CoastWatch Events
Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations.
Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
Jul
9
Hybrid Beachgrass Survey Training
July 9, 2022, Warrenton
A patch of the hybrid beachgrass.\Photo by Rebecca Mostow.
The search continues for the new hybrid beachgrass that is spreading on the Oregon and Washington coasts. CoastWatch volunteers are helping researchers at Oregon State University map the range of the new hybrid, the offspring of two...
Jul
10
Beached Bird Survey Training Lite
July 10, 2022
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) organizes a beached bird survey throughout the West Coast. CoastWatch is COASST’s Oregon partner. Participants in the survey (many of them also CoastWatchers) help make a difference for the environment by collecting data on beach-cast...
Jul
16
CoastWatch Orientation Walk
July 16, 2022, Cannon Beach
Ecola State Park.\Photo by Sonja Peterson.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones will lead a CoastWatch orientation session on Saturday, July 16, at Indian Beach within Ecola State Park, just north of Cannon Beach. Meet at 8 a.m. at the Indian Beach parking area near the top of the...
Jul
16
CoastWatch Orientation Beachwalk
July 16, 2022, Winchester Bay
CoastWatch Mile 146.\Photo by Shawnita Zimmer.
A CoastWatch orientation beachwalk will be held on Saturday, July 16, at Ziolkouski Beach Park in Winchester Bay, beginning at 9 a.m. This will be a chance for new CoastWatchers to brush up on their observational skills, longer-term mile...
Jul
16
Beached Bird Survey Training
July 16, 2022, Brookings
Beached bird survey volunteers at work.\Photo courtesy of COASST
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) organizes a beached bird survey throughout the West Coast. CoastWatch is COASST’s Oregon partner. Participants in the survey (many of them also CoastWatchers) help make...
Jul
17
Tidepool Clinic
July 17, 2022, Lincoln City
Fawn Custer leading an earlier tidepool "explorience."\Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Sunday, July 17, beginning at 9:00 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the...
Jul
17
Beached Bird Survey Training
July 17, 2022, Coos Bay
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) organizes a beached bird survey throughout the West Coast. CoastWatch is COASST’s Oregon partner. Participants in the survey (many of them also CoastWatchers) help make a difference for the environment by collecting data on beach-cast...
Aug
10
CoastWatch Orientation Walk
August 10, 2022, Netarts
CoastWatch Mile 280.\Photo by Angela Arena.
Past Events
May
25
Webinar on Sea Star Observation
May 25, 2022
Ochre sea stars.\Photo by Sonja Peterson.
Ochre stars are one of the most recognizable and well-known intertidal species on the Oregon coast. The massive loss of them in recent years due to a still unknown syndrome called sea star wasting heightened our awareness of how incredibly vulnerable...
May
22
Tidepool Clinic
May 22, 2022, Lincoln City
Fawn Custer, in her trademark orange rainpants, leading an earlier tidepool clinic.\Photo by Dennis White.
After a...
May
20
Tidepool Clinic
May 20, 2022, Lincoln city
Tidepool life.\Photo by Rena Olson.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Friday, May 20, beginning at 10:00 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, CoastWatch is once again joining...
May
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
May 18, 2022, Hammond
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 member Ed Joyce, which handles the monthly survey at this site. We...
May
9
Otter Rock Volunteer Training Session
May 9, 2022
Tidepools at Otter Rock.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The Friends of Otter Rock group is holding a free information webinar about their upcoming summer volunteer interpretive program on Monday, May 9, 6:30 p.m. CoastWatch works with the Friends, who help to monitor their area, and Oregon Shores...
Apr
29
Rocky Habitat Workshop--3
April 29, 2022
Ecola State Park.\Photo by Sonja Peterson
The next phase of the state’s drawn-out “site designation” process, part of the new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, is upon us. The Department of Land Conservation and Development is hosting three virtual workshops focused on proposals from...
Apr
28
Photography Project on Bird Diets
April 28, 2022
Tufted Puffins nesting on Haystack Rock.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
CoastWatch hosts a webinar on a citizen science photography project that will assist scientists in understanding the habitat needs of coastal birds on Wednesday, April 28, at 6 p.m.
Noah Dolinajec, project manager of Birds with...
Apr
28
Rocky Habitat Workshop--2
April 28, 2022
Blacklock Point.\Photo by Larry Basch.
The next phase of the state’s drawn-out “site designation” process, part of the new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, is upon us. The Department of Land Conservation and Development is hosting three virtual workshops focused on proposals from...
Apr
23
Beached Bird Survey Training
April 23, 2022, Astoria
COASST beached bird survey in progress.
The Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team (COASST) organizes a beached bird survey throughout the West Coast. Oregon is an Oregon partner. COASST participants (many of them also CoastWatchers) help make a difference for the environment by...
Apr
21
Tidepool Clinic
April 21, 2022, Lincoln City
Fawn Custer, teaching tidepools.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool explorience” in Lincoln City on Thursday, April 21, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, CoastWatch...