Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
May
25
Beached Bird Survey Training
May 25, 2019, Port Orford
CoastWatchers Dave and Diane Bilderback engaged in beached bird survey.
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) will hold a training session for prospective volunteers in the long-running beached bird survey they conduct in all the West Coast states on Saturday, May 25, 10...
May
25
Benefit Art Show
May 25, 2019 - June 23, 2019, Portland
A special benefit art show, “The Coastal Watchers,” is running through June 23 at the Elizabeth Jones Art Center (515 N.W. 14th St.) in Portland. The gallery is open Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.
The show features art depicting the West Coast shoreline,...
May
26
Beached Bird Survey Training
May 26, 2019, Charleston
Beached bird surveyors at work.
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST), based at the University of Washington, conducts a long-running beached bird survey in all the West Coast states. This is true citizen science; with training, volunteers learn to gather information...
May
30
Education and Cleanup Combo
May 30, 2019, Yachats
The stone shelter atop Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
A dual event is planned at Cape Perpetua for Thursday, May 30. The first half, an educational talk on the land-sea connection, takes place at the stone shelter atop Cape Perpetua (officially the Cape Perpetua Day Use Area),...
May
31
Intertidal Retrospective
May 31, 2019, Charleston
Flabellina goddardi, discovered by Jeff Goddard.
Veteran marine biologist Jeff Goddard will look back over his career in a talk at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) as part of the Spring Seminar Series. Goddard will speak in the OIMB Boathouse Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Friday, May...
Jun
1
Seabird Nest Monitoring Training
June 1, 2019, Yachats
Pelagic cormorants feeding their young.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
Portland Audubon, along with local partners, conducts a seabird nest colony monitoring project at several locations on the coast, including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head, and the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, along with nearby...
Jun
1
CoastWatch Findings Talk
June 1, 2019, Bandon
Aerial view of Coquille Point, where the beachwalk will take place.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s citizen science trainer, will give a talk on Saturday, June 1, 3 p.m. at the Bandon Public Library (1204 11th St., S.W.). Her subject will be “CoastWatch Findings.” The event...
Jun
5
BioBlitz at Cape Perpetua
June 5, 2019, Yachats
View of Cape Perpetua from the Visitors > Center.\Photo by Kirt Edblom.
As part of a series of “bioblitzes” being held this spring and summer at Oregon’s marine reserves, a bioblitz is planned for Cape Perpetua for Wednesday, June 5, beginning at 9:30 a.m. Lead organizer is the Cape...
Jun
5
BioBlitz Introduction and Training
June 5, 2019, Newport
A scene from last year's BioBlitz at Otter Rock.\Photo by Nancy White.
On Thursday, June 6, we’re celebrating D-Day with a BioBlitz at Otter Rock Marine Reserve. The goal is to take a one-day inventory of all the species we can find on the shore and in the intertidal on the fringes of the...
Jun
6
BioBlitz at Otter Rock
June 6, 2019, Otter Rock
Fawn Custer leads volunteers during a 2018 bioblitz.\Photo by Doug Cody.
For the second year, CoastWatch will play a lead role in a collaborative effort by conservation groups and the Oregon Coast Aquarium to conduct bioblitzes at each of Oregon’s marine reserves. The first of these takes...