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.
Feb
12
Virtual Beached Bird Survey Training
February 12, 2023
Beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo courtesy of COASST.
On Sunday, Feb. 12, 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 work...
Feb
16
CoastWatch Dune Clean Up
February 16, 2023, Florence
Tahkenitch dunes. /Photo by Richard Hikes
Oregon Shores' CoastWatch is teaming up with Siuslaw National Forest staff and Coos Bay artist Elizabeth Roberts to clean marine debris from sensitive snowy plover habitat in the Oregon National Dunes Recreation Area. Three locations between Florence...
Mar
1
CoastWatch Orientation- Noon
March 1, 2023
Beachgrass survey at Sunset Beach, with volunteers from Lewis and Clark National Historical Park.\Photo by Jesse Jones
CoastWatch Programs Director Jesse Jones hosts a CoastWatch Orientation on Wednesday, March 1, at noon. These online sessions are for new CoastWatch volunteers looking for...
Mar
1
CoastWatch Orientation- Evening
March 1, 2023
COASST beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.
CoastWatch Programs Director Jesse Jones hosts a CoastWatch Orientation on Wednesday, March 1, at 6 p.m. These online sessions are for new CoastWatch volunteers looking for information on getting started and any current...
Apr
27
Talk on Increasing Resilience to Coastal Hazards
April 27, 2023, Astoria
King tides at the Siuslaw North Jetty
The King Tides project is a community science effort that recruits volunteers to take photographs that depict the highest reach of the highest tides of the year. Documenting current vulnerabilities to flooding can provide a preview of what could be...
May
3
CoastWatch Orientation- Noon
May 3, 2023
Students walking to Battle Rock Beach. /Photo by Jesse Jones.
CoastWatch Programs Director Jesse Jones hosts a CoastWatch Orientation on Wednesday, May 3, at noon. These online sessions are for new CoastWatch volunteers looking for information on getting started and any current CoastWatch...
May
3
CoastWatch Orientation- Evening
May 3, 2023
Sea star survey at Yachats.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
CoastWatch Programs Director Jesse Jones hosts a CoastWatch Orientation on Wednesday, May 3, at 6 p.m. These online sessions are for new CoastWatch volunteers looking for information on getting started and any current CoastWatch volunteers...
Past Events
Apr
29
Low-Tide Hike
April 29, 2017, Charleston
Sunset Bay and Gregory Point. Photo by Alex Derr.
The Southcoast Striders hiking group is taking advantage of a minus tide on Saturday, April 29, to sponsor an exploration of the coastline in the vicinity of Sunset Bay State Park (2.5 miles south of Charleston.
Led by local naturalists, the...
Apr
22
Guided Nature Walk
April 22, 2017, Yachats
View from Cape Perpetua, with Visitor Center in the middle distance. Photo by Gregory Henton.
CoastWatchers Betty Bahn and Sally Lockyear will lead a botanical walk along the Giant Spruce Trail at Cape Perpetua on Saturday, April 22, 9-11 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Yaquina Birders &...
Apr
15
Pinniped Lecture
April 15, 2017, Charleston,
Pinnipeds at Cape Arago. Photo courtesy of SEA.
Seals and sea lions—pinnipeds—will be the topic when Jan Hodder, Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) speaks on “The Pinnipeds of Cape Arago” at a seminar sponsored by Shoreline Education...
Apr
12
Geology Talk on Haystack Rock
April 12, 2017, Cannon Beach
Haystack Rock, subject of Tom Horning's talk. Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
Geologist Tom Horning will discuss the geological origins of Cannon Beach’s iconic Haystack Rock in a talk sponsored by Friends of Haystack Rock (which supports the Haystack Rock Awareness Program of the city of Cannon...
Apr
6
Falcon Peregrinations
April 6, 2017, Newport
Peregrine falcon. Photo by Wayne Hoffman.
The public is invited to a presentation by Wayne Hoffman at the MidCoast Watersheds Council meeting on Thursday, April 6th, 6:30 p.m., to learn about recent peregrine falcon nesting at Yaquina Head. The meeting will be held in Room 205 at the...
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...