Land Use Events
May
19
LCDC Meeting
May 19, 2022, Salem
Development on Bayshore spit near the Alsea's mouth.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) is meeting on Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20. These are hybrid meetings, taking place physically in the Basement Hearing Room of the Department of...
May
20
LCDC Meeting--Second Day
May 20, 2022, Salem
Botts Marsh, site of a victory in preserving coastal habitat.\Photo by Lynn Levering Thomas.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) is meeting on Thursday, May 19 and Friday, May 20. These are hybrid meetings, taking place physically in the Basement Hearing Room of the...
May
21
Valedictory Geology Lecture
May 21, 2022, Coos Bay
Ron Metzger conducting a field trip.
Ron Metzger has not only taught geology to a couple of generations of students at Southwestern Oregon Community College in Coos Bay, he has also educated the community through a long-running Geology Lecture Series he organizes. The series has featured a...
May
26
Webinar on Eelgrass
May 26, 2022
Eelgrass fringing a mudflat in Coos Bay.\Photo by Mike Graybill.
Oregon Shores is collaborating with conservation allies to offer a monthly webinar series about the Coos Bay estuary. Coos Bay could be the focus of major development proposals soon—both a major container port and facilities...
Jun
7
Webinar on Hybrid Beachgrass Ecology
June 7, 2022
Risa Askerooth
CoastWatch is cooperating with researchers in Oregon State University’s Department of Integrative Biology to conduct a citizen science survey for a new hybrid beachgrass that may reshape the Oregon shoreline. For more on the project, go here.
A webinar on this important project...
Jun
21
Hybrid Beachgrass Survey Training
June 21, 2022
European beachgrass at the mouth of the Siltcoos.\Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
The search continues for the new hybrid beachgrass that is spreading on the Oregon and Washington coasts. CoastWatch volunteers are helping researchers at Oregon State University map the range of the new hybrid, the...
Jul
9
Hybrid Beachgrass Survey Training
July 9, 2022, Warrenton
A patch of the hybrid beachgrass.\Photo by Rebecca Mostow.
The search continues for the new hybrid beachgrass that is spreading on the Oregon and Washington coasts. CoastWatch volunteers are helping researchers at Oregon State University map the range of the new hybrid, the offspring of two...
Past Events
Sep
10
Welcome the Salmon Home
September 10, 2017, Otis
Traditional salmon bake. | Photo from Westwind Stewardship Group
A natural spectacle that occurs at Westwind each year is happening soon: the return of Chinook and Coho salmon to the streams of the Oregon coast, including Westwind’s Salmon River. To celebrate this amazing feat of nature,...
Sep
8
Environmental Justice Task Force Meeting
September 8, 2017, Newport
Clearcutting can affect communities and their water supplies.\Photo by Trygve Steen.
The state’s body investigating the impacts of environmental harm to various communities in meeting on the Oregon coast for the first time. The Environmental Justice Task Force (EJTF) gives citizens a means...
Sep
7
Environmental Justice Task Force Forum
September 7, 2017, Newport
Rising seas due to climate change will swamp coastal lands.\Photo by Jens Andersen.
The state’s body investigating the impacts of environmental harm to various communities in meeting on the Oregon coast for the first time. The Environmental Justice Task Force is a means of delivering a...
Aug
27
Hike Siltcoos Lake Trail
August 27, 2017, Westlake
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Aug
25
Pipeline Public Hearing
August 25, 2017, Coquille
LNG pipeline under construction.
Coos County will hold a public hearing on an application by Pacific Connector for a pipeline crossing the county on Aug. 25, 1:30 p.m. in the Owen Building Large Conference Room (201 N. Adams) in Coquille.
Pacific Connector is the pipeline arm of the Jordan...
Aug
23
Geologic Mapping Meeting
August 23, 2017, Portland
DOGAMI scientist measuring coastal erosion.
The Oregon Geologic Mapping Advisory Committee will hold its annual meeting on Wednesday, August 23 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Portland State Office Building (800 N.E. Oregon St. in Portland).
The meeting agenda is available at ...
Aug
19
Movie Night - Leave It To Beavers
August 19, 2017, Nehalem
Leave It To Beavers, PBS Documentary. | Photo from PBS
Join Lower Nehalem Watershed Council and Lower Nehalem Community Trust for Movie Night in the barn at Alder Creek Farm (35955 Underhill Lane in Nehalem). Settle in for a fun and educational evening. (No dogs allowed.)
“Leave it to...
Aug
19
Birdwalk at Crissey Field
August 19, 2017, Brookings
Bird tracks on beach at Crissey Field State Park. | Photo by Schuyler Erle
Join the Kalmiopsis Audubon Society (KAS), and their birding representative Gary Maschmeyer, on a bird-watching outing to Crissey Field, site of the State Parks welcome center just north of the California border, and...
Aug
17
Webinar on Coastal Invasives
August 17, 2017
 Restoration of Bandon Marsh.\ Photo by Dave Ledig. |
Aug
10
Land Use Workshop
August 10, 2017, Lincoln City
Lincoln City shoreline, exhibiting shoreline armoring and erosion.
Oregon Shores is sponsoring a workshop designed to assist citizens who want to participate effectively in land use planning and other regulatory processes. It takes place on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 5 p.m. at the Lincoln City...