Featured Events
Events sponsored or engaged in by Oregon Shores. The Full Coastal Calendar includes these along with relevant events sponsored by other organizations.
Jan
21
Saltmarsh Seminar
January 21, 2021
Millicoma Marsh.\Photo courtesy of Millicoma Marsh Interpretive Trail Project.
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...
Jan
30
Beached Bird Survey Training
January 30, 2021
COASST beached bird survey in progress at Cannon Beach.\Photo by Melissa Keyser.
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...
Jan
31
Beached Bird Survey Training
January 31, 2021
South coast COASST volunteers Dave and Diane Bilderback.
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...
Feb
8
Brittle Star Webinar
February 8, 2021
Western spiny brittle star.\Photo courtesy of iNaturalist.
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...
Feb
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
February 17, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey at Fort Stevens in progress.\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 Shores...
Mar
15
Nudibranch Presentation
March 15, 2021
Clown nudibranch.\Photo by N.C. Treneman.
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...
Mar
17
Marine Debris Survey Training
March 17, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress at Fort Stevens.\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 Shores...
Apr
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
April 14, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey participants at Fort Stevens.\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 Shores...