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Presentation on Oregon Islands
June 10, 2020
Some of Oregon's islands at sunset.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
CoastWatch’s webinar series is focusing on rocky shores and rocky habitats this month, as the public site designation process gets started for the newly adopted Rocky Habitat Management Strategy. While most of the attention has...
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10
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Marine Debris Survey Training
June 10, 2020, Hammond
Starting a marine debris survey at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Jesse Jones.
One of the locations at which CoastWatch conducts our marine debris survey is 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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Jun
8
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Virtual Oceans Day Event
June 8, 2020
Oregon's ocean near Waldport.\Photo by Alex Derr.
The United Nations celebrates World Oceans Day each year on June 8. This year’s theme is “Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean.”
On the Oregon front, the celebration will take place online. The public is invited to join a special Oregon...
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Webinar: Marine Reserves and CoastWatch
June 8, 2020
Cape Falcon, site of one of Oregon's marine reserves.\Photo by Alex Derr.
CoastWatch mile adopters monitor the entire Oregon shoreline, but the program pays special attention to the shores of Oregon’s five marine reserves, concentrating citizen science efforts there and seeking to build...
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Jun
6
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Seabird Monitoring Training Online
June 6, 2020
Pelagic cormorants feeding young.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
Despite the uncertainty caused by the coronavirus, preparations are still being made for seabird nesting colony monitoring. On Saturday, June 6, at 10 a.m., the Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve and other organizations will...
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Jun
5
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Seminar on Scallops
June 5, 2020
The Oregon Institute of Marine Biology’s Spring 2020 Seminar Series has moved online. The public is welcome to sit in through Zoom at no cost.
On Friday, June 5, the series features a 1 p.m. talk from Sally Walker, a professor of paleontolgy at the University of Georgia, on “Scallop forensics in...
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4
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Mussel Seminar
June 4, 2020
Mussel wall.\Photo by Sara Schreiber.
The Hatfield Marine Science Center has shifted its usual seminar series online. The next edition of what are now the HMSC Virtual Research Seminars is coming up on Thursday, June 4, 3:30 p.m. online.
Speaker will be Craig Norrie, a post-doctoral...
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Offshore Wind Meeting
June 4, 2020
Offshore wind array.\Photo courtesy of NOAA.
The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), along with Oregon’s Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD), are convening a meeting of the BOEM Oregon Intergovernmental Energy Task Force to discuss potential development of...
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Sea Otter Webinar
June 3, 2020
Sea otter at sea.\Photo by Lillian Carswell.
The Elakha Alliance is offering an introductory webinar that tells the unfinished story of sea otters in Oregon. “Sea Otters in Oregon: Once upon a Time…and Perhaps Again,” will premier on Wednesday, June 3, 6-7:30 p.m.
The webinar will cover...
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Tidepool Webinar
June 1, 2020
Fawn Custer, teaching tidepools.\Photo by Alex Derr.
Our “CoastWatch Hour” for Monday, June 1, 11 a.m., features our citizen science trainer (and former volunteer coordinator) Fawn Custer, talking about tidepools. This particular session is especially designed for educators, but will no...