Ocean Events
Aug
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 17, 2020, Hammond
Marine debris collected during a previous 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...
Aug
26
Sea Otter Webinar
August 26, 2020
Sea otter "raft."\Photo by David Sidle.
The Elakha Alliance is sponsoring a webinar on “The Legal and Economic Considerations of Sea Otter Reintroduction” on Wednesday, Aug. 26, at 6 p.m. Speakers will be Bob Bailey, the Alliance’s president, and Michele Zwartjes, a biologist with the U.S....
Aug
27
Cape Perpetua Volunteer Appreciation
August 27, 2020
Cape Perpetua from the air.\Photo by Alex Derr, with support from Lighthawk.
The annual Cape Perpetua Volunteer Appreciation Event celebrates the wide range of voluntary activity focused on that stretch of Oregon’s shore (including the monitoring done by CoastWatchers). It is usually a...
Sep
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 17, 2020, Hammond
Earlier 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...
Oct
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
October 14, 2020, 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...
Nov
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
November 18, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) instructs a student in marine debris surveying at the Fort Stevens site.\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...
Dec
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
December 16, 2020, Hammond
Angela Whitlock (left) assists a student with the marine debris survey.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
Past Events
May
6
Marine Debris Survey Webinar
May 6, 2020
Marine debris survey sorting exercise, led by Fawn Custer, CoastWatch's citizen science trainer.\Photo by Dennis White.
On Wednesday, May 6, the subject of our CoastWatch webinar will be marine debris. CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones will be joined by Andrew Mason, Pacific...
May
6
OPAC Meeting
May 6, 2020, North Bend
OPAC meeting in progress.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The state’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) will meet on Wednesday, May 6, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the Department of Human Services Building (1431 Airport Ln.) in North Bend.
This is a particularly important meeting. OPAC will consider...
May
2
Cancelled--Black Oystercatcher Survey Training
May 2, 2020, Cannon Beach
Black Oystercatchers.\Photo by Scott Carpenter.
Note: The organizers had been holding out, in hopes that coronavirus restrictions would be lifted in time to allow this citizen science training event t take place, but have now cancelled the in-person event. Online webinars are being...
May
1
Lecture on Seagrass Meadows
May 1, 2020
Eelgrass bed in Netarts Bay.\Photo by York Johnson.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s Spring 2020 Seminar Series has moved online. The public is welcome to sit in through Zoom at no cost.
A talk in the series of interest in terms of both marine ecology and climate comes from Aurora...
Apr
28
Rocky Habitat Working Group Meeting
April 28, 2020
Rocky shore habitat at Lone Ranch Beach.\Photo by Laurel Hillmann.
We are nearing the end of the years-long process through which Oregon is revisiting and revising its strategy and regulations for protecting rocky shore and offshore rocky habitats. The Rocky Habitat Management Strategy...
Apr
24
Lecture on Fairy Shrimp
April 24, 2020
Fairy Shrimp courtesy of Oregon Department of Transportation
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s Spring 2020 Seminar Series has moved online. The public is welcome to sit in through Zoom at no cost.
On Friday, April 24, the series features a 1 p.m. talk from Terri Williams, a research...
Apr
17
Talk on Kelp Forests
April 17, 2020
Kelp bed.\Photo by Dave Ledig.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s Spring 2020 Seminar Series has moved online. The public is welcome to sit in through Zoom at no cost.
The second talk in the series comes from Cathy Pfister, a professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolution at the...
Apr
11
Cancelled--Tidepool Clinic
April 11, 2020, Lincoln City
Fawn Custer leading a tidepool clinic last year.\Photo by Dennis White.
Note: Alas, what would have been the first event this year in an annual tradition had to be cancelled due to coronavirus precautions. The entire schedule of "Tidepool Clinic" sessions is now on hold. We look forward...
Apr
10
Seminar on Seaweed and Seagrass
April 10, 2020
Seaweed on the shore at low tide.\Photo courtesty of ODFW.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s Spring 2020 Seminar Series has moved online. The public is welcome to sit in through Zoom at no cost.
The first talk in the series comes from Laura Parfrey, an assistant professor and Canada...
Apr
8
Cancelled--Shorebird Presentation
April 8, 2020, Cannon Beach
Juvenile Semipalmated Sandpiper.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
Note: The following event has been cancelled due to the coronavirus situation. No word on whether or when it will be rescheduled.
Shorebirds will be the subject when the Friends of Haystack Rock lecture series hosts a talk on by Janet...