Land Use Events
Offshore Wind Comment Deadline

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has designated two “call areas” for siting offshore wind energy turbines off Oregon’s coast (west of Coos Bay and Brookings). Once these areas have been confirmed after a comment...
Shoreline Access Survey

The Oregon Coastal Management Program has begun a study of public access to Oregon’s public shore. With more and more people visiting the coast, and many private owners seeking ways to exclude the public, this is an increasingly...
Guided Netarts Spit Walk--Now Full

An opportunity to explore the Netarts Spit and learn about its natural history is offered by the Friends of Netarts Spit WEBS and Portland Audubon, along with Oregon State Parks. The beachwalk begins at 8 a.m. on Friday, July 1,...
Hybrid Beachgrass Survey Training

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...
Webinar on Protecting Coos Bay

Past Events
Open House for Fish and Wildlife

The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) invites the public to a virtual Conservation Open House—the first of five this year—to discuss issues involving...
Meeting on Roads and Erosion

The state’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) and its Coastal Management Program have convened an advisory committee to consider a very specific problem—protecting roads along the ocean, from Hwy 101...
Yardang Hike

The Southcoast Striders hiking group offers a hike devoted to viewing “yardangs,” wind-sculpted, temporary sand structures in the dunes. The hike, on Sunday, Jan. 16, beginning at 10 a.m., leaves from the Hall Lake Day Use Area (turn off Hwy 101 across from...
Talk on South Coast Geology

Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) presents a “Geologic Overview of Oregon’s South Coast” on Tuesday, Jan. 11, at 6 p.m. The online event is free and open to all.
The speaker is Ron Metzger, a professor of geology at Southwestern Oregon Community...
Webinar on Monitoring Birds

Stellar photographer Roy Lowe will be the featured speaker at the MidCoast Watersheds Council’s community meeting on Thursday, Jan. 6, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
Lowe,...
Talk on Decolonizing Ecology

The Northwest Climate Adaptation Science Center and the University of Washington College of the Environment Science Communication Program offer a presentation on “Decolonizing Ecology: Five Steps Towards More Inclusive...
Seminar on Dunes and Scarps

The Hatfield Marine Science Center continues to offer its Thursday research seminar series online. On Thursday, Dec. 9, 3:30 p.m., the topic will be waves, dunes, and dune scarps. The event is free and open to the public.
Speaking on...
Meeting on Elliott State Forest

Conservationists have been working for many years to protect the Elliott State Forest, northeast of Coos Bay. At first the battle was to prevent the state from selling it to private interests (a battle which Oregon Shores joined). More recently, the effort is to find...
Committee on Coastal Road Armoring Meets

The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has convened a special advisory committee to consider a peculiar but important problem—the state’s current land use regulations don’t...
Webinar on the Big One

The coastal landscape we treasure has been shaped by the collision of the earth’s tectonic plates. The price of our coast’s rugged beauty is the hazard of earthquakes and tsunamis caused by the Cascadia Subduction...