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Oregon King Tides Project Information Session Webinar
Originally recorded on 12/9/24
Oregon has participated in this international citizen science effort since 2010. The Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP), the CoastWatch Program of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, and local partners, including the Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Oregon Sea Grant and others support this project.
The webinar will go over the history of the project in Oregon, how it informs about sea level rise, how to participate and how to navigate the website at
www.oregonkingtides.net.
Documenting the highest annual reach of the tides with photos tells us something about areas of the natural and built environments which are subject to erosion and flooding. It tells us even more about what to expect as sea level rises. Photographs of any tidally affected area—outer shores, estuary, or lower river—are relevant. The ideal would be to document the high-tide point everywhere on the coast. Photos of spots where the extreme tidal reach is particularly apparent, inundating built or natural features, are most striking, and most clearly depict the future effects of sea level rise.
The OCMP, part of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development, works in partnership with coastal local governments, state and federal agencies, and other stakeholders to manage, conserve, and develop Oregon’s coastal and ocean resources.
Jesse Jones, CoastWatch Programs Manager, and Rhiannon Bezore, Coastal Shores Specialist with the Oregon Coastal Management Program, will lead the discussion.
Rhiannon Bezore is the Coastal Shores Specialist with the Oregon Coastal Management Program, which is part of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. In this role, she works with local coastal communities to better understand coastal hazards and ways to improve their resilience using the state’s coastal planning goals. She has a Master’s Degree and PhD in Coastal Geology from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Melbourne in Australia. Before coming to Oregon, she worked with Virginia Sea Grant and Texas A&M University to help communities with their coastal resilience goals. She now lives in Lincoln City with her dog and two cats.