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Seminar on Dunes and Scarps
December 9, 2021
Dune scarp and driftwood.\Photo by Jeanne Finkbeiner.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center continues to offer its Thursday research seminar series online. On Thursday, Dec. 9, 3:30 p.m., the topic will be waves, dunes, and dune scarps. The event is free and open to the public.
Speaking on...
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Meeting on Elliott State Forest
December 8, 2021
Elliott State Forest.
Conservationists have been working for many years to protect the Elliott State Forest, northeast of Coos Bay. At first the battle was to prevent the state from selling it to private interests (a battle which Oregon Shores joined). More recently, the effort is to find...
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Committee on Coastal Road Armoring Meets
December 8, 2021
Highway 101 at Beverly Beach is an oceanfront road threatened by erosion.\Photo by Dennis White.
The Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) has convened a special advisory committee to consider a peculiar but important problem—the state’s current land use regulations don’t...
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Webinar on the Big One
December 4, 2021
Projection of a Cascadia earthquake.\Courtesy of the Pacific Tsunami Museum.
The coastal landscape we treasure has been shaped by the collision of the earth’s tectonic plates. The price of our coast’s rugged beauty is the hazard of earthquakes and tsunamis caused by the Cascadia Subduction...
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Dec
2
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Talk on Estuary Habitats
December 2, 2021
Yaquina estuary marshes at high tide.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support from Lighthawk.
The MidCoast Watersheds Council is holding its final community meeting of the year on Thursday, Dec. 2, at 6:30 pm., with a talk on a subject of wide interest: “Natural habitats and fish communities in...
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Nov
26
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Bastendorff Bog Hike
November 26, 2021, Charleston
Cape Arago Lighthouse.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
For those who prefer to “opt outside” on Black Friday rather than hit the stores, the Southcoast Striders offer a Bastendorff Bog trail hike, beginning at 10 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 26.
The hike will start from the Sunset Bay State Park day use...
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19
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Lecture on Climate and Wildfire
November 19, 2021
Fire at Echo Mountain.\Photo courtesy of Lincoln County.
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s fall seminar series is taking place online again this year. The talks take place at 4 p.m. on Fridays. These events are free and open to the public, but it is necessary to request access in...
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19
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LCDC Meets on Coastal Issues
November 19, 2021
Erosion control, such as this riprap wall in Tillamook County, are on LCDC"s agenda.\Photo by Loren Nelson.
The second day of the November meeting of the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) takes place on Friday, Nov. 19, at 8:30 a.m. The two-day meeting takes place...
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18
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Seminar on Tidal Wetlands--Cancelled
November 18, 2021
Laura Brophy in her natural habitat.
The following event has been cancelled, and will be rescheduled at a later date.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Research Seminar Series continues online. This week’s event, on Thursday, Nov 18, at 3:30 p.m., features renowned wetland ecologist...
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Panel on New Coastal Research
November 17, 2021
Steve Pacella doing field
As we near the end of our 50th anniversary year, we are focusing strongly on the theme of our celebration, “the next 50 years of coastal conservation.” In that spirit, we are surveying some of the young researchers who are doing cutting-edge work that will inform...