CoastWatch Events
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Mar
15
Nudibranch Presentation
March 15, 2021
Clown nudibranch.\Photo by N.C. Treneman.
CoastWatch is offering a series of webinars on rocky shore habitats and their denizens, with a particular focus on Oregon’s south coast. In March’s presentation, “Predators Cloaked in Beauty,” marine biologist Nancy C. Treneman will discuss the...
Mar
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
March 17, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress 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...
Apr
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
April 14, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey participants 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...
May
12
Marine Debris Survey Training
May 12, 2021, Hammond
Fort Stevens marine debris survey in progress.\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...
Jun
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
June 16, 2021, Hammond,
Marine debris survey at the Fort Stevens site.\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...
Jul
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
July 14, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress 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...
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
Apr
29
Tidepool Clinic
April 29, 2017, Lincoln City
Ochre sea stars. Photo by Sonja Peterson.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Saturday, April 29, beginning at 9 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention Bureau to sponsor a series of tidepool talks...
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
22
Guided Nature Walk
April 22, 2017, Yachats
View from Cape Perpetua, with Visitor Center in the middle distance. Photo by Gregory Henton.
CoastWatchers Betty Bahn and Sally Lockyear will lead a botanical walk along the Giant Spruce Trail at Cape Perpetua on Saturday, April 22, 9-11 a.m. The event is sponsored by the Yaquina Birders &...
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...
Apr
12
Geology Talk on Haystack Rock
April 12, 2017, Cannon Beach
Haystack Rock, subject of Tom Horning's talk. Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
Geologist Tom Horning will discuss the geological origins of Cannon Beach’s iconic Haystack Rock in a talk sponsored by Friends of Haystack Rock (which supports the Haystack Rock Awareness Program of the city of Cannon...
Apr
6
Falcon Peregrinations
April 6, 2017, Newport
Peregrine falcon. Photo by Wayne Hoffman.
The public is invited to a presentation by Wayne Hoffman at the MidCoast Watersheds Council meeting on Thursday, April 6th, 6:30 p.m., to learn about recent peregrine falcon nesting at Yaquina Head. The meeting will be held in Room 205 at the...
Apr
2
Tidepool Clinic
April 2, 2017, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton (left) leading CoastWatch beachwalk. Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Sunday, April 2, beginning at 11:30 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention Bureau to...
Apr
1
Tidepool Clinic
April 1, 2017, Lincoln City
Athena Crichton leads CoastWatch tidepool training. Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Saturday, April 1 (no fooling!), beginning at 10:30 a.m. The free event is open to all. CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln City Visitor & Convention...
Apr
1
LIFE ON THE ROCKS
April 1, 2017, Bandon
Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) offers a seminar on tidepool life, “Life on the Rocks,” on Saturday, April 1, from 9 a.m. to noon, at the Bandon Community Center (aka The Barn), 1200 11th St., S.W. (next to the library). The public is invited to the free event.
This seminar, third in a...
Mar
18
Guided Bird Walk
March 18, 2017, Waldport,
Mallard with ducklings. Photo by Roy Lowe.
The Yaquina Birders & Naturalists offer a birding walk led by a deeply versed expert on Saturday, March 18. Roy Lowe, retired from his post as long-time manager of the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex, will lead a walk beginning at...