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.
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Past Events
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King Tide Training and Guided Walk in Seaside
January 8, 2017, Seaside
King Tide on the Nehalem spit. Photo by Steve Morey.
Volunteer Coordinator Fawn Custer has scheduled a series of north coast talks and walks to help CoastWatchers and other interested people gear up for the final round of this winter’s King Tide Project (January 10-12). Fawn will share...
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King Tide Training in Cannon Beach
January 7, 2017, Cannon Beach
King Tide approaching. Photo by Sally Woodman.
As we gear up for the final round of this winter’s King Tide Project (January 10-12, 2017), we’ll be giving prospective participants on the north coast some background and training in how to help document the highest reach of the year’s extreme...
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Talk on Sea Level and Estuaries
January 6, 2017, Tillamook
King Tide fills Youngs Bay wetlands. Photo by John Bauer.
A CoastWatch-sponsored public talk on Friday, January 6, 6:30 p.m. at Tillamook Bay Community College (4301 3rd St. in Tillamook), Room 214, will serve as a prelude to the final round of the winter’s King Tide Project.
Julie Sepanik,...
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Beach Bill Anniversary Talk
December 14, 2016, Cannon Beach
Neal Maine. Photo courtesy of North Coast Land Conservancy.
The 50th anniversary of Oregon’s pioneering Beach Bill is coming up next year. The Friends of Haystack Rock are getting a jump on the celebration with their December speaker in their “Library Lecture Series.” Leading coastal...
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Depoe Bay Talk on Shoreline Armoring and King Tides
December 12, 2016, Depoe Bay
Meg Reed on the beach in front of recent shoreline armoring.
CoastWatch is sponsoring a presentation by Meg Reed, new Coastal Shores Specialist with the state’s Coastal Management Program (CMP), as a warm-up for the second round of this year’s King Tide Project (Dec. 12-15). Reed will...
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King Tide 2016-2017, Round Two
December 12, 2016 - December 15, 2016
King Tide floods the tracks along the Coos Bay waterfront. Photo by Robert More.
The second in the series of extreme tides we’ll be photographing as part of the King Tide Project begins Monday, December 12, and runs through December 15. Volunteer help is needed anywhere on the coast...
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Coastal Tectonics Lecture
December 10, 2016, Yachats
Bob Lillie.
The geologic forces that sculpt the beautiful Oregon coast also pose threats. Bob Lillie, an Oregon State University emeritus professor of geosciences, will discuss the connection between hazards, such as earthquakes and tsunami, and iconic coastal scenery in his talk, “Beauty...
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Waldport Talk on Shoreline Armoring and King Tides
December 8, 2016, Waldport
Meg Reed on the beach in front of recent shoreline armoring.
CoastWatch is sponsoring a presentation by Meg Reed, new Coastal Shores Specialist with the state’s Coastal Management Program (CMP), as a warm-up for the second round of this year’s King Tide Project (Dec. 12-15). Reed will...
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Florence Talk on Shoreline Armoring and King Tides
December 7, 2016, Florence
Meg Reed on the beach in front of recent shoreline armoring.
CoastWatch is sponsoring a presentation by Meg Reed, new Coastal Shores Specialist with the state’s Coastal Management Program (CMP), as a warm-up for the second round of this year’s King Tide Project (Dec. 12-15). Reed will...
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Seabird Lecture in Newport
November 17, 2016, Newport
CJ McCarty is im-murred in her work.
These days we have curators for everything from art to wine to cheese, so it should come as no surprise that the Oregon Coast Aquarium has a Curator of Birds. The person holding that position for the past 10 years, CJ McCarty, will speak during the next...