Land Use Events
Jan
27
Discussion on Climate Resilience and Covid
January 27, 2021
The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of climate change on the...
Mar
30
Panel on Climate-Resilient Future
March 30, 2021
The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of climate change...
Past Events
Mar
12
Pub Talk on Tideland Forests
March 12, 2020, Pacific City
Laura Brophy in the field.
Laura Brophy, director of the Estuary Technical Group within the Institute for Applied Ecology will give a “Science on Tap Talk on “Little-known forests of the tidelands: Oregon’s magnificent tidal swamps, past and present,” on Thursday, March 12, 6-8 p.m. at the...
Mar
12
Seminar on Wetlands and Salmon
March 12, 2020, Newport
Salmon River estuary.\Photo by Dennis White.
Fisheries biologist Dan Bottom will speak on “Reconnecting Estuarine Wetlands and Salmon Life Histories” as part of the HMSC Seminar Series in the Guin Library seminar room at the Hatfield Marine Science Center (2030 S.E. Marine Science Dr.) in...
Mar
11
Pub Talk on Salmon River
March 11, 2020, Newport
Salmon River estuary.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Long-time Oregon fisheries biologist Dan Bottom will be the featured speaker for Wednesday, March 11, edition of the OSU Science on Tap series. The event takes place at 6 p.m. (doors open at 5) at the Rogue Brewery’s South Beach location (2320...
Mar
7
Coastal Photography Talk
March 7, 2020, Yachats
Cape Perpetua Visitor Center, site of the talk.\Photo by Andre' Hagestadt.
The Cape Perpetua Winter Speaker Series is sponsoring a talk on coastal photography by Jamie Kish, proprietor of Girl in Water Photography. Her talk takes place 11 a.m.-noon on Saturday, March 7, at the Cape Perpetua...
Mar
5
Tidal Forest Carbon Storage Lecture
March 5, 2020, Newport
Sitka Spruce-dominated tidal wetland.|Photo courtesy of USFWS.
On Thursday, March 5, 6:30 p.m., the MidCoast Watersheds Council continues its “From Ridgetop to Reef” speaker series with a lecture by Dr. J. Boone Kaufman on “Why conservation and restoration of Pacific Northwest tidal wetlands...
Feb
29
Talk on Forest Toxicology
February 29, 2020, Rockaway Beach
Helicopter spraying chemicals on the forest.\Photo courtesy of OFRI.
The North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection group sponsors a “Speaking Truth to Power” speaker series. The presenter for the first of these events in 2020 will be Deke Gunderson, a professor of environmental...
Feb
29
History Talk on Big Creek
February 29, 2020, Yachats
Mouth of Big Creek.\Photo by Bob Bailey.
Andrea Scharf, author of “Saving Big Creek,” will discuss the campaign to preserve this area in a talk at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center on Saturday, Feb. 29, 11 a.m. The visitor center (2400 Hwy. 101) is located about three miles south of...
Feb
29
Leap Year Hike
February 29, 2020, Florence
Siltcoos Lake, from the trail.\Photo courtesy of South Coast Striders.
The South Coast Striders hiking group invites the public to join them on a hike on the Siltcoos Lake Trail, making a four-mile loop through a coastal forest of Sitka Spruce, Western Red Cedar and Douglas Fir to the shores...
Feb
22
Corvid Conversation
February 22, 2020, Yachats
Raven.\Photo courtesy of USF&WS.
The Cape Perpetua Winter Speaker Series is sponsoring a talk on the smartest of birds found on the coast, or anywhere else.
Casey Hase, a wildlife technician with the Siuslaw National Forest, speaks on “Corvids of the Coast.” Her talk takes place 11 a.m.-noon...
Feb
18
Pub Talk on Tideland Forests
February 18, 2020, Newport
Laura Brophy doing field work.
The next installment of the OSU Science on Tap series presents an opportunity to learn about the results of important research into Oregon’s estuarine wetlands. Laura Brophy, director of the Estuary Technical Group within the Institute for Applied Ecology...