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Marine Debris Survey Training
July 14, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress 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 Oregon Shores...
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Jul
8
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Webinar on Crabby Ideas
July 8, 2021
This webinar may prevent the crab issue from being blown up out of proportion.\Photo courtesy of Elakha Alliance.
The Elakha Alliance, which works toward restoration of sea otters to Oregon’s coastal waters, offers a webinar on Dungeness crab and how they may interact with sea otters. This...
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Jun
24
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Kelp and Urchin Webinar
June 24, 2021
Purple urchin barren destroying kelp.\Photo by Kate Vylet.
The Elakha Alliance presents a webinar on the relationship between purple urchins and kelp on Thursday, June 24, 6:30 p.m. The event is free and open to all.
“Dive into a Changing Ecosystem: Kelp Forests & Urchin Barrens” features...
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Jun
24
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Webinar on California Current
June 24, 2021
Common Murre colony at Yaquina Head. Seabirds like these depend on the California Current.\Photo by Molly Sultany.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday Research Seminar Series continues online, with a talk on the California current, the “large ecosystem” off our shores, on...
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Jun
22
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Marine Reserves BioBlitz Training
June 22, 2021
BioBlitz at Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
Those interested in learning more about one of Oregon’s marine reserves while contributing to science are encouraged to participate in this year’s round of BioBlitzes focusing on Oregon’s five marine reserves.
A BioBlitz is a volunteer-based...
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Jun
19
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Orca Webinar
June 19, 2021
Orca pod.\Photo courtesy of NMFS.
The American Cetacean Society—Oregon Chapter hosts a webinar by noted field biologist Alexandra Morton on Saturday, June 19, at 10 a.m. The event is free and open to all, but registration is required.
Morton has been studying the Northern Resident Killer...
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Jun
17
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Webinar on Ocean Life and Climate
June 17, 2021
Steve Palumbi.
In celebration of our 50th anniversary this year, Oregon Shores is hosting a series of talks by leading marine and coastal scientists, who are helping us to envision the ecological changes and conservation challenges we may see in future decades.
As part of this series, we are...
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Jun
16
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Marine Debris Survey Training
June 16, 2021, Hammond,
Marine debris survey at the Fort Stevens site.\Photo by Angela Whitlock.
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 Oregon...
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Jun
10
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Webinar on Gray Whale Genetics
June 10, 2021
Gray whale at Depoe Bay.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center’s Thursday seminar series continues online. Coming up next is a webinar on the ever-popular topic of whales. The speaker is Aimee R. Lang of the Marine Mammal and Turtle Division of the Southwest Fisheries...
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Jun
9
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Tufted Puffin Talk
June 9, 2021
Tufted Puffins near nest on Haystack Rock.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe, Friends of Haystack Rock.
The Friends of Haystack Rock group is extended its usual winter-to-spring speaker series into the summer this year. On Wednesday, June 9, 7 p.m., the featured speakers will be Amy Eberling and...