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21
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Seminar on Fish Behavior
April 21, 2022
Blue rockfish and mola.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Research Seminar Series, which had started to hold in-person events again, reverts to remote, in this case because they are bringing in a speaker from across the Pond.
On Thursday, April 21, 3:30 p.m., the...
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Apr
21
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Dolphin Societies on Tap
April 21, 2022
Bottlenose dolphin.\Image courtesy of NOAA.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Science on Tap series continues to require that you pour your own, but what is lost in conviviality is gained in accessibility, as people everywhere can now listen in online.
The next Science on Tap event takes...
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Apr
20
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Marine Debris Survey Training
April 20, 2022, Hammond
Still life composed of marine debris finds at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. More volunteers are needed to fill out the team, headed by...
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Apr
16
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Conference on Sea Otters and Place
April 16, 2022, Coos Bay
The late Chief Don Ivy.\Photo by Morgan Rector.
Southwestern Oregon Community College’s Geology Lecture Series continues for the 2021-22 academic year with a series of talks covering “Relationships Between Elakha (Sea Otter) and a Sense of Place on Oregon’s South Coast,” a conference...
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Apr
13
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Marine Debris Monitoring Talks
April 13, 2022
Hillary Burgess in the field.
The Friends of Haystack Rock are hosting Jesse Jones, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, and Hillary Burgess of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), for an online discussion of marine debris and how to help to monitor it. “Marine Debris...
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Apr
9
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Marine Science Day
April 9, 2022
Hatfield Marine Science Center entrance.\Photo by Sara Schreiber.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center will host its annual Marine Science Day in a virtual format on April 9, 2022 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This event is free and open to everyone--families, students, and life-long adult...
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9
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Volunteer Training for Whale Projects
April 9, 2022
Gray whale surfacing.\Photo courtesy of ACS-Oregon Chapter.
The topic for the April edition of the American Cetacean Society—Oregon Chapter’s speaker series is “Community Science & You.” The event, 10 a.m.-noon, is free and open to all, and is required for anyone wishing to volunteer.
The...
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Apr
7
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Seminar on Whale Feeding
April 7, 2022
Humpback whale.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday research seminar series continues online—but those in the Newport area can now attend in person.
On Thursday, April 7, 3:30 p.m., postdoctoral researcher David Cade of Stanford University’s Hopkins Marine...
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7
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Public Meeting on Offshore Wind Energy
April 7, 2022
The Oregon Department of Energy is holding public meetings to introduce and discuss its Floating Offshore Wind Study. The second meeting takes place on Thursday, April 7, 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
There is a serious possibility that offshore wind energy facilities, based on floating structures in...
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7
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CoastWatch Marine Debris Trainings
April 7, 2022
Marine debris survey in prograss at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones will be holding a series of trainings on the central and north coast—Clatsop, Tillamook, Lincoln and Lane counties—from April 4 to April 8. Times and places are TBA, depending...