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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Brown Pelican Survey
September 8, 2018
Brown Pelicans at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Dennis White.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is teaming with various partners along the West Coast—here in Oregon, it’s Portland Audubon—to conduct the semi-annual Brown Pelican Survey. The second of this year’s surveys takes place Sept. 8.
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Aug
30
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Dunes CoastWatch Training
August 30, 2018, Florence
Ghost forest in the Oregon Dunes.\Photo by Dina Pavlis.
CoastWatchers with miles in the Oregon Dunes, or those who might consider adopting a mile in this area, or for that matter anyone interested in the dunes environment, are all invited to join CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer...
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Aug
29
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Ditch the Straw Day
August 29, 2018, Newport
Plastic straws, leading components of marine debris.\Photo courtesy of The Last Plastic Straw.
Every year, over a million seabirds, marine mammals and sea turtles are killed by eating or getting tangled in plastic. Over five trillion pieces of plastic litter our ocean. Microplastics...
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Aug
27
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Talk on Coastal Curiosities
August 27, 2018, Portland, OR
Photographic evidence of a myth? Ostensibly, the notorious green flash.\Photo by Andre' Hagestedt.
Andre’ Hagestedt is a CoastWatcher and editor/publisher of the Oregon Coast Beach Connection website (www.beachconnection.net). He has always had a fascination for little-known, odd,...
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Aug
26
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Elk in the Dunes Talk
August 26, 2018, Crescent City
Roosevelt elk in Oregon. | Photo courtesy of Bureau of Land Management
Absent for more than 100 years, Roosevelt Elk have returned to the Tolowa Dunes environment. Humboldt State University Professor Michaela Gunter and her grad students have been studying elk activity and will give a...
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Aug
26
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Tidepool Exploration at Strawberry Hill
August 26, 2018, Florence
Strawberry Hill, viewed from the air.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, offers a tidepool exploration and introduction to shoreline ecology and citizen science on Sunday, Aug. 26, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Strawberry Hill Wayside, between Yachats and...
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Aug
17
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Avian Photo Exhibit
August 17, 2018, Depoe Bay
Photo by Dennis White
If you visit this website with any regularity, read Oregon Shores bulletins, or follow us on Facebook, you’ve seen Dennis White’s photos. In fact, you’ve seen them often. White is a CoastWatcher who contributes heavily with his camera.
You’ll have a chance to view his...
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Aug
13
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Yachats Sea Star Survey
August 13, 2018, Yachats
Sea star survey at Yachats--kids can participate too.\Photo by Rena Martin.
Regular surveys of sea star populations at several sites constitute one of CoastWatch’s special citizen science projects. Initially, the surveys tracked the devastating effects of the sea star wasting syndrome...
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Aug
12
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BioBlitz at Redfish Rocks
August 12, 2018, Port Orford
Shoreline at Redfish Rocks Marine Reserve.
CoastWatch has taken on a leading role in a series of BioBlitz events, conducted at each of Oregon’s five marine reserves. The overall effort involving a number of partners has been coordinated by the Oregon Coast Aquarium.
The last of these...
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Citizen Science at Otter Rock
August 12, 2018, Otter Rock
Karen Driscoll leading a previous community science day at Otter Rock\Photo by Alex Derr.
This Sunday, Aug. 12, CoastWatch volunteer extraordinaire Karen Driscoll will be on the beach at Otter Rock, demonstrating the citizen science surveys she has been working on and answering questions...