Ocean Events
Aug
10
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 10, 2022, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Jesse Jones.
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...
Aug
10
State of the Coast: Call for Sessions
August 10, 2022
A view of Cape Meares. /Photo by Gregory Henton
The State of the Coast conference is accepting submissions for session ideas until Wednesday, Aug. 10. They are soliciting both 10-minute “ignite talks” and 75-minute interactive breakout sessions.
The conference will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5...
Aug
11
Call for Intertidal Survey Volunteers
August 11, 2022, Newport
Cascade Head, site of the marine reserve that is part of the U.N. Biosphere Reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) Marine Reserves team will be conducting intertidal mussel bed surveys next week at the Cascade Head Marine Reserve. They are looking...
Aug
11
Cape Falcon Marine Reserve Walk
August 11, 2022, Arch Cape
Cape Falcon, viewing the marine reserve.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) offers a “walk and talk” on the Elk Flats Trail to Devil’s Cauldron, within Oswald West State Park. The event, from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Aug. 11, is free and open to all, but...
Aug
25
Hatfield Marine Science Center
August 25, 2022, Newport
Scientists study the effects of algal blooms in marine fisheries. /Photo courtesy of NOAA
As part of the ongoing Research Seminars series, the Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) will be hosting Dr. Katelyn Bosley, a crustacean biologist from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife....
Aug
25
Presentation by Elakha Alliance Interns
August 25, 2022
Sea otter eating a crab.\Photo by Arenkert.
Join the Elakha Alliance’s Summer Tribal Interns on Thursday, Aug. 25 at 6 p.m. to learn about the traveling cultural display they created. This display is the final project of their summer internship and will highlight the relationships between...
Aug
28
Tidepool Ambassador Tour
August 28, 2022, Florence
ea star and anemones\Photo by Victoria Tierney.
Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve Collaborative is offering free, small-group tours with a Tidepool Ambassador Guide during the lowest tides of the summer. Tours will last one hour, guests are encouraged to continue exploring the reserve on their...
Sep
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 14, 2022, Hammond
Marine debris survey at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Angela Whitlock.
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...
Nov
17
Save the Date: Land-Sea Symposium
November 17, 2022, Yachats
North boundary of Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve. /Photo courtesy of Oregon Marine Reserves Flickr
The Cape Perperua Land-Sea Symposium will be resuming as an in-person event for its 10th annual celebration this year. The event will take place at the Yachats Commons (441 U.S. 101, Yachats) on...
Past Events
May
20
Redfish Rocks on the Docks
May 20, 2017, Port Orford
A previous Redfish Rocks on the Docks event\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The annual celebration of the Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve and Port Orford’s fishing-based community, Redfish Rocks on the Docks, is coming up May 20, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on, where else, the Port Orford dock. CoastWatch will...
May
20
Oswald West Action Day
May 20, 2017, Manzanita
Celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Oregon's Beach Bill, and the birthday of former Gov. Oswald West (born May 20, 1873), who first preserved Oregon's beaches for the public, by learning about citizen science and hands-on stewardship for our shoreline. Come out and explore the coastal edge...
May
17
Oswald West's Birthday Party
May 17, 2017, Portland
It is the 50th anniversary of the passage of Oregon’s Beach Bill, landmark legislation which guaranteed the public's right to visit all 362 miles of Oregon's shoreline. In honor of this anniversary and former Governor Oswald West, who first put our beaches into the public domain by designating...
May
17
Film Screening and Panel Discussion
May 17, 2017, Yachats
Oregon's ocean frontier. Photo by Kirt Edblom.
Oregon Shores is joining with the Surfrider Foundation, Audubon Society of Portland-Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary, and Green Fire Productions to sponsor a special showing of “Ocean Frontiers III: Leaders in Ocean Stewardship and the New Blue...
Apr
29
Low-Tide Hike
April 29, 2017, Charleston
Sunset Bay and Gregory Point. Photo by Alex Derr.
The Southcoast Striders hiking group is taking advantage of a minus tide on Saturday, April 29, to sponsor an exploration of the coastline in the vicinity of Sunset Bay State Park (2.5 miles south of Charleston.
Led by local naturalists, the...
Apr
28
West Coast Planning Seminar
April 28, 2017
Newport harbor. Photo by Kirt Edblom.
The emerging West Coast Regional Planning Body (RPB) has announced a public webinar to provide a progress report and answer questions from stakeholders. It takes place at noon on Friday, April 28. Topics include the progress being made toward a West...
Apr
22
Science on Tap
April 22, 2017, Newport (South Beach)
Wayne Hoffman.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center and the Oregon Audubon Council present a “Science on Tap” lecture, “The Ecology of Seabirds & Forage Fish in Oregon's Estuaries and Nearshore Waters,” by Wayne Hoffman, policy Director of the MidCoast Watersheds Council, on Saturday, April...
Apr
20
Herring Spawn Presentation
April 20, 2017, Newport
Herring spawn. Photo courtesy of Washington DNR.
A photographic presentation, “Herring Mass Spawning: a Local Wildlife Spectacle” will celebrate the massive Pacific Herring spawning event that took place in Yaquina Bay this past March. Sponsored by the Yaquina Birders & Naturalists, the...
Apr
19
Climate Change Pub Talk
April 19, 2017, Coos Bay
Alan Shanks.
As part of the “COOS—Celebration of Oregon Science” schedule in conjunction with the national March for Science, a talk by Alan Shanks on “The Grand (?) Experiment: Global Climate Change” will take place at the Seven Devils Brewery (247 S. 2nd St.) in Coos Bay at 7 p.m. on...
Apr
15
Pinniped Lecture
April 15, 2017, Charleston,
Pinnipeds at Cape Arago. Photo courtesy of SEA.
Seals and sea lions—pinnipeds—will be the topic when Jan Hodder, Senior Lecturer and Academic Coordinator at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) speaks on “The Pinnipeds of Cape Arago” at a seminar sponsored by Shoreline Education...