Ocean News Archive

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Thor's well, one of Oregon's premier rocky shore areas.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
October 4, 2017

Rocky Shore Policy Review Gets Reinforcements

thors_well_bruce_swenson.jpg A becalmed effort by Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) to review and update Oregon’s Rocky Shore Strategy in the Territorial Sea Plan recently got a boost. Deanna Caracciolo joined the staff of the Oregon Coastal Management Program, which supports the OPAC work, as an Oregon Sea Grant Coastal Fellow. She...Read more
The beach at Rockaway.\Photo by Sonja Peterson.
August 31, 2017

Bacteria Findings Show Need for Water Quality Monitoring

rockaway_beach_sonja_peterson.jpg The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program , based at the Oregon Health Association Public Health Division , began its annual, regular...Read more
Sea Change
August 30, 2017

Celebrate International Coastal Cleanup Day

coastal_clean_up_stats SEPTEMBER 16, 2017 is International Coastal Cleanup Day. Ocean trash is a serious pollution issue that affects the health of wildlife, people, and local economies. Trash on our shores and in the water increases the destruction and degradation of wildlife, water quality, and and ecosystems. In partnership with volunteer organizations...Read more
Siletz Bay.
August 24, 2017

National Estuaries Week Arrives in September

National Estuaries Week is a nationwide event supported by Restore America’s Estuaries, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Estuarine Research Reserve Association, the Association of National Estuary Programs, and countless other associations and agencies. This year, National Estuaries week will be held Sept. 16-23. Since 1988,...Read more
Poster for the failed Oregon Beach Fund campaign.\Photo courtesy of Surfrider.
July 22, 2017

Beach-Related Bills Fail in Beach Bill Anniversary Year

beach_fund_image_courtesy_surfrider.jpg The 50 th anniversary of Oregon’s Beach Bill seemed like an appropriate occasion for the Oregon Legislature to honor and extend this legacy. The legislators failed. Oregon Shores, Surfrider and other coastal conservation groups strongly supported Senate Bill 745, which would have created an Ocean...Read more
Sea pickles off the coast of Oregon.
July 21, 2017

Sightings: ‘Sea Pickles’ Wash Ashore in the Pacific Northwest

pyrosomes Mysterious translucent creatures are washing ashore along the western shores of North America. Known as “sea pickles” -- the scientific name is pyrosomes -- these creatures are made up of a colony of individual zooids. A zooid is a tiny multicellular organism that makes up part of a colonial animal, and can develop from another zooid by budding or...Read more
Photo of Rocky shores at Boiler Bay, by Kirt Edblom.
June 15, 2017

Progress Slow on Rocky Shores Initiative

rocky_shores_at_boiler_bay_kirt_edblom.jpg More than a year ago, Oregon Shores successfully proposed to the state’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) that Oregon revisit its management policies regarding our rocky shore areas. A new OPAC working group was created, chaired by Robin Hartmann, Oregon Shores’ Ocean Policy Advocate, to...Read more
Time to step up for our beaches\Photo courtesy of Surfrider.
June 6, 2017

Speak Out Now for Beach Fund Bill

beach_fund_image_courtesy_surfrider.jpg Oregon Shores has strongly supported Senate Bill 745, which creates an Ocean Beach Fund, as a means of honoring the 50 th anniversary of the Oregon Beach Bill. Now, your voice is urgently needed if the bill is to escape the Senate Committee on Finance and Revenue in time for passage this session...Read more
Leaving Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve. Photo courtesy of ODFW.
May 31, 2017

Ocean Frontiers Films Available for Screening

redfish_rocks_behind_odfw.jpg Oregon Shores recently co-sponsored a screening of Ocean Frontiers: The Dawn of a New Era in Ocean Planning . This is the latest film from Green Fire Productions, which has been chronicling the development of marine reserves and ocean conservation efforts through a series of documentary works. If your organization would...Read more
Cascade Head Marine Reserve coastline.
May 30, 2017

Cascade Head Management Plan Open For Public Comment

cascade-head.jpg The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife Marine Reserves Program has released a draft of the Cascade Head Site Management Plan for public comment. Comments are to be submitted by email to...Read more