Land Use Events
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
13
Webinar on Habitat Connectivity
July 13, 2022
Long Beach Peninsula, Washington./Photo by Visit Long Beach Peninsula
We don’t usually list Washington-oriented events here, but habitat connectivity is as important in Oregon as it is in Washington, and the issues are highly similar. Oregonians (and our many members who are Washington...
Jul
27
Webinar on Pesticide Spraying
July 27, 2022
Spraying an Oregon forest.\Photo courtesy of OFRI.
The North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) are offering a webinar, “It’s Spray Season,” for those concerned about water quality. The online event, free and open to all, takes place on Wednesday, July 27, at 6...
Jul
28
Webinar on Protecting Coos Bay
July 28, 2022
Upper Coos Bay from Millicoma Marsh\Photo by Alexa Carleton.
Aug
11
Cape Falcon Marine Reserve Walk
August 11, 2022, Arch Cape
Cape Falcon, viewing the marine reserve.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) offers a “walk and talk” on the Elk Flats Trail to Devil’s Cauldron, within Oswald West State Park. The event, from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday, Aug. 11, is free and open to all, but...
Past Events
Dec
8
Meeting on Elliott State Forest
December 8, 2021
Elliott State Forest.
Conservationists have been working for many years to protect the Elliott State Forest, northeast of Coos Bay. At first the battle was to prevent the state from selling it to private interests (a battle which Oregon Shores joined). More recently, the effort is to find...
Dec
8
Committee on Coastal Road Armoring Meets
December 8, 2021
Highway 101 at Beverly Beach is an oceanfront road threatened by erosion.\Photo by Dennis White.
The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has convened a special advisory committee to consider a peculiar but important problem—the state’s current land use regulations don’t...
Dec
4
Webinar on the Big One
December 4, 2021
Projection of a Cascadia earthquake.\Courtesy of the Pacific Tsunami Museum.
The coastal landscape we treasure has been shaped by the collision of the earth’s tectonic plates. The price of our coast’s rugged beauty is the hazard of earthquakes and tsunamis caused by the Cascadia Subduction...
Dec
2
Talk on Estuary Habitats
December 2, 2021
Yaquina estuary marshes at high tide.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support from Lighthawk.
The MidCoast Watersheds Council is holding its final community meeting of the year on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 pm., with a talk on a subject of wide interest: “Natural habitats and fish communities in...
Nov
26
Bastendorff Bog Hike
November 26, 2021, Charleston
Cape Arago Lighthouse.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
For those who prefer to “opt outside” on Black Friday rather than hit the stores, the Southcoast Striders offer a Bastendorff Bog trail hike, beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 26.
The hike will start from the Sunset Bay State Park day use...
Nov
19
Lecture on Climate and Wildfire
November 19, 2021
Fire at Echo Mountain.\Photo courtesy of Lincoln County.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s fall seminar series is taking place online again this year. The talks take place at 4 p.m. on Fridays. These events are free and open to the public, but it is necessary to request access in...
Nov
19
LCDC Meets on Coastal Issues
November 19, 2021
Erosion control, such as this riprap wall in Tillamook County, are on LCDC"s agenda.\Photo by Loren Nelson.
The second day of the November meeting of the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) takes place on Friday, Nov. 19, at 8:30 a.m. The two-day meeting takes place...
Nov
18
Seminar on Tidal Wetlands--Cancelled
November 18, 2021
Laura Brophy in her natural habitat.
The following event has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled at a later date.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Research Seminar Series continues online. This week’s event, on Thursday, Nov 18, at 3:30 p.m., features renowned wetland ecologist Laura...
Nov
17
Panel on New Coastal Research
November 17, 2021
Steve Pacella doing field
As we near the end of our 50th anniversary year, we are focusing strongly on the theme of our celebration, “the next 50 years of coastal conservation.” In that spirit, we are surveying some of the young researchers who are doing cutting-edge work that will inform...
Nov
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
November 17, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris surveyors celebrate completion of a survey.\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...