Land Use Events
LCDC Meeting

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...
LCDC Meeting--Second Day

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...
Valedictory Geology Lecture

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...
Webinar on Eelgrass

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...
Webinar on Hybrid Beachgrass Ecology

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...
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...
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...
Past Events
Forest Management Talk

The MidCoast Watersheds Council invites the public to “see the forest for more than the trees” with a talk by forester Matt Fehrenbacher on “Managing Forest Lands for Multiple Resources,” Thursday, June 1, 6:30 p.m. in the...
Mid-Coast Water Planning Partnership

First Timers – If this is your first Partnership meeting, you are asked to arrive at 3:30 p.m. for an orientation. For information about the origins and purpose of the Partnership, see our earlier article.
At the May 31 meeting, they will wrap up Step One...
Citizen Science by Kayak

The North Coast Land Conservancy and Necanicum Watershed Council are seeking skilled kayakers interested in participating in a citizen science project that will contribute to the eradication of an invasive species.
The groups seek to seek out...
Talk on Art and Nature

As the founder and first executive director of the North Coast Land Conservancy, and before that an Oregon Shores board member, Neal Maine knows all about the gritty details of land use planning, water quality, restoration, and other aspects of...
Lecture on Conservation Photography

The Oregon Historical Society is presenting a series of lectures called “Hunting Birds with a Camera: How William Finley and Herman Bohlman Used Photography to Save Oregon’s...
Forest Book Launch
Save the date of Friday, May 12 for the book release celebration of May the Forest Be With You, a project of Rockaway Beach Citizens for Watershed Protection. The Hoffman Center for the Arts will be the setting as the creation of 24 different local artists, writers, scientists and musicians...
Hearing on Elliott State Forest

The State Land Board, consisting of the Governor, Secretary of State, and Treasurer, meets on May 9, 10 a.m. until noon, to consider once again the fate of the Elliott State Forest. The earlier decision was to sell off the forest to...
Talk on Lamprey Conservation

The future of ancient creatures will be under consideration when the MidCoast Watersheds Council Conservation offers a presentation on “Conservation planning for three lampreys of coastal Oregon: Western Brook Lamprey, Western River Lamprey, and...
Guided Nature Walk

CoastWatchers Betty Bahn and Sally Lockyear will lead a botanical walk along the Giant Spruce Trail at Cape Perpetua on Saturday, April 22, 9-11 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Yaquina Birders &...
Science on Tap

The Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Oregon Audubon Council present a “Science on Tap” lecture, “The Ecology of Seabirds & Forage Fish in Oregon's Estuaries and Nearshore Waters,” by Wayne Hoffman, policy Director of the MidCoast Watersheds Council, on Saturday, April...