Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
Jul
26
River Otter Webinar
July 26, 2021
River otters.\Photo courtesy of the Elakha Alliance.
Excited reports of sea otters sighted on the Oregon coast most often turn out to be sightings of river otters instead. Sea otters have been extinct in Oregon waters for more than a century, although once in a while one visits, presumably...
Jul
29
Oregon Shores’ Anniversary Day
July 29, 2021
Children running free on Oregon's public shoreline.\Photo by Dina Pavlis.
The Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition officially came into existence on July 29, 1971. We’ve had quite a five-decade history, defending the coast and working for stronger protection of its resources and public...
Jul
29
Rocky Habitat Management Workshop
July 29, 2021
Intertidal habitat at Blacklock Point, one of the sites Oregon Shores proposed for protection.\Photo by Larry Basch.
Oregon Shores was heavily engaged in the first round of “site designations”—proposals for special levels of protection for key areas—as part of the state’s new Rocky Habitat...
Jul
29
CoastWatch Anniversary Beachwalk--South Coast
July 29, 2021, Charleston
Rocky shores at Sunset Bay.\Photo by Laurel Hillmann.
Thursday, July 29, is the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition’s anniversary date, and kicking off the festivities will be this south coast beachwalk led by Fawn Custer, our CoastWatch citizen science trainer. The event is free and open...
Jul
29
CoastWatch Anniversary Beachwalk—North Coast
July 29, 2021, Rockaway Beach
Stewart Schultz at Netarts Bay.
Thursday, July 29, is the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition’s anniversary date, and kicking off the festivities will be two CoastWatch-oriented beachwalks. One will be led by Fawn Custer, our CoastWatch citizen science trainer, at Sunset Bay (see separate...
Jul
29
Talk on Shoreline Management
July 29, 2021
King tide swamps beach at Pacific City.\Photo by Steve Gehring.'
Thursday, July 29, is Oregon Shores’ actual anniversary date, and we’re sponsoring a number of special activities to mark the occasion, both in the field and online. For more on the anniversary, see the event listing.
Of...
Jul
29
Citizen Science Presentation
July 29, 2021
Mary Ellen Hannibal conducting coastal citizen science.
Thursday, July 29, is Oregon Shores’ actual anniversary date, and we’re sponsoring celebratory activities throughout the day.
The final speaker of the event is one of special note to CoastWatchers and all others interested in citizen...
Jul
30
CoastWatch Blitz
July 30, 2021
CoastWatcher at work.\Photo by Linda Reid
The Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, CoastWatch’s parent group, is celebrating its 50th anniversary year in 2021. The actual anniversary date is July 29; that day will be full of special activities.
For the following three days, July 30-Aug....
Jul
31
Beachwalk with Stewart Schultz
July 31, 2021, Hammond
Stewart Schultz leading a beachwalk.\Photo by Michael Coe.
Learn about the ecology of the Oregon shoreline from the author of The Northwest Coast: A Natural History, when marine ecologist Stewart Schultz leads a CoastWatch beachwalk at Fort Stevens State Park on Saturday, July 31, beginning...
Aug
4
Global Warming Commission Meets
August 4, 2021
An upper Yaquina Bay wetland swamps by a high tide.\Photo by Meg Reed.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission meets next on Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 1-5 p.m. A meeting agenda is not yet available, but one topic of particular interest to the coast is expected to be that of “blue carbon”—the...