Land Use Events
Jan
23
Talk on Watersheds and Beaver
January 23, 2021
Beaver dam.\Photo courtesy of MidCoast Watersheds Council.
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...
Jan
27
Discussion on Climate Resilience and Covid
January 27, 2021
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...
Mar
30
Panel on Climate-Resilient Future
March 30, 2021
Climate protest.\Photo courtesy of Compact.
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...
Past Events
Nov
5
Facebook Drilling Comment Deadline
November 5, 2020
Facebook's onshore drilling site in Tierra del Mar.\Photo by Edmund Ruttledge.
The Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) has opened a public review and comment period for Edge Cable Holdings LLC’s encroachment easement application. “Edge Cable” is in reality Facebook. Members of the public...
Nov
1
Dellenback Dunes Hike
November 1, 2020, Lakeside
View of the Dellenback Dunes.\Photo courtesy of South Coast Striders.
The South Coast Striders are offering a free hike on the Dellenback Dunes trail on Sunday, Nov. 1, beginning at 10 a.m. The hike is limited to 15 people, but if there is enough demand and additional leaders volunteer, more...
Oct
31
Climate Plan Comment Deadline
October 31, 2020
King tide at Siletz National Wildlife Refuge.\Photo by A. Stickel.
The state of Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has released a review draft of the new Oregon Climate Change Adaptation Framework. Public comments will be accepted until October 31.
The Framework...
Oct
29
Water Year Recap and Outlook
October 29, 2020
Lower Alsea River.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support from Lighthawk.
For those who pay attention to water supplies and hydrology, the new year just started—the Water Year, that is. Anyone interested is invited to the second day of the Oregon-Washington Water Year 2020 Recap & 2021 Outlook...
Oct
19
Webinar on Climate-Friendly Communities
October 19, 2020
Seaside during a king tide.\Photo by Briana Goodwin.
Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) has initiated rulemaking to implement parts of Gov. Brown’s executive order on reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The department is offering a webinar on Monday, Oct. 19, 2-3:30...
Oct
10
Blacklock Point Hike
October 10, 2020, Port Orford
Blacklock Point.\Photo courtesy of South Coast Striders.
Blacklock Point in Curry County is one of the rocky shore habitats that Oregon Shores is currently working to protect. (For more information, see our website, https://oregonshores.org/ocean.) So it is good timing that the South Coast...
Sep
27
Humbug Hike
September 27, 2020
Humbug Mountain.\Photo courtesy of the South Coast Striders.
The South Coast Striders are offering a hike to some of the best views on the coast on Sunday, Sept. 27, beginning at 9:30 a.m. The objective: Humbug Mountain and its vantage point along the Curry County coast. Note that this...
Sep
25
Climate Plan Webinar
September 25, 2020
King tide washes up against Coquille, a preview of sea level rise due to climate change.\Photo by Alex Derr, with support from Lighthawk.
The state of Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has released a review draft of the new Oregon Climate Change Adaptation...
Sep
24
LCDC Considers Climate Policies
September 24, 2020
King tide, a preview of climate change, floods the Coquille Valley.\Photo by Alex Derr, with support from Lighthawk.
The Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) with take up rulemaking with regard to its “Climate-Friendly” and “Equitable Communities” initiatives at its next...
Sep
10
Virtual Tour of Oregon Coast Trail
September 10, 2020
It's good to see Bonnie's back. The author starts on the Oregon Coast Trail at the Columbia jetty.
The Oregon Coast Trail is a border-to-border hiking route first proposed about 50 years ago and first declared “hikeable” in the 1980s. But it remains a work in progress. And people have...