Land Use Events
Webinar on Eelgrass
Oregon Shores is collaborating with conservation allies to offer a monthly webinar series about the Coos Bay estuary. Coos Bay could be the focus of major development proposals soon—both a major container port and facilities...
Talk on Climate and Salmon
Native aquatic species are adapted to survive the wide range of conditions present in their natural habitats. From small headwaters streams to salty tidal channels, few species have such diverse behaviors as salmonids. The complexity of their genetic lineage...
Webinar on Hybrid Beachgrass Ecology
CoastWatch is cooperating with researchers in Oregon State University’s Department of Integrative Biology to conduct a citizen science survey for a new hybrid beachgrass that may reshape the Oregon shoreline. For more on the project, go here.
A webinar on this important project...
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...
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...
Past Events
Seminar on Climate Change Research
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Research Seminar Series is resuming for the fall. These events, free and open to all, take place online at 3:30 p.m. on Thursdays.
First up this fall, on Thursday, Oct. 7,...
Panel on Human Impacts to Landscape
As part of our ongoing celebration of our 50th anniversary year, Oregon Shores offers a panel discussion on something truly fundamental to the coastal environment we work to protect—the ways in which human activities have shaped...
Tahkenitch Dunes Hike
The Southcoast Striders hiking group offers a group tour of the Tahkenitch Dunes Trail and Threemile Lake on Sunday, Sept. 26, 9:30 a.m.
Both a long and a short hike are offered. Registration is essential. To register, go...
Invasive Species Seminar
The Northwest Regional Invasive Species and Climate Change Network, a partnership among regional agencies and organizations to address the nexus of climate change and invasive species, is holding a virtual...
Webinar on Drinking Water
350 Oregon Central Coast, MidCoast Watersheds Council, and Citizens for a Better Lincoln County are sponsoring a Zoom presentation by John Wros of The Conservation Fund to describe how central Oregon coast communities can take steps to protect and...
Humbug Mountain Hike
The Southcoast Striders hiking group is offering two simultaneous hikes at Humbug Mountain, one of the south coast’s most prominent features. The hikes begin at 9:30 a.m. at the Humbug Mountain trailhead, about six miles south...
Talk on Financing Restoration
For its summer meeting, the MidCoast Watersheds Assn. hosts a talk on “Financing Watershed Protection.” The event, free and open to all, takes place on Thursday, Sept. 2, at 6:30 p.m.
Speaker will be Ben...
Forum on Protecting Watersheds
The Forest Waters Coalition is offering a “Forest Waters Watch” forum on Tuesday, Aug. 31, beginning at 5 p.m.
This forum will be an opportunity for networking, storytelling, and resource sharing...
Cascade Head Marine Reserve Hike
The Lincoln City Audubon chapter is celebrating Marine Reserve Awareness Month in August, marking the occasion with a number of special events, including several hikes featuring an aspect of the Cascade Head Marine Reserve. All hikes are...
Webinar on Conservation Map Tool
The Cascades to Coast Landscape Collaborative is offering a webinar to introduce the new Coastal Northwest Landscape Conservation Mapper, an online spatial tool that explores conservation, cultural, and economic priorities at landscape scales...