Ocean Events
Lecture on Interpretation
Joy Primrose, current president of the American Cetacean Society—Oregon Chapter, will give an online talk on “Interpretation: An Important Skill for Naturalists,” on Saturday, June 4, 10 a.m. The event is free and open to all.
Primrose will...
Tidepool Clinic
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Saturday, June 18, beginning at 8:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic,...
Marine Debris Survey Training
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...
Past Events
Sea Otter Update
Oregon Wild will host “A Deep Dive into the Sea Otter Feasibility Study” on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
The speaker will be a representative (TBA) from the Elakha Alliance, which works toward restoring sea otters...
Seminar on California Current
The Hatfield Marine Science Center continues with its Thursday research seminar series online. This week’s talk concerns the California Current, the large marine ecosystem off Oregon’s shore. Presenter...
Open House for Fish and Wildlife
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) invites the public to a virtual Conservation Open House—the first of five this year—to discuss issues involving...
Red Abalone talk
As part of its speaker series featuring young scientists, the Cape Perpetua Area Collaborative presents an online talk on red abalone on Saturday, Jan. 22, 10:30 a.m.
The speaker is Kendall Smith, a second-year Master’s...
Seminar on Fish and Environmental Change
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday Research Seminar Series continues online this year. Next up, on Thursday, Jan. 20, at 3:30 p.m., is a talk on fish research. Speaker Alexandra McInturf will address “A multiscale...
Talk on Invasive Crabs
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Science on Tap series continues, pandemic or no pandemic. You have to pour your own at home, but on the upside, you can pull up a chair anywhere.
The next in the series takes place on...
Talk on Forest, Sea, and Climate Change
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday Research Seminar Series continues online in 2022. On Thursday, Jan. 13, at 3:30 p.m., the seminar being offered bears the intriguing title, “Should we bury our forests in the...
Webinar on Kelp Forests
Oregon Shores (through our CoastWatch program) and Lincoln City Audubon are collaborating on a series of presentations this winter, "Beyond the Beach," dealing with coastal protection and resilience. On Wednesday, Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m., the topic is...
Marine Debris Survey Training
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...
Film on Right Whale
We hear a lot about gray whales and humpback whales in our coastal waters, and sometimes orcas, but not much about the much less abundant right whale. The Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve seek to rectify this with their first online...