CoastWatch Events

CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Dec
3

Webinar on Rocky Intertidal Habitats

December 3, 2020

Coastal ecologist Silke Bachhuber in the field.

CoastWatch and Oregon shore are offering a webinar on basic rocky shore ecology, with a focus on the south coast, including Cape Arago.  The webinar, “Exploring Oregon’s Rocky Intertidal Habitats,” featuring coastal ecologists Zechariah...

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Dec
9

King Tides Presentation

December 9, 2020

Haystack Rock and Cannon Beach during a king tide.\Photo by Briana Goodwin, with flight support by Lighthawk.

The King Tides Project will be featured in the Dec. 9 online talk that is part of the World of Haystack Rock lecture series sponsored by the Friends of Haystack Rock.  Speaking will...

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Dec
13

King Tide Project, Second Series

December 13, 2020

From the King Tides archives--a January, 2020 king tide at Cape Kiwanda.\Photo by Day Tooley.

The second round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Dec. 13-15, 2020. (The final high tide series which...

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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.
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,...
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Jan
7

Talks on Climate, Beaches, and Dunes

January 7, 2021

King tide threatens Rockaway Beach.\Photo by Lawrence Soto.

The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project is coming up Jan. 11-13.  To provide some context for this effort by volunteer photographers to document the reach of the year’s highest tides, three of the Northwest’s leading...

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Jan
11

King Tide Project, Third Series

January 11, 2021

King tide in January, 2020, at Del Rey Beach access in Clatsop County.\Photo by Jim Stewart.

The final round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Jan. 11-13, 2021. The project reveals areas currently...

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Past Events

Oct
27

October 2015 King Tide Photo Opportunity

October 27, 2015 - October 29, 2015

Photo of King Tide at Yaquina River.
This is one of three 2015 King Tides. These highest tides of the year give us a look at the future, when sea level rise will more frequently inundate low-lying areas. Oregon Shores is making a special effort to organize photographers to document the reach of the King Tides in the vicinity of...
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Oct
25

Beached Bird Survey Training in Crescent City

October 25, 2015, Crescent City

Photo of women recording beached bird data on the beach.
Conducting the beached bird survey. Photo courtesy of COASST.
CoastWatch serves as the Oregon partner for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a citizen science project dedicated to involving volunteers in the collection of high-quality data on the status of coastal...
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Oct
24

State of the Coast Conference in Coos Bay

October 24, 2015, Coos Bay

Aerial photo of Cape Arago.
The annual State of the Coast Conference is slated for Coos Bay on Saturday, Oct. 24.  The all-day event, which surveys a wide range of coastal issues and seeks to educate an equally wide range of stakeholders, takes place in the Hales Center of Southwestern Oregon Community College from 9...
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Oct
23

Roam the Wild Edge Book Release in Astoria

October 23, 2015, Astoria

Photo of North Coast Land Conservancy's Katie Voelke.
Our colleagues with the North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) are planning a gala evening celebrating coastal conservation and release of the landscape-celebrating book The Wild Edge: Freedom to Roam the Pacific Coast (Braided River), a photographic journey from the deep ocean to the summit of...
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Oct
20

Public Hearings on Changes to Beach Water Quality Monitoring

October 20, 2015 - October 29, 2015

Photo of water quality warning sign.
The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program (OBMP) is beginning a formal process to adopt a new “beach action value” (BAV) that would be used beginning in the 2017 monitoring season.  The BAV is used to determine when public health advisories should be issued for beaches.  Up till now, the threshold...
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Oct
15

Marine Debris Talk in Yachats

October 15, 2015, Yachats

Photo of coastline at Yachats.
The Yachats Academy of Arts and Sciences has invited Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, to speak on Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.  The free public event takes place at the Yachats Commons (1555 Highway 101 in the middle of town).

Fawn’s talk will accompany the film It’s...

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Oct
2

Seabirds, Marine Mammals & Marine Debris Lectures

October 2, 2015, Cannon Beach

Photo of Kim Raum-Suryyan.
The autumn’s first CoastWatch educational event is coming up Friday, Oct. 2 in Cannon Beach.  “Seabirds, Marine Mammals & Marine Debris” takes place 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Cannon Beach City Hall (160 E. Gower St.).  The event is free and open to all.  We’re delighted to have the Haystack Rock...
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Sep
26

Public Lands Day at Yaquina Head

September 26, 2015, Newport

Photo of Yaquina Head.
Want to learn more about Yaquina Head and coastal stewardship?  The Bureau of Land Management will honor the 22nd annual National Public Lands Day by waiving entrance fees at Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area on Saturday, Sept. 26. Hour-long service projects will occur throughout the...
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Sep
19

A Robust(us) Discussion in Newport

September 19, 2015, Newport

 

Photo of Jim Sumich.
Gray whale expert Jim Sumich will speak to the Yaquina Birders & Naturalists at their meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17.  The meeting, which is free and open to the public, starts at 7 p.m. at the Public Meeting Room of Central Lincoln PUD (2129 North Coast Highway) in north Newport.

Sumich will...

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Sep
19

Guided Bird Walk in Newport

September 19, 2015, Newport

Photo of Pelicans.
The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists are offering a free guided bird walk on Saturday, Sept. 19.  Laimons Osis will lead a field trip to one of the most bird-rich areas in Newport.  The expedition will start with a walk along the Estuary Trail at the OSU Hatfield Marine Science Center to look...
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