CoastWatch Events
Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations.
Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Aug
10
CoastWatch Orientation Walk
August 10, 2022, Netarts
CoastWatch Mile 280.\Photo by Angela Arena.
Aug
12
Beachwalk with Stewart Schultz
August 12, 2022, Rockaway Beach
Manhattan Beach.\Photo courtesy of OPRD.
We’re offering an invaluable opportunity for anyone interested in the natural history of Oregon’s shores—a beachwalk with Stewart Schultz, author of The Northwest Coast: A Natural History and a leading expert on the coastal ecology of the Pacific...
Aug
14
Tidepool Walk with Stewart Schultz
August 14, 2022, Cape Falcon Marine Reserve
Stewart Schultz leading a rocky shore field trip.\Photo by Dan Anderson.
Anyone interested in the ecology of Oregon’s rocky shores has a great opportunity coming up. CoastWatch is sponsoring a tidepool-oriented walk with Stewart Schultz, author of The Northwest Coast: A Natural History, and...
Aug
28
Tidepool Ambassador Tour
August 28, 2022, Florence
ea star and anemones\Photo by Victoria Tierney.
Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative is offering free, small-group tours with a Tidepool Ambassador Guide during the lowest tides of the summer. Tours will last one hour, guests are encouraged to continue exploring the reserve on their...
Sep
11
Virtual Beached Bird Survey Training
September 11, 2022
COASST beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.
On Sunday, Sep. 11, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., COASST (the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) will conduct a virtual COASSTLite! introductory training session for anyone interested in participating in their...
Nov
17
Land-Sea Symposium
November 17, 2022, Yachats
North boundary of Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. /Photo courtesy of Oregon Marine Reserves Flickr
The Cape Perperua Land-Sea Symposium will be resuming as an in-person event for its 10th annual celebration this year. The event will take place at the Yachats Commons (441 U.S. 101, Yachats) on...
Past Events
May
22
Tidepool Clinic
May 22, 2022, Lincoln City
Fawn Custer, in her trademark orange rainpants, leading an earlier tidepool clinic.\Photo by Dennis White.
After a...
May
20
Tidepool Clinic
May 20, 2022, Lincoln city
Tidepool life.\Photo by Rena Olson.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Friday, May 20, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, CoastWatch is once again joining...
May
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
May 18, 2022, Hammond
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores board member Ed Joyce, which handles the monthly survey at this site. We...
May
9
Otter Rock Volunteer Training Session
May 9, 2022
Tidepools at Otter Rock.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The Friends of Otter Rock group is holding a free information webinar about their upcoming summer volunteer interpretive program on Monday, May 9, 6:30 p.m. CoastWatch works with the Friends, who help to monitor their area, and Oregon Shores...
Apr
29
Rocky Habitat Workshop--3
April 29, 2022
Ecola State Park.\Photo by Sonja Peterson
The next phase of the state’s drawn-out “site designation” process, part of the new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, is upon us. The Department of Land Conservation and Development is hosting three virtual workshops focused on proposals from...
Apr
28
Photography Project on Bird Diets
April 28, 2022
Tufted Puffins nesting on Haystack Rock.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
CoastWatch hosts a webinar on a citizen science photography project that will assist scientists in understanding the habitat needs of coastal birds on Wednesday, April 28, at 6 p.m.
Noah Dolinajec, project manager of Birds with...
Apr
28
Rocky Habitat Workshop--2
April 28, 2022
Blacklock Point.\Photo by Larry Basch.
The next phase of the state’s drawn-out “site designation” process, part of the new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, is upon us. The Department of Land Conservation and Development is hosting three virtual workshops focused on proposals from...
Apr
23
Beached Bird Survey Training
April 23, 2022, Astoria
COASST beached bird survey in progress.
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) organizes a beached bird survey throughout the West Coast. Oregon is an Oregon partner. COASST participants (many of them also CoastWatchers) help make a difference for the environment by...
Apr
21
Tidepool Clinic
April 21, 2022, Lincoln City
Fawn Custer, teaching tidepools.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Thursday, April 21, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, CoastWatch...
Apr
20
Marine Debris Survey Training
April 20, 2022, Hammond
Still life composed of marine debris finds at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by...