CoastWatch Events
Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations.
Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.

Guided Netarts Spit Walk--Now Full

An opportunity to explore the Netarts Spit and learn about its natural history is offered by the Friends of Netarts Spit WEBS and Portland Audubon, along with Oregon State Parks. The beachwalk begins at 8 a.m. on Friday, July 1,...
Hybrid Beachgrass Survey Training

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...
Tidepool Clinic

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...
Past Events
Marine Debris Survey Training

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...
Beached Bird Presentation

Oregon Shores is the Oregon partner of COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team), which conducts the beached bird survey through the West Coast states. COASST is based at the University of Washington, so we usually have to wait for...
CoastWatch Walk and Talk

Now that some types of in-person events on the shoreline are possible again, with proper precautions, CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones is beginning to meet CoastWatchers, and those interested in CoastWatch, for field training...
Marine Debris Survey Training
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...
Sea Star Observation Training

Now that field trips, conducted cautiously, are possible again, CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones invites volunteers and prospective volunteers to join her on Wednesday, March 17, at Cape...
Nudibranch Presentation

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...
CoastWatch Presentation to Watershed Group

The North Coast Watershed Association (NCW) will host CoastWatch’s Jesse Jones at its next meeting. Jesse, the program’s volunteer coordinator, will lead off an online meeting that begins at 5 p.m. on Monday, March 15. ...
Marine Debris Survey Training

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...
Brittle Star Webinar

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...
Beached Bird Survey Training

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...