CoastWatch Events

CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Jan
30

Beached Bird Survey Training

January 30, 2021

COASST beached bird survey in progress at Cannon Beach.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.

COASST (the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team), which organizes the beached bird survey in which CoastWatch is an Oregon partner, is holding an online training session aimed at prospective volunteers...

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Jan
31

Beached Bird Survey Training

January 31, 2021

South coast COASST volunteers Dave and Diane Bilderback.

COASST (the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team), which organizes the beached bird survey in which CoastWatch is an Oregon partner, is holding an online training session aimed at prospective volunteers on the south coast on...

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Feb
8

Brittle Star Webinar

February 8, 2021

Western spiny brittle star.\Photo courtesy of iNaturalist.

CoastWatch presents the next in our series of online presentations on rocky habitats, particularly those on the south coast, when MacKenna Hainey speaks on “Fantastic Brittle Stars, and Where to Find Them” on Monday, Feb. 8, at 6...

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Feb
17

Marine Debris Survey Training

February 17, 2021, Hammond

Marine debris survey at Fort Stevens 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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Past Events

Nov
24

November 2015 King Tide Photo Opportunity

November 24, 2015 - November 27, 2015

Photo of King Tide at Yaquina River.
This is one of three 2015 King Tides. These highest tides of the year give us a look at the future, when sea level rise will more frequently inundate low-lying areas. Oregon Shores is making a special effort to organize photographers to document the reach of the King Tides in the vicinity of...
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Nov
20

Plant Violets So the Silverspot Won’t Be Blue

November 20, 2015 - November 21, 2015

Photo of early blue violets.
Help to invite the all-too-rare Oregon silverspot butterfly back to Clatsop County by joining a special project to plant violets on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20-21, at various sites on the Clatsop Plains between Gearhart and Warrenton.

This is the culmination of a 10-year project, led by the...

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Nov
7

Annual Meeting to Feature Overview of Oregon’s Ocean

November 7, 2015, Lincoln City

Photo of Bill Peterson with graduate students on the research vessel Elakha.
Oceanographer Bill Peterson will address the Oregon Shores annual meeting on Nov. 7 in Lincoln City. Peterson will survey the State of Oregon's Ocean. His presentation will consider the current El Nino, changes in ocean conditions such as "The Blob"; climate change impacts such as ocean...
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Oct
27

October 2015 King Tide Photo Opportunity

October 27, 2015 - October 29, 2015

Photo of King Tide at Yaquina River.
This is one of three 2015 King Tides. These highest tides of the year give us a look at the future, when sea level rise will more frequently inundate low-lying areas. Oregon Shores is making a special effort to organize photographers to document the reach of the King Tides in the vicinity of...
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Oct
25

Beached Bird Survey Training in Crescent City

October 25, 2015, Crescent City

Photo of women recording beached bird data on the beach.
Conducting the beached bird survey. Photo courtesy of COASST.
CoastWatch serves as the Oregon partner for the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), a citizen science project dedicated to involving volunteers in the collection of high-quality data on the status of coastal...
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Oct
24

State of the Coast Conference in Coos Bay

October 24, 2015, Coos Bay

Aerial photo of Cape Arago.
The annual State of the Coast Conference is slated for Coos Bay on Saturday, Oct. 24.  The all-day event, which surveys a wide range of coastal issues and seeks to educate an equally wide range of stakeholders, takes place in the Hales Center of Southwestern Oregon Community College from 9...
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Oct
23

Roam the Wild Edge Book Release in Astoria

October 23, 2015, Astoria

Photo of North Coast Land Conservancy's Katie Voelke.
Our colleagues with the North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) are planning a gala evening celebrating coastal conservation and release of the landscape-celebrating book The Wild Edge: Freedom to Roam the Pacific Coast (Braided River), a photographic journey from the deep ocean to the summit of...
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Oct
20

Public Hearings on Changes to Beach Water Quality Monitoring

October 20, 2015 - October 29, 2015

Photo of water quality warning sign.
The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program (OBMP) is beginning a formal process to adopt a new “beach action value” (BAV) that would be used beginning in the 2017 monitoring season.  The BAV is used to determine when public health advisories should be issued for beaches.  Up till now, the threshold...
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Oct
15

Marine Debris Talk in Yachats

October 15, 2015, Yachats

Photo of coastline at Yachats.
The Yachats Academy of Arts and Sciences has invited Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, to speak on Thursday, Oct. 15, 6:30 p.m.  The free public event takes place at the Yachats Commons (1555 Highway 101 in the middle of town).

Fawn’s talk will accompany the film It’s...

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Oct
2

Seabirds, Marine Mammals & Marine Debris Lectures

October 2, 2015, Cannon Beach

Photo of Kim Raum-Suryyan.
The autumn’s first CoastWatch educational event is coming up Friday, Oct. 2 in Cannon Beach.  “Seabirds, Marine Mammals & Marine Debris” takes place 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Cannon Beach City Hall (160 E. Gower St.).  The event is free and open to all.  We’re delighted to have the Haystack Rock...
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