Climate Events
Past Events
Talk on Sea Level and Estuaries
![High tide fills Yaquina River marshes.\Photo by Meg Reed. High tide fills Yaquina River marshes.\Photo by Meg Reed.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/king_tide_yaquina_wetlands_meg_reed_0.jpg?itok=UzHmedDf)
Evan Hayduk, the MidCoast Watersheds Council’s restoration specialist, will speak on “How Rising Sea Levels Would Affect the Estuaries along the Central Oregon Coast” on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. at the Cape Perpetua Visitor...
King Tide Preview Gathering
![King Tide swamps Charleston shoreline.\Photo courtesy of Raincoast. King Tide swamps Charleston shoreline.\Photo courtesy of Raincoast.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/king_tide_charleston_shoreline_raincoast_0.jpg?itok=axIVs52t)
To prepare for the second round of the 2018-2019 King Tide Project, and put the photographs we’re collecting of the year’s highest tides in context, CoastWatch and our partner, the state’s Coastal Management Program, are...
Climate Change Lecture
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As demonstrated so tragically in the recent wildfire season, climate change is resulting in significant impact across the country and the world. Bill Kucha and Evan Hayduk bring a unique perspective to the conversation in...
King Tide Preview
![A king tide fills the Rogue River estuary at Gold Beach.\Photo courtesy of ORKingTides. A king tide fills the Rogue River estuary at Gold Beach.\Photo courtesy of ORKingTides.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/rogue_estuary_king_tide_orkingtides.jpg?itok=B1ZUz6Sn)
Those in Curry County who would like to learn more about the King Tide volunteer photography project and what it can tell us about sea level rise and erosion—or who are just looking for a good time!—have...
Talks on Forests and Climate
![Forest slash fires visible from Cape Lookout State Park.\Photo by Allison Asbjornsen. Forest slash fires visible from Cape Lookout State Park.\Photo by Allison Asbjornsen.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/land_use_issues/forest_slash_burning_cape_lookout_allison_0.jpg?itok=Ink2goRt)
A discussion of “Forest Management and the Climate Emergency” will take place in Astoria on Friday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. (doors open at 6:30) in Columbia Hall at Clatsop Community College (1651 Lexington...
Discussion of Sea Level and Estuaries
![King tide swamps Salmon River wetlands.\Photo by John Bauer. King tide swamps Salmon River wetlands.\Photo by John Bauer.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/king_tide_swamps_salmon_river_wetlands_john_bauer_0.jpg?itok=Fyygp0UW)
Fran Recht, who among other things is a former Oregon Shores president and conservation director, will speak at the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101, about three miles south of Yachats on Saturday, Dec. 22, 1 p.m....
King Tide Project, First Series
![Lost Creek State Recreation Site at a king tide.\Photo by Cathy Avilez. Lost Creek State Recreation Site at a king tide.\Photo by Cathy Avilez.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/king_tide_lost_creek_cathy_avilez.jpg?itok=8KIntgBA)
This winter’s King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, is underway. This is day two of the first round of the 2018-2019 King Tide Project; the first set of...
Zooplankton Lecture
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Join the Friends of Haystack Rock as they host the Library Lecture Series held on the second Wednesday of each month, November to May at 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Cannon Beach Library (131 N Hemlock St, Cannon Beach)....
Panel on Forests and Climate Change
![Elliott State Forest, a store of carbon in its intact state.\Photo courtesy of OLCV. Elliott State Forest, a store of carbon in its intact state.\Photo courtesy of OLCV.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/land_use_issues/elliott_state_forest_olcv.jpg?itok=I3V08fjc)
A panel discussion on how Oregon can confront climate changge by modernizing our forest management laws to better protect public lands and store more carbon in our forests will take place at the Newport...
Clean Energy Talk
![Vestas wind turbine. Vestas wind turbine.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/miscellaneous/unnamed-1.png?itok=s-85q0Nj)
The Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation's December Chapter Meeting will focus on clean energy. The meeting with take place on Tuesday, Dec. 11, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Cosube Surf Shop in Portland (111 NE MLK Jr Blvd).
How...