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Mar
21
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Spring Whale Watch Week
March 21, 2020 - March 29, 2020
Gray whale fluke.\Photo by Dennis White.
Note: due to coronavirus precautions, there will be no volunteer Whale watch guides at the viewing sites. But the whales will still be there.
State Parks has announced that Whale Watch Week will not be observed this spring as a precaution in...
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Mar
20
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Online Rocky Habitat Meeting
March 20, 2020, Newport
Rocky shore habitat at low tide.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The current public comment period on the draft of the state’s new Rocky Habitat Management Strategy ended on March 1. After taking some time to consider the comments, the Rocky Habitat Working Group of Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory...
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Mar
19
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Online Salmon Seminar
March 19, 2020
The Hatfield Marine Science center is moving its weekly seminar series online during the coronavirus lockdown, but the talks continue. The one upcoming takes place on Thursday, March 19, 3:30 p.m., entirely online. The speaker is Laurie Weitkamp of the Northwest Fisheries Science Center of...
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Mar
18
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Cancelled--Presentation on Coastal Values
March 18, 2020, Newport
Conducting research on use of marine reserves.|Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Cancelled: The following event has been cancelled in accordance with directives from the governor's office and the public university system regarding the coronavirus situation. The organizers state that it will be...
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Mar
17
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Fisheries Update
March 17, 2020, Siletz
Paul Olmsted.
At the Siletz Watershed Council’s spring quarterly meeting, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife’s Mid-Coast Assistant District Fish Biologist, Paul Olmsted, will speak about “Mid-Coast Fisheries, Stock Status, and Restoration.” The event, free and open to all, takes...
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Mar
17
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STAC Meeting
March 17, 2020, Corvallis
STAC in action.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Among the...
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Mar
16
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Marine Debris Survey and Training
March 16, 2020, Otter Rock
Inn at Otter Crest, with beach to be surveyed beyond.\Photo by Dennis White.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s citizen science trainer, will conduct a marine debris survey at Otter Rock on Monday, March 16, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. This will be an actual survey, part of CoastWatch’s coastwide marine debris...
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Mar
11
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Marine Mammal Lecture
March 11, 2020, Cannon Beach
The Friends of Haystack Rock lecture series hosts a talk on marine mammals on the Oregon coast, when Keith Chandler speaks on “Current Trends of Marine Mammals along the Oregon Coast.” The event, free and open to all, takes place on Wednesday, March 11, 7 p.m., in the Cannon Beach Library (131...
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Mar
11
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Marine Debris Survey Training
March 11, 2020, Hammond
Oregon Shores board member Ed Joyce (right) leads the Fort Stevens marine debris survey.\Photo by Patricia Jensen.
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...
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Mar
10
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Presentation on Sea Otters
March 10, 2020, Gold Beach
Sea otter and pup.\Photo by Eleanor Solomon.
Bob Bailey, president of the Elakha Alliance, will speak about the possibility of restoring sea otters to Oregon on Tuesday, March 10, 6:30 p.m., at the Curry Public Library (94341 3rd St.) in Gold Beach. The talk is free and open to all.
Bailey,...