Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
Aug
7
Strategy Meeting on Climate and Forests
August 7, 2021, Newport
Clearcuts in the Coast Range.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The Coast Range Association (CRA) invites concerned citizens to a “Climate and Oregon’s Industrial Forests strategy meeting” on Saturday, Aug. 7, at the Newport Recreation Center (225 S.E. Avery), Room 117. The subject will be the CRA’s...
Aug
11
Beachwalk with Stewart Schultz
August 11, 2021, Newport
Moolack Beach.\Photo by Dorothea Derickson.
Learn about the ecology of the Oregon shoreline from the author of The Northwest Coast: A Natural History, when marine ecologist Stewart Schultz leads a CoastWatch beachwalk at Moolack Beach, near Newport, on Wednesday, Aug. 11, beginning at 10...
Aug
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 18, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris assemblage from an earlier Fort Stevens survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Sep
15
Invasive Species Seminar
September 15, 2021
Gorse is an all-too-familiar invasive species on the coast.\Photo by Lloyd Maxfield.
The Northwest Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network, a partnership among regional agencies and organizations to address the nexus of climate change and invasive species, is holding a virtual...
Sep
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 15, 2021, Hammond
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 member...
Oct
13
Webinar on the Future Ocean
October 13, 2021
Undersea habitat off the Oregon coast.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
As part of our series of speakers commemorating our 50th anniversary and looking toward the next 50 years, Oregon Shores hosts a talk by marine ecologist Kristy Kroeker, speaking on “Our Changing Oceans.” The event takes place...