CoastWatch Events
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Aug
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 17, 2020, Hammond
Marine debris collected during a previous survey 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...
Aug
18
Cape Perpetua Geology Webinar
August 18, 2020
Thor's Well at Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Justin Knott.
The Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative offers a deep time experience with the webinar “A Yachats Volcano? Understanding the Geology of the Cape Perpetua Area.” This online presentation by geologist David Muerdter takes place at 6...
Aug
19
Virtual Citizen Science Pub
August 19, 2020
Dr. Julia Parrish.\Photo by Benjamin Hammond.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Science on Tap series of pub talks like so much else has moved online, but it still going strong. You have to supply your own beer, but you can still watch fascinating talks. These events are free and open...
Aug
25
Webinar on Waves and Beaches
August 25, 2020
Waves at sunset washing Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
The Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative, unable to gather audiences physically, is offering an online exploration of the shore with a webinar entitled “Waves, Sand, and Beaches: The Constantly Changing Shoreline.” Free...
Aug
27
Cape Perpetua Volunteer Appreciation
August 27, 2020
Cape Perpetua from the air.\Photo by Alex Derr, with support from Lighthawk.
The annual Cape Perpetua Volunteer Appreciation Event celebrates the wide range of voluntary activity focused on that stretch of Oregon’s shore (including the monitoring done by CoastWatchers). It is usually a...
Sep
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 17, 2020, Hammond
Earlier marine debris survey 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 Oregon Shores board...
Sep
21
Marine Debris Survey
September 21, 2020, Yachats
Cape Cove.\Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
A monthly marine debris survey is conducted at Cape Cove, just south of Cape Perpetua. It is still taking place, with Covid-era precautions. New volunteers are welcome to join the September survey, on Monday, Sept. 21, 9-11 a.m.
The Cape Perpetua Visitor...
Oct
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
October 14, 2020, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress 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 Oregon Shores...
Nov
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
November 18, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) instructs a student in marine debris surveying at the Fort Stevens site.\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...
Dec
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 16, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) assists a student with the marine debris survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Past Events
Apr
2
Tidepool Clinic
April 2, 2017, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton (left) leading CoastWatch beachwalk. Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Sunday, April 2, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention Bureau to...
Apr
1
Tidepool Clinic
April 1, 2017, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton leads CoastWatch tidepool training. Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Saturday, April 1 (no fooling!), beginning at 10:30 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention...
Apr
1
LIFE ON THE ROCKS
April 1, 2017, Bandon
Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) offers a seminar on tidepool life, “Life on the Rocks,” on Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Bandon Community Center (aka The Barn), 1200 11th St., S.W. (next to the library). The public is invited to the free event.
This seminar, third in a...
Mar
18
Guided Bird Walk
March 18, 2017, Waldport,
Mallard with ducklings. Photo by Roy Lowe.
The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists offer a birding walk led by a deeply versed expert on Saturday, March 18. Roy Lowe, retired from his post as long-time manager of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, will lead a walk beginning at...
Mar
18
Snowy Plover Training
March 18, 2017, Pacific City
Snowy Plovers at South Beach. Photo by Cathy Tronquet.
Breeding season for the Western Snowy Plover began March 15. Recreation restricted at 16 beaches managed for these threatened shorebirds (the only shorebirds that nest on Oregon beaches, apart from the occasional killdeer) have gone...
Mar
16
Photographic Tour of Wildlife Refuges
March 16, 2017, Newport
Kelp beds at Crook Point, part of the National Wildlife Refuge system. Photo by Roy Lowe.
With public lands under attack at both the federal and state level, a reminder of the value and beauty of those lands is timely. The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists will host “A Photographic Journey into...
Mar
15
Pelican Lecture
March 15, 2017, Seaside,
Brown pelicans in flight. Photo by Heather Roskelley.
Wildlife biologist Deborah Jaques will speak on “Tracking the Brown Pelican” on Wednesday, March 15, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Seaside Public Library (1131 Broadway St.). The event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the North...
Mar
5
Beached Bird Survey Training
March 5, 2017, Waldport
Beached bird. Photo by Nancy Moore.
CoastWatch is the Oregon partner of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), which conducts a long-running beached bird survey in all the West Coast states. This is true citizen science; with training, volunteers learn to gather...
Mar
4
Beached Bird Survey Training
March 4, 2017, Pacific City
COASST's Hillary Burgess in the field.
CoastWatch is the Oregon partner of the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), which conducts a long-running beached bird survey in all the West Coast states. This is true citizen science; with training, volunteers learn to gather...
Mar
4
Sharing the Coast Conference
March 4, 2017, Waldport
Alsea River mouth with Waldport, site of the Sharing the Coast Conference, in the background. Photo by Alex Derr.
This year’s Sharing the Coast Conference, our annual event that provides a cornucopia of information relating to monitoring the shoreline and participating in citizen science, is...