Ocean Events
Oct
26
Webinar: Ocean Policy for a Changing Climate
October 26, 2021
Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Throughout our 50th anniversary year, Oregon Shores has been presenting webinars featuring leading scientists from around the country, discussing our ocean and coastal environments and the threats to natural and human communities. Now...
Oct
27
Salmon Restoration Symposium
October 27, 2021, Ocean Shores
Sockeye salmon spawning.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The 2021 Coast Region Symposium will be held in Ocean Shores, Washington, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 27. The theme is “Restoration to Resilience: Salmon Habitat in a Changing Climate.” The event is free and open to all, but...
Oct
28
State of the Coast Conference
October 28, 2021
Fishing vessel at sea.\Photo by Jon Harvey.
The annual State of the Coast Conference takes place online again this year, Oct. 28-29. The event, sponsored by Oregon Sea Grant, is free, but registration is required. To register, go here.
The conference features an array of short talks,...
Oct
29
State of the Coast Conference—Second Day
October 29, 2021
The annual State of the Coast Conference takes place online again this year, Oct. 28-29. The event, sponsored by Oregon Sea Grant, is free, but registration is required. To register, go here.
The conference features an array of short talks, providing updates on...
Nov
5
King Tides Project—First Round
November 5, 2021
King tide on the Nehalem spit.\Photo by Steve Morey.
The annual King Tides Project, co-sponsored by CoastWatch and the Oregon Coastal Management Program, kicks off the winter with a series of high tides Nov. 5-7.
Through this citizen science project, volunteer photographers document the reach...
Nov
6
Orca Talk
November 6, 2021
The American Cetacean Society, Oregon Chapter, presents a talk on orcas, aka killer whales, off our coast on Saturday, Nov. 6, 10 a.m.
The speaker is Josh McInnes, a Master degree student at the University of British Columbia's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries...
Nov
6
King Tides Presentation
November 6, 2021
King tide at Cape Perpetua's spouting horn.\Photo by Dick Mason.
The second round of this winter’s King Tides Project, through which volunteer photographers capture the reach of the year’s highest tides, takes place Dec. 3-5. For an introduction to the project and guide to where photos are...
Nov
9
Talk on Archaeology and Sea Otters
November 9, 2021
Sea otters at sea.\Photo courtesy of the Cape Perpetua Collaborative.
The Cape Perpetua Collaborative is offering a series of Young Scientist Webinars, featuring graduate students and postdoctoral researchers sharing the new research they are doing. The series runs through April on the...
Nov
9
Marine Reserves on Tap
November 9, 2021
North boundary of the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
On Tuesday, Nov. 9, at 6...
Nov
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
November 17, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris surveyors celebrate completion of a survey.\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...
Dec
3
King Tides Project—Second Round
December 3, 2021
King tide at Seal Rock.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The second round of the annual King Tides Project, co-sponsored by CoastWatch and the Oregon Coastal Management Program, takes place with a series of high tides Dec. 3-5.
Through this citizen science project, volunteer photographers document the...
Dec
14
King Tides Presentation
December 14, 2021
King tide at Bandon's Coquille Point.\Photo by Rick Poecker.
Our colleagues with Bandon’s Shoreline Education for Awareness are hosting CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones for a presentation on the King Tides Project on Tuesday, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to all,...
Dec
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 15, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey at Fort Stevens in action.\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...
Jan
1
King Tides Project—Third Round
January 1, 2022
King tide sweeps the shore south of Cape Sebastian.\Photo courtesy of ORKingTides.
The final round of this winter’s version of the annual King Tides Project, co-sponsored by CoastWatch and the Oregon Coastal Management Program, kicks off the new year with a series of high tides Jan. 1-3,...
Past Events
Aug
11
Offshore Wind Energy Workshop
August 11, 2021
Wind power at sea.\Photo courtesy of Surfrider.
The public was invited by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to participate in two workshops concerning wind energy planning. The possibility of leasing federal offshore...
Aug
5
Seminar on Zooplankton
August 5, 2021
Caspian Terns are one of the seabirds that eats the fish that eat the zooplankton.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Research Seminar Series continues online with a talk this Thursday, Aug. 5, 3:30 p.m., by Laura Lilly of Oregon State University and the Northwest...
Aug
4
Offshore Wind Energy Workshops
August 4, 2021
Wind power at sea.\Photo courtesy of Surfrider.
The public is invited by the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development to participate in two workshops concerning wind energy planning. The possibility of leasing federal offshore...
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
River otters.\Photo courtesy of the Elakha Alliance.
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...
Jul
22
Sea Turtle Seminar
July 22, 2021
Olive Ridley turtle, washed up on an Oregon beach.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
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...
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
Kelp forest.\Photo by Patrick Webster.
Three researchers from interdisciplinary fields of geography, photography,...
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,...