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King Tide Meet-Up
![Florence from the Dunes.\Photo by Rich DeSantis. Florence from the Dunes.\Photo by Rich DeSantis.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/coastal_vistas_non-aerial/florence_from_dunes_rich_desantis.jpg?itok=_GzinQsx)
The winter’s third and final set of highest high tides, and thus the last round of our King Tide Project, is coming up January 2-4. Photographers can participate anywhere—photos documenting the highest reach of the highest tides at any...
Talk on Siletz Basin Projects
![A king tide washes the bank of the Siletz River.\Photo by Meg Reed. A king tide washes the bank of the Siletz River.\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/siletz_river_king_tide_meg_reed.jpg?itok=GWjSODTy)
At its quarterly meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 19, the Siletz Watershed Council will host a talk on two projects taking place within the Siletz River’s watershed. The event, free and open to everyone, begins at 6:30 p.m. in the...
Meeting on Forest Carbon
![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)
The Oregon Global Warming Commission’s Forest Carbon Task Force will meet Tuesday, Dec. 19. The public meeting will be held from 9 a.m. to noon in Conference Room Meitner at the Oregon Department of Energy...
King Tide Talk and CoastWatch Clinic
![Shoreline between Beverly Beach and Otter Rock.\Photo courtesy of ODFW. Shoreline between Beverly Beach and Otter Rock.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/coastal_vistas_non-aerial/otter_rock_shoreline_south_odfw.jpg?itok=3Snz69ic)
Our CoastWatch volunteer coordinator, Fawn Custer, invites one and all to join her for a session that will combine basic CoastWatch training with some specifics on our King Tide citizen science project, as well as...
CoastWatch Clinic and Citizen Science Training
![Port Orford Field Station. Port Orford Field Station.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/miscellaneous/port_orford_field_station.jpg?itok=hIuMKyD7)
Dawn Goley, a professor of zoology at Humboldt State University and coordinator of the northern California branch of the marine mammal stranding network, and Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will meet with all comers on Friday, Dec. 15, in Oregon...
CoastWatch Clinic
![Fawn Custer, teaching on the shoreline.\Photo by Alex Derr. Fawn Custer, teaching on the shoreline.\Photo by Alex Derr.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/education/custer_fawn_demonstrating_alex_derr.jpg?itok=-7ZzgcfF)
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will meet with all comers on Friday, December 14, in Oregon State University’s Gold Beach Extension Office (29390 Ellensburg Ave., also known as Highway 101) from 3 p.m. through...
King Tide Talk and Training
![King Tide at Bandon's Coquille Point.\Photo by Rick Poecker. King Tide at Bandon's Coquille Point.\Photo by Rick Poecker.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/coquille_point_king_tide_rick_poecker.jpg?itok=bOjE5oMZ)
Round three of this winter’s King Tide Project takes place Jan. 2-4. Join Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, on Thursday, Dec. 14, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., in the Sprague Room of the Bandon City Library (1204 11th...
Two Talks on Sea Level Rise
![Yaquina River swamped by King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Wetlands Conservancy. Yaquina River swamped by King Tide.\Photo courtesy of Wetlands Conservancy.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/aerial_photos/king_tide_yaquina_river_wetlands_conservancy.jpg?itok=bWpWYcPi)
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will join Fran Recht, habitat program manager for the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, to discuss potential impacts of sea level rise to the Oregon coast...
King Tide Rendezvous
![Meg Reed surveying riprap in the field. Meg Reed surveying riprap in the field.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/people_-_featured/reed_meg_in_field_0.jpg?itok=HTa9Jxmk)
The year’s second set of highest high tides, and thus the second round of our King Tide Project, is coming up Dec. 3-5. Volunteer photographers can participate anywhere, but if you will be on the central coast and would like some companionship,...
King Tide Project, Second Series
![King Tide at Wakonda Beach.\Photo by Woody Dukes. King Tide at Wakonda Beach.\Photo by Woody Dukes.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/king_tide_and_other_flooding/king_tide_wakonda_beach_woody_dukes.jpg?itok=drohi8Gs)
The second round of the 2017-2018 King Tide Project, through which volunteer photographers document the highest tides of the year, takes place December 3-5. (The final round is set for January 2-4, 2018.) The project reveals areas...