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Final Coos Bay Estuary Hearing

November 21, 2023, Coos Bay

Coos Bay waterfront.
Coos Bay waterfront.\Photo by Robert More.

    The City of Coos Bay holds what is expected to be the final hearing on the Phase 1 update of the Coos Bay Estuary Management Plan (CBEMP) on Tuesday, Nov. 21, at 6 p.m. in the Council Chambers, 500 Central Ave. in Coos Bay. At this meeting the...

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    Land-Sea Symposium

    November 18, 2023, Yachats

    Flyer for the Cape Perpetua Collaboratives Land-Sea Symposium
    Flyer for the Cape Perpetua Collaboratives Land-Sea Symposium

    The Cape Perpetua Land-Sea Symposium returns for the11th annual celebration this year. The event will occur at the Yachats Commons (441 U.S. 101, Yachats) on Saturday, Nov. 18 at 5 p.m.

    The Land-Sea Symposium is a community event...

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    Conference on Coast and Estuary Science

    November 14, 2023 - November 16, 2023, Portland


    Portland is the location of this year’s biennial conference of the Coastal and Estuarine Research Foundation, from Sunday, Nov. 12, to Thursday, Nov. 16.

    The conference is now full and underway. Oregon Shores Land Use Coordinator Annie Merrill is...

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    Joint Session on Coos Bay Estuary Plan

    November 9, 2023, Coos Bay

    Coos Bay's northern end from the air.
    Coos Bay's northern end from the air.\Photo by Alex Derr, with support from Lighthawk.

    Decisions on the Phase 1 update of the Coos Bay Estuary Management Plan are looming. Hearings were held Oct. 23-24 by the three local governments involved—Coos County, and the cities of Coos Bay and North...

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    Seminar on Yaquina Bay Geology

    November 9, 2023, Newport

    Yaquina Bay.
    Yaquina Bay.\Photo by Alex Derr.

    The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s research seminar continues with a talk on E=evidence for recent displacement across the Yaquina Bay fault. It occurs on Thursday, Nov. 9, at 3:30 p.m., in the Gladys Valley Marine Studies Building auditorium at HMSC (2030...

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    Presentation on Coos Bay Estuary

    November 8, 2023, Coos Bay

    Coos Bay eelgrass habitat.
    Coos Bay eelgrass habitat.\Photo courtesy of Oregon ShoreZone.

    A free presentation, Coos Bay Estuary and People: Past, Present, and Future,” will be hosted by the League of Women Voters of Coos County on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 6:30-8:30 p.m., at the Egyptian Theatre (229 S. Broadway) in...

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    Public Meeting on Drone Use

    November 8, 2023

    Drone over Cape Perpetua.
    Drone over Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Rena Olson.

     

    The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department is holding an online public meeting to gather feedback on a plan to regulate drone us in state parks.

    Members of the public can comment on appropriate guidelines for drone use (or prohibition of...

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    Coos County Hearing on Estuary Plan

    November 8, 2023, Coquille

     

    Coos Bay's Catching Slough.
    Coos Bay's Catching Slough.\Photo by Mike Graybill.

    Now that the county’s planning commission has made its recommendations, and the commissioners have held a public hearing, the Coos County Board of Commissioners turns to considering adoption of the draft update of the Coos Bay Estuary...

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    Blue Carbon Webinar

    November 7, 2023

    Eelgrass bed, Netarts Bay.
    Eelgrass bed, Netarts Bay.\Photo by York Johnson.

    The Pew Foundation’s Blue Carbon Network is hosting a webinar on Tuesday, Nov. 7, 9 a.m., that will showcase a new tool developed for Oregon's Coos Bay estuary that estimates current and potential blue carbon values to help inform land...