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Snowy Plover Patrol Training
April 2, 2021
Snowy plovers at South Beach.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
Portland Audubon is partnering with Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and the Institute for Natural Resources to monitor endangered Western Snowy Plovers at four sites on the North Coast (from Clatsop Spit near Astoria to the Sitka...
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Environmental DNA Presentation
April 1, 2021
Dr. Kellie Carim in the field.
The MidCoast Watershed Council, now holding its community meetings online, offers a virtual presentation on environmental DNA sampling. Dr. Kellie Carim will present “What’s in the Stream? Finding Species Through eDNA Sampling” at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday,...
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Mar
30
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Panel on Climate-Resilient Future
March 30, 2021
Climate protest.\Photo courtesy of Compact.
The Climate Impacts Group, based at the University of Washington, is celebrating its 25th year with a series of talks. The CIG, a pioneering effort to study the effects of climate at the local level when it began, studies likely impacts of...
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Mar
26
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Knotweed Webinar
March 26, 2021
Knotweed on a stream bank.\Photo courtesy of King County, Wash.
Knotweed is an invasive species that can do great damage to riparian systems. The Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council is the local sponsor of a presentation by the Society for Ecological Restoration on knotweed and how...
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Mar
16
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South Slough Virtual Tour
March 16, 2021
Sough Slough.\Photo courtesy of South Slough NERR
Bandon’s Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA) offers a virtual “Watershed Tour of the South Slough Reserve,” on Tuesday March 16, at 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
Alice Yeates, the presenter, will provide a brief overview...
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Mar
11
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Beaver Believer Presentation
March 11, 2021
Beaver swimming.\Photo courtesy of Smith River Alliance.
The Nature Matters series, long held at the Fort George Brewery in Astoria, is being held online these days, which does make it more widely available. Next up, on Thursday, March 11, is beaver advocate Jakob Shockey.
Shockey has been...
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Mar
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Hearing on Climate Bill
March 8, 2021
Oregon State Capitol Building.\Photo courtesy of Oregon Conservation Network.
HB 2488, which seeks to address climate change and environmental justice, has an online hearing on Monday, March 8, during a 1 p.m. meeting of the House Committee on Energy and Environment. The portion of the...
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Mar
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Webinar on Tidal Swamps
March 1, 2021
Tidal spruce swamp.\Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The Lower Nehalem Community Trust sponsors a webinar on “Tidal Swamps: Secret Forests of the Oregon Coast,” by Laura Brophy, on Monday, March 1, at 7 p.m. The online event is free and open to all, but participation in...
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Virtual Environmental Conference
March 1, 2021
Yaquina River during a king tide, a preview of climate-change-related flooding.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support from Lighthawk.
The Public Interest Environmental Law Conference (PIELC), founded and run by University of Oregon law students, has evolved into the state’s most broad-based...
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Feb
27
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New Old Growth Talk
February 27, 2021
The Cape Perpetua Winter Speakers Series, now online, features a talk on “It’s Not All about Old Trees—An Introduction to the New Old Growth Forest,” at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27. The speaker is Vicki Penwell, Director of the Cape Perpetua Visitor Center for the Siuslaw National...