Ocean Events
Aug
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 18, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris assemblage from an earlier Fort Stevens survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Sep
8
Talk on Ocean’s Future
September 8, 2021
Nearshore marine habitat off Oregon's coast.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
As part of our ongoing, year-long celebration of our 50th anniversary, Oregon Shores is sponsoring an online talk by a leading marine ecologist, Mark Carr of the University of California at Santa Cruz’ Long Marine Lab. Dr....
Sep
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 15, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores board member...
Oct
13
Webinar on the Future Ocean
October 13, 2021
Undersea habitat off the Oregon coast.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
As part of our series of speakers commemorating our 50th anniversary and looking toward the next 50 years, Oregon Shores hosts a talk by marine ecologist Kristy Kroeker, speaking on “Our Changing Oceans.” The event takes place...
Past Events
Jul
29
Talk on Indigenous Clam Gardens
July 29, 2021
Indigenous clam garden.\Photo courtesy of University of British Columbia.
Incorporating indigenous knowledge while respecting the source is a challenge to scientists. The next talk in the Hatfield Marine Science Center’s online Research Seminar series addresses this issue: “Using clam...
Jul
29
Rocky Habitat Management Workshop
July 29, 2021
Intertidal habitat at Blacklock Point, one of the sites Oregon Shores proposed for protection.\Photo by Larry Basch.
Oregon Shores was heavily engaged in the first round of “site designations”—proposals for special levels of protection for key areas—as part of the state’s new Rocky Habitat...
Jul
26
River Otter Webinar
July 26, 2021
Excited reports of sea otters sighted on the Oregon coast most often turn out to be sightings of river otters instead. Sea otters have been extinct in Oregon waters for more than a century, although once in a while one visits, presumably from Washington....
Jul
22
Sea Turtle Seminar
July 22, 2021
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday Research Seminar Series continues online, with a talk on sea turtles. It takes place on Thursday, July 22, at 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
Speaker is Lisa M. Komoroske, Assistant...
Jul
20
Marbled Murrelet Survey Webinar
July 20, 2021
Marbled Murrlet in the hands of Kim Nelson.
The community science field portion of the Oregon Marbled Murrelet Project won’t take place this year due to lingering covid concerns, but the 16th annual event will still take place online. Portland Audubon hosts a “Marbled Murrelet Ecology and...
Jul
20
Webinar on Kelp and Art
July 20, 2021
The Elakha Alliance, which is working toward restoration of sea otters to the Oregon coast, hosts a webinar called “Art + Science + Kelp Forests” on Tuesday, July 20, at 6 p.m.
Three researchers from interdisciplinary fields of geography, photography, and...
Jul
14
Tufted Puffin Talk
July 14, 2021
Tufted Puffins in flight.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
The Friends of Haystack Rock group is extended its usual winter-to-spring speaker series into the summer this year. On Wednesday, July 14, 7 p.m., the featured speaker will be Shawn Stephenson of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,...
Jul
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
July 14, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by Oregon Shores...
Jul
8
Webinar on Crabby Ideas
July 8, 2021
This webinar may prevent the crab issue from being blown up out of proportion.\Photo courtesy of Elakha Alliance.
The Elakha Alliance, which works toward restoration of sea otters to Oregon’s coastal waters, offers a webinar on Dungeness crab and how they may interact with sea otters. This...
Jun
24
Kelp and Urchin Webinar
June 24, 2021
Purple urchin barren destroying kelp.\Photo by Kate Vylet.
The Elakha Alliance presents a webinar on the relationship between purple urchins and kelp on Thursday, June 24, 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
“Dive into a Changing Ecosystem: Kelp Forests & Urchin Barrens” features...