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
Jun
27
Jordan Cove Scoping Session
June 27, 2017, Coos Bay
Anti-LNG rally.\Photo courtesy of Rogue Climate.
Having had their application to build an LNG export facility on Coos Bay’s North Spit denied by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) last year, the Jordan Cove Energy Project has started up the application process all over again,...
Jun
24
Ecological Tour of Nedonna Marsh
June 24, 2017, Manhattan Beach
Nedonna Marsh.
The public is invited to join the Friends of Nedonna Marsh for a guided “ecological tour” of the marsh, which will provide information about ongoing efforts to preserve the area.
The walk takes place 10 a.m.-noon on Saturday, June 24. The event is co-sponsored by the Lower...
Jun
24
Botany Auto Tour
June 24, 2017, Gold Beach
Hunter Creek\Photo courtesy of Kalmiopsis Rivers.
The Kalmiopsis Audubon Society offers an auto tour, botanizing along Game Lake Road, on Saturday, June 24, with participants meeting up at 8 a.m.
Join trip leader Al Collinet for an auto tour that will showcase unique wildflowers that grow in...
Jun
23
Going to Pot
June 23, 2017, Tillamook
NORP volunteers at an earlier event.
The Northwest Oregon Regional Partnership (NORP) operates a native plant nursery which supplies the restoration efforts of more than 30 organizations by coordinating the propagation and distribution of over 75,000 native plants annually for...
Jun
17
Elk River Plant Hike
June 17, 2017, Port Orford
Elk River\Photo courtesy of Western Rivers.
The Kalmiopsis Audubon Society invites “plant nerds” to join a hike along Panther Creek, a beautiful tributary of the Elk River to explore the wide variety of native plants found there.
Meet at the Elk River Hatchery (95163 Elk River Rd.) at 10 a.m....
Jun
10
Coho Tour
June 10, 2017, Seal Rock
Beaver Creek\Photo by Cathy Tronquet.
Well-known coastal conservation leader Paul Engelmeyer, who directs the Audubon Society’s Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary and serves as chair of the MidCoast Watersheds Council, will lead a field trip on behalf of the Native Fish Society, devoted to Oregon’s...
Jun
10
Coho Restoration Tour
June 10, 2017, Seal Rock
Coho fry on the Oregon Coast. | Photo by Conrad Gowell
District Coordinator Paul Engelmeyer of the Native Fish Society will lead a series of free tours, open to the public, to discuss the recently released Federal Coho Recovery plan. During the field trips attendees will view high quality...
Jun
10
Cape Arago Hike
June 10, 2017, Charleston
Cape Arago
The South Coast Striders offer a 2.5 mile, one-way hike from Cape Arago Point on the Arago Pack Trail. The walk will pass Simpson Reef and pause there briefly for wildlife viewing, then proceed along the Oregon Coast Trail to a point a quarter-mile south of Shore Acres Botanical...
Jun
9
Elk River Symposium
June 9, 2017, Port Orford
Don't miss this FREE event, "Elk River Symposium: Local Knowledge and Emerging Science." You'll hear from local stewards and stakeholders about conservation efforts in the community. Researchers will present emerging science and current research, and they'll discuss its importance to the future...
Jun
3
National Trails Day: Cape Perpetua
June 3, 2017, Yachats
Credit: Yachats Trails
Join the Yachat Trails as they lead three separate guided hikes, suitable for all abilities and ages, at Cape Perpetua. Participants should meet at the Cape Perpetua Visitors Center at 9 a.m. For more information contact Joanne Kittel. There is no need to sign up for...