Ocean Events
Offshore Wind Comment Deadline

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has designated two “call areas” for siting offshore wind energy turbines off Oregon’s coast (west of Coos Bay and Brookings). Once these areas have been confirmed after a comment...
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...
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...
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
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...
Lecture on Coastal Sediments

The Hatfield Marine Science Center continues to hold its Thursday research seminar series online. First talk in 2022 concerns a study of coastal sediments. The event, on Thursday,...
King Tides Project—Third Round

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,...
Seminar on Radioactive Fish

The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday research seminar series continues online. This week’s offering, at 3:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16, has the provocative title, “A Study of Radioactive Fish Ears or How I...