Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
Nov
15
Mushroom Walk
November 15, 2018, Cannon Beach
The Ecola Creek Awareness Project is hosting a Mushroom Walk on November 7 at 11 a.m. along Ecola Creek in Cannon Beach. Dane Osis, a ranger at Fort Stevens State Park, will lead a mushroom foraging orientation walk to find and identify edible and inedible mushrooms in the Ecola Creek...
Nov
15
Land-Sea Symposium
November 15, 2018, Yachats
Mouth of Devils Churn at Cape Perpetua, low tide.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The 6th annual Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium is coming to Yachats, on the northern flank of the cape, on Thursday, Nov. 15, beginning at 5 p.m. Keynote speaker starts off the presentations at 5:30 p.m. The speaker is...
Nov
15
Bandon Hotel Hearing
November 15, 2018, Bandon
Aerial view of Coquille Point, with the site of the former motel, now proposed hotel, sticking out.\Photo by Steve Buck.
The vexed issue of the hotel proposed for iconic Coquille Point is coming to the fore again. Bandon’s Planning Commission will hold a hearing on a new version of the...
Nov
16
Seminar on Galapagos Underwater
November 16, 2018, Charleston
Fish obscure diver's view off of Darwin Island, Galapagos. | Photo courtesy of KSLOF
José Marin Jarrin, from Humbolt State University, will give a public talk titled, "The Underwater Galápagos: The World that Darwin Never Witnessed" on Friday, Nov. 16 at 7 p.m. in the OIMB Boathouse...
Nov
17
Cape Arago Hike
November 17, 2018, Coos Bay
Cape Arago State Park. | Photo courtesy from Oregon's Adventure Coast
The Friends of the Umpqua hiking group invites the public to join them for a hike at Cape Arago on the Coos County coast Nov. 17. The group meets before 8 a.m. in the Douglas County Courthouse parking lot behind the old...
Nov
17
COASST Training Session
November 17, 2018, Lincoln City
COASST volunteer documenting a beached bird at Oswald West State Park. | Photo by Chanel Hason
Join the COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) Marine Debris program in Lincoln City and help make a difference for the environment. This training will take place on Saturday Nov. 17...
Nov
17
Talk on Tectonics and the Pacific Northwest
November 17, 2018, Yachats
Professor Bob Lillie. | Courtesy of Bob Lillie
Geologist Bob Lillie will present "Plate Tectonics and the Landscapes of the Pacific Northwest" on Saturday, Nov. 17 at 1 p.m. at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101, about three miles south of Yachats). His lecture is part of the...
Nov
18
South Slough Trails Hike
November 18, 2018, Charleston
South Slough National Estuary entrance. | Photo by Matt LeBlanc.
The public is invited to join the South Coast Striders for their South Slough Trails Hike on Sunday, Nov. 18. Meet them at a.m. in the parking lot of the South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve Interpretive Center...
Nov
18
COASST Training Session
November 18, 2018, Astoria
COASST volunteer marking a beached bird. | Photo by Chanel Hason
Join the COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team) Marine Debris program in Lincoln City and help make a difference for the environment. This training will take place on Sunday Nov. 18 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the...
Nov
24
Lecture on Big Cats
November 24, 2018, Yachats
Mountain lion. | Photo by Dorothy Sutherland, Flickr
David Thompson give a presentation entitled "Mountain Lions, Cougars, and Panthers, Oh My!" on Nov. 24 at 1 p.m. at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 US-101, Yachats). The talk is part of the Cape Perpetua Speakers Series. The event...