CoastWatch Events
Events of interest to CoastWatchers, sponsored by various organizations.
Events that are sponsored or featured by Oregon Shores are highlighted.
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
No events currently scheduled.
Past Events
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Jun
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Tidepool Webinar
June 1, 2020
Fawn Custer, teaching tidepools.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Our “CoastWatch Hour” for Monday, June 1, 11 a.m., features our citizen science trainer (and former volunteer coordinator) Fawn Custer, talking about tidepools. This particular session is especially designed for educators, but will no...
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May
27
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Webinar on Marine Debris Fieldwork
May 27, 2020
Marine debris covers an Oregon beach.\Photo courtesy of Washed Ashore.
CoastWatch’s month of marine debris webinars wraps up on May 27 at 6 p.m. with Oregon State Parks Beach Ranger Ryan Parker. Parker has been working for Oregon State Parks since 2008, and has been a Beach & Trail Ranger...
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May
26
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King Tides Webinar
May 26, 2020
Meg Reed, atop Cape Perpetua.
Every year for the past decade, CoastWatch has organized the King Tides Project in partnership with the Coastal Management Program of the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development. For much of that time, the person we have worked with has been...
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May
20
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Black Oystercatcher Survey Training
May 20, 2020, Port Orford
Oystercatcher with chick.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
This year’s annual survey for Black Oystercatchers will focus just on identifying and monitoring nest sites—the abundance survey will not be done this year. If you would be interested in learning more about Black Oystercatchers and this...
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May
20
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Virtual Black Oystercatcher Survey Training
May 20, 2020
Black Oystercatcher.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
This year’s annual survey for Black Oystercatchers will focus just on identifying and monitoring nest sites—the abundance survey will not be done this year.
Due to coronavirus measures, the volunteer training sessions that had been planned...
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May
20
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Webinar on Plastic in the Environment
May 20, 2020
Marine debris collected during one CoastWatcher's beachwalk in Netarts.
On Wednesday May 20, at 6 p.m. online, CoastWatch will continue our May series of marine debris webinars, welcoming Megan Ponder. Megan is an accomplished public policy expert, researcher, and producer of the...
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May
18
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Online CoastWatch Q&A
May 18, 2020
Jesse Jones (center) conducting a Q&A in person with members of Shoreline Education for Awareness, back when we could do this sort of thing.\Photo by Steve Garrett.
On Monday, May 18, 11 a.m., CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones hosts a casual online conversation, Q&A, and Show...
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May
15
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Oystercatcher Webinar
May 15, 2020
Black Oystercatchers.\Photo by Scott Carpenter.
The Friends of Otter Rock group invites the public to join them for a Zoom meeting, featuring a talk on Black Oystercatchers by wildlife biologist Halle Renn. The event takes place on Friday, May 15, 6 p.m.
The talk will provide general...
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May
13
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Webinar on Marine Debris and Art
May 13, 2020
Artist Elizabeth Roberts.
Elizabeth Roberts, marine debris artist on Oregon’s south coast, will join Jesse Jones, CoastWatch volunteer coordinator, for a discussion of marine debris and how it can be translated into art on Wednesday, May 13, 6-7 p.m.
Roberts will share her experiences...
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May
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Marine Debris Survey Training
May 13, 2020, Hammond
Oregon Shores board member Ed Joyce (right) leads the Fort Stevens marine debris survey.\Photo by Patricia Jensen.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to...