Land Use Events
New Old Growth Talk

The Cape Perpetua Winter Speakers Series, now online, features a talk on “It’s Not All about Old Trees—An Introduction to the New Old Growth Forest,” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27. The speaker is Vicki Penwell, Director of the Cape Perpetua...
Webinar on Tidal Swamps

The Lower Nehalem Community Trust sponsors a webinar on “Tidal Swamps: Secret Forests of the Oregon Coast,” by Laura Brophy, on Monday, March 1, at 7 p.m. The online event is free and open to all, but participation in...
Panel on Climate-Resilient Future

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...
Talk on Climate and Conservation

The “World of Haystack Rock” speaker series will take a look at how climate change may affect the coast with a talk on “Climate Change and Conservation” on Wednesday, April 14, at 7 p.m. The virtual presentation is free...
Past Events
History Talk on Big Creek

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...
Leap Year Hike

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...
Corvid Conversation

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...
Pub Talk on Tideland Forests

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...
Ancient Forest Presentation

The Cape Arago Audubon Society chapter is sponsoring a talk on the old-growth forests of the Pacific Northwest and opportunities to hike therein. Chandra LeGue will speak on “Exploring Oregon’s Ancient Forests” on Wednesday, Feb....
Yardang Hike

The South Coast Striders hiking group invites all comers to go “yardanging” in the Hall Lake/Dellenback Dunes area on Sunday, Feb. 9. The hikes (two, of different lengths) both start at 9:30 a.m. at the Hall & Schuttpelz Lakes Day...
Briefing on The Big One

The Cape Perpetua Winter Speaker Series is sponsoring a talk on that topic at the back of everyone’s mind, a Cascadian Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami, aka The Big One.
Althea Rizzo,...
Talk on Wetland Carbon Storage

Craig Cornu will speak on “Pacific Northwest Tidal Wetlands and Their Part to Mitigate the Effects of Climate Change” on Thursday, Feb. 6, 6:30 p.m., at the Pacific Maritime Heritage Center (333 S.E. Bay Blvd.) in Newport. The...
Ancient Forest Presentation

FERNS Training Session

The Forest Activity Electronic Reporting and Notification System (FERNS) is a website that enables citizens to track forestry activities such as clearcutting and spraying. Those planning such forest activities must notify of their intent...