorge. | Photo by Tristan Fortsch
The Cape Perpetua Speaker Series is from January-March. Each part of the series is hosted by a special presenter who is well versed on a partiuclar point of interest. This event will focus on the wildfires of Western Oregon. The...
Jan
4
King Tide Last Day Gathering
January 4, 2018, Netarts
Waves run up the shore at King Tide.\Photo by Sara Schreiber.
The 2017-2018 King Tide Project has come down to its final day—the last day in the last highest-high-tide sequence of the winter. Which means last chance to contribute to this citizen science project, through which volunteer...
Jan
3
King Tide Project, Third Series
January 3, 2018 - January 4, 2018
King Tide at Winema Beach.\Photo by Jean Cameron.
The final round of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place January 2-4, 2018. The project reveals areas currently prone to flooding, but more important,...
Jan
2
King Tide Meet-Up
January 2, 2018, Florence
Florence from the Dunes.\Photo by Rich DeSantis.
The winter’s third and final set of highest high tides, and thus the last round of our King Tide Project, is coming up January 2-4. Photographers can participate anywhere—photos documenting the highest reach of the highest tides at any point...
Dec
19
Talk on Siletz Basin Projects
December 19, 2017, Siletz
A king tide washes the bank of the Siletz River.\Photo by Meg Reed.
At its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Siletz Watershed Council will host a talk on two projects taking place within the Siletz River’s watershed. The event, free and open to everyone, begins at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Dec
19
Meeting on Forest Carbon
December 19, 2017, Salem
Elliott State Forest, a store of carbon in its intact state.\Photo courtesy of OLCV.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Forest Carbon Task Force will meet Tuesday, Dec. 19. The public meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in Conference Room Meitner at the Oregon Department of Energy...
Dec
16
King Tide Talk and CoastWatch Clinic
December 16, 2017, Newport
Shoreline between Beverly Beach and Otter Rock.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Our CoastWatch volunteer coordinator, Fawn Custer, invites one and all to join her for a session that will combine basic CoastWatch training with some specifics on our King Tide citizen science project, as well as other...
Dec
15
CoastWatch Clinic and Citizen Science Training
December 15, 2017, Port Orford
Port Orford Field Station.
Dawn Goley, a professor of zoology at Humboldt State University and coordinator of the northern California branch of the marine mammal stranding network, and Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will meet with all comers on Friday, Dec. 15, in Oregon...
Dec
14
CoastWatch Clinic
December 14, 2017, Gold Beach
Fawn Custer, teaching on the shoreline.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will meet with all comers on Friday, December 14, in Oregon State University’s Gold Beach Extension Office (29390 Ellensburg Ave., also known as Highway 101) from 3 p.m. through about...