Ocean Events
Jun
22
Marine Reserves BioBlitz Training
June 22, 2021
BioBlitz at Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
Those interested in learning more about one of Oregon’s marine reserves while contributing to science are encouraged to participate in this year’s round of BioBlitzes focusing on Oregon’s five marine reserves.
A BioBlitz is a volunteer-based...
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...
Jul
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
July 14, 2021, Hammond
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...
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,...
Aug
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 18, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris assemblage from an earlier Fort Stevens survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
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...
Past Events
Dec
15
Rocky Shores Public Meeting
December 15, 2020
Base of Cape Blanco.\Photo by Randy Scholten.
We’re in the final weeks of the campaign to designate certain key sites under the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy. The South Coast Rocky Shores Group is holding an online public meeting Tuesday, Dec. 15, at 6 p.m., to discuss...
Dec
14
King Tides Project, Second Series
December 14, 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
10
Seminar on Migration
December 10, 2020
Whimbrel passing through Del Rey Beach.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday seminar series has moved online for the duration of the pandemic. Next up is a talk on migration by M. Renee Bellinger, Hawai'i Cooperative Studies Unit, Adjunct Assistant...
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
9
Eelgrass Talk
December 9, 2020
Eelgrass in Netarts Bay.\Photo by York Johnson.
The Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea) are sponsoring a talk about eelgrass by Tony D’Andrea. The event, free and open to all takes place online on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 6 p.m.
A flowering aquatic plant, eelgrass is...
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
3
Webinar on Rocky Intertidal Habitats
December 3, 2020
Coastal ecologist Silke Bachhuber in the field.
CoastWatch and Oregon Shores are offering a webinar on basic rocky shore ecology, with a focus on the south coast, including Cape Arago. The webinar, “Exploring Oregon’s Rocky Intertidal Habitats,” featuring coastal ecologists Zechariah...
Nov
23
Abalone Book Talk
November 23, 2020
Endangered black abalone.\Photo courtesy of MARINe
Ann Vileisis will discuss her new book, “Abalone: the remarkable history and uncertain future of California’s iconic shellfish,” in an online talk on Monday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. The event is hosted by the Oregon State University Port Orford...
Nov
19
Land-Sea Symposium
November 19, 2020
Rocky habitat where land meets sea at Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
The 8th annual Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium is coming up on Thursday, Nov. 19. This year, for the usual reasons, activities will take place 5:30-7:30 p.m. online rather than on the scene.
The Cape Perpetua...
Nov
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
November 18, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) instructs a student in marine debris surveying at the Fort Stevens site.\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...