Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
Jan
23
Talk on Watersheds and Beaver
January 23, 2021
Beaver dam.\Photo courtesy of MidCoast Watersheds Council.
As part of its Winter Speaker Series, the Cape Perpetua Collaborative hosts an online talk by Kami Ellingson, Watershed Program Manager for the Siuslaw National Forest, at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 23. The event is free and open to...
Jan
26
Rocky Habitat Meeting
January 26, 2021
Rocky habitat at Haystack Rock.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
The Rocky Habitat Working Group of Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) is scheduled to meet online on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2-3 p.m.
OPAC is considering the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, with the working group...
Jan
27
Discussion on Climate Resilience and Covid
January 27, 2021
The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest.
The second...
Jan
29
Global Warming Commission Meets
January 29, 2021
King tide fills Nestucca Valley.\Photo by John Bauer.
The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, Jan. 29, from 1 to 5 p.m. online.
During the meeting, the Commission will hear about the Governor’s climate-related priorities for the legislative session and gather preliminary input...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Feb
17
Rocky Habitat Panel Discussion
February 17, 2021
Otter Rock tidepools.\Photo courtesy of ORPD.
Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan: Part 3, also known as the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, aims to balance human use and ecological conservation consistent with Oregon’s ocean resources statewide planning goal. For the first time in nearly 25...
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...