Ocean Events
Dec
5
Surrogate Whale Watch Presentation
December 5, 2020
Gray whales at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Era Horton.
In normal winters, we would be fast approaching Whale Watch Week, and State Parks’ Whale Watching Spoken Here program would be gearing up. But it is 2020, we’re back to a coronavirus “freeze,” and there will be no public whale-oriented...
Dec
10
Rocky Habitat Working Group Meeting
December 10, 2020
Rocky shore and pigeon guillemots.\Phot courtesy of OPRD.
The Rocky Habitat Working Group of the Ocean Policy Advisory Council will meet on Thursday, Dec. 10, 8-11 a.m., online. The chief topic of discussion is the evaluation process for the currently ongoing site designation process under...
Dec
13
King Tide Project, Second Series
December 13, 2020
From the King Tides archives--a January, 2020 king tide at Cape Kiwanda.\Photo by Day Tooley.
The second round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Dec. 13-15, 2020. (The final high tide series which...
Dec
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 16, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) assists a student with the marine debris survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Dec
17
Webinar on Sea Otters and Kelp
December 17, 2020
Sea otter ready for his close-up.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Learn about the Elakha Alliance, an organization working to explore the possibility of restoring sea otters to Oregon’s coastal ecosystem, through an introductory webinar, “The Plight of Oregon’s Kelp Ecosystem, Sea Otters, and Our...
Jan
7
Talks on Climate, Beaches, and Dunes
January 7, 2021
King tide threatens Rockaway Beach.\Photo by Lawrence Soto.
The final round of this winter’s King Tides Project is coming up Jan. 11-13. To provide some context for this effort by volunteer photographers to document the reach of the year’s highest tides, three of the Northwest’s leading...
Jan
11
King Tide Project, Third Series
January 11, 2021
King tide in January, 2020, at Del Rey Beach access in Clatsop County.\Photo by Jim Stewart.
The final round of the 2020-2021 King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place Jan. 11-13, 2021. The project reveals areas currently...
Past Events
Nov
10
Seaweed Presentation
November 10, 2020
Seaweed in the rocky intertidal.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
Bandon’s Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) offers a special online presentation on “Seaweed: Diverse, Delightful, and Delicious,” on Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 6:30 p.m. The presentation is free and open to all.
The presenter is Nancy...
Nov
10
Marbled Murrelet Presentation
November 10, 2020
Researcher Lindsay Adrean, with murrelet friend.\Photo courtesy of Cape Perpetua Collaborative.
The Cape Perpetua Collaborative is hosting a Young Scientist Webinar Series featuring graduate students and postdocs sharing their ocean research. This series will take place October – April on...
Nov
9
Rocky Habitat Meeting
November 9, 2020
Rocky shore habitat with sea stars.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The Rocky Habitat Working Group of the state’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC), which has been shepherding the new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy through to its eventual adoption, is holding an online meeting on Monday, Nov. 9,...
Nov
6
Virtual State of the Coast Conference
November 6, 2020
European beachgrass (foreground), an invasive species that will be addressed at the conference.\Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
This year’s State of the Coast Conference has been moved online. The good news is that the conference is free this year, and open to everyone.
This is the second day of...
Nov
5
Virtual State of the Coast Conference
November 5, 2020
Leigh Torres will be the keynote speaker for the conference. (No photo credit.)
The State of the Coast Conference is an annual tradition, but like just about everything else in our world of late, it will look different this year. The entire conference has been moved online. The good news is...
Oct
30
Meeting on Ocean Science
October 30, 2020
Intertidal research underway at Cascade Head Marine Reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC), which provides expertise on marine reserves to the state’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPACT), meets online on Friday, Oct. 30, 1-4 p.m. The...
Oct
29
Seminar on Fisheries Observation
October 29, 2020
Newport's fishing fleet.\Photo by Kirt Edblom.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) Seminar Series has moved online for the duration of the pandemic. Next up, on Thursday, Oct. 29, 3:30 p.m., is a presentation entitled “The Northwest Fisheries Science Center Observer Program: What is...
Oct
29
Talk on Art and Science
October 29, 2020
Fernanda Oyarzun at work in her studio.\Photo courtesy of Schmidt Ocean Institute.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology is hosting an online talk on art and science by Dr. Fernanda Oyarzun, “My Intertidal: Between Art and Science,” on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 10 a.m.
Dr. Oyarzun is a...
Oct
28
Webinar on Rocky Habitat Campaign
October 28, 2020
Sea lion haulout on Cape Lookout.\Photo courtesy of Lincoln City Audubon.
Our colleagues at the Audubon Chapter of Lincoln City are working on protections for two sites as part of the state’s Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, at Cape Foulweather and Cape Lookout. They are planning a...
Oct
22
Seminar on Ocean Observation
October 22, 2020
Ocean data derived from satellite observations.\Image courtesy of NASA.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) has moved its regular research seminar online. The next talk, “Building toward a new Lidar Era in satellite oceanography,” takes place on Thursday, Oct. 22, at 3:30 p.m. It is...