Coastal Conservation Calendar
Oregon coast natural history and conservation events sponsored by various organizations. Oregon Shores Featured Events are highlighted.
Seminar on Orca Monitoring

On Thursday, Jan. 21, at 3:30 p.m., the Hatfield Marine Science Center heads for the deep with a talk on how scientists monitor the health of orcas off our shores. John Durban, of the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State...
Saltmarsh Seminar

Oregon Shores, working through CoastWatch with funding from the city of Coos Bay, is supporting development of the Millicoma Marsh Interpretive Trail Project. When completed, this will provide an educational...
Talk on Watersheds and Beaver

As part of its Winter Speaker Series, the Cape Perpetua Collaborative hosts an online talk by Kami Ellingson, Watershed Program Manager for the Siuslaw National Forest, at 10 a.m., Saturday, Jan. 23. The event is free and open to...
Discussion on Climate Resilience and Covid

The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of climate change on the Pacific Northwest.
The second...
Global Warming Commission Meets

The Oregon Global Warming Commission will meet Friday, Jan. 29, from 1 to 5 p.m. online.
During the meeting, the Commission will hear about the Governor’s climate-related priorities for the legislative session and gather preliminary input...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rocky Habitat Panel Discussion

Oregon’s Territorial Sea Plan: Part 3, also known as the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, aims to balance human use and ecological conservation consistent with Oregon’s ocean resources statewide planning goal. For the first time in nearly 25...