Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
Jul
27
Coastal Conservation Walk
July 27, 2017, Manzanita
Neahkahnie Beach. | Photo by Steve Carter
At the north end of the beach in Manzanita, Peregrine Point’s lush green forest rises from the sand. Lower Nehalem Community Trust manages this parcel, which extends the protected lands of Oswald West State Park, the gateway to the newly established...
Jul
27
Hike to Devil's Cauldron
July 27, 2017, Manzanita
View from above of the Devil's Cauldron in Arch Cape, Oregon. | Photo by Jim Nix
With mountain summits rising above 3,000 feet as close as a mile from the shoreline, the region North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) calls the Coastal Edge, between Tillamook Head and Nehalem Bay, is an unusually...
Jul
28
Informal CoastWatch Beachwalk
July 28, 2017, Otter Rock
Otter Rock from the north.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Fawn Custer, our CoastWatch volunteer coordinator, will be using up a few of her 15 minutes of fame this Friday morning (July 28). She is being interviewed for a film being produced by the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry’s Coastal...
Jul
28
Global Warming Commission Meeting
July 28, 2017, Portland
Bandon's South Jetty at king tide.\Photo by Rick Poecker.
Oregon’s Global Warming Commission is meeting in Portland on Friday, July 28, 10 a.m. to noon. The event takes place at the State Office Building in Portland (800 N.E. Oregon St.), in Conference Room 1B.
A listen-only call-in line...
Jul
29
Whale Watch Weekend
July 29, 2017, Depoe Bay
Gray Whale surfacing.\Photo by Era Horton.
The Sixth Annual Summer Whale Watch Weekend is being held July 29 and 30 at Boiler Bay State Park near Depoe Bay, hosted by the Oregon Chapter of the American Cetacean Society.
ACS volunteer members and Certified Naturalists will be on hand from 10...
Jul
29
Kilchis Point Trail Walk
July 29, 2017, Bay City
Kilchis Point Reserve. | Photo from Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Aug
2
Orca Lecture
August 2, 2017, Charleston
Orcas in Oregon. | Photo by Gary Ligi
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology's (OIMB) Summer 2017 Seminar Series includes a public lecture from Dr. Robert Pitman, who works for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
Speaker Robert L. Pitman will discuss “The Family that...
Aug
3
Talk on Fish Restoration
August 3, 2017, Newport
Large woody debris placed in Mill Creek during restoration project.
Measuring the success of restoration projects, when it comes to producing fish, will be the topic of a presentation sponsored by the MidCoast Watersheds Council on Thursday, Aug. 3, 6:30 p.m. at the Newport Visual Arts...
Aug
4
Birding at Stanley Marsh
August 4, 2017, Seaside
Morning sunshine coming through the trees at Thompson Creek and Stanley Marsh Reserve. | Photo by Stephen Bowler
Join the North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) and naturalist Mike Patterson for an early-morning birdwatching walk at Stanley Marsh, part of North Coast Land Conservancy’s Thompson...
Aug
9
Sea Urchin Lecture
August 9, 2017, Charleston
Cynthia Trowbridge (right) conducting research at Lough Hyne, Ireland.
Ordinarily, we wouldn’t list a talk about ecology in Ireland, since we keep things closer to home. But in this case, the speaker is Cynthia Trowbridge, an old friend of CoastWatch and Oregon Shores. She is one of the...