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Shark Seminar
February 13, 2020, Newport
Great White Shark.\Photo courtesy of NOAA.
Taylor Chapple, an assistant professor in the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife at Oregon State University, will speak on “Understanding the Coastal Behaviors of White Sharks ,” as part of the HMSC Seminar Series in the Guin Library seminar room...
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13
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Rocky Habitat Public Comment Webinar
February 13, 2020
Tidepools at Cape Arago.\Photo by Laurel Hillmann.
We are the in the midst of the 30-day public comment period for the updated Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, which has been going through a lengthy drafting period over the past couple of years. The Oregon Coastal Management Program (a...
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12
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Orca Lecture
February 12, 2020, Cannon Beach
Colleen Weiler and orcas.
The Friends of Haystack Rock lecture series turns its sights on “killer whales.” Colleen Weiler will speak on “Orcas of the Oregon Coast.” The event, free and open to all, takes place on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 7 p.m., in the Cannon Beach Library (131 N. Hemlock...
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Rocky Habitat Public Comment Session
February 12, 2020, Newport
Rocky shore and waves.\Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
We are the in the midst of the 30-day public comment period for the updated Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, which has been going through a lengthy drafting period over the past couple of years. The Oregon Coastal Management Program (a...
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Marine Debris Survey Training
February 12, 2020, Hammond
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 board member Ed Joyce, which handles the monthly survey at this site. We...
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Feb
11
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Rocky Habitat Public Comment Session
February 11, 2020, Portland
Rocky intertidal habitat at Cape Falcon.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
We are the in the midst of the 30-day public comment period for the updated Rocky Habitat Management Strategy, which has been going through a lengthy drafting period over the past couple of years. The Oregon Coastal...
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Marine Debris Survey
February 6, 2020, Yachats
Marine debris survey taking place at Cape Cove.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
A monthly marine debris survey is conducted at Cape Cove, just south of Cape Perpetua. To participate, meet at Cape Perpetua Visitor Center (2400 Hwy 101, about three miles south of Yachats) in the parking lot at 3 p.m....
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Jan
29
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Crab Research Talk
January 29, 2020, Seaside
Crab in hand.\Photo by Rena Olson.
The “Listening to the Land” speaker series kicks off its 2020 season on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m., with a presentation by marine ecologist Sarah Henkel entitled "Listening to the Crabs.” Dr. Henkel is an associate professor in Oregon State University’s...
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Jan
23
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Seminar on a Rockfish
January 23, 2020, Newport
Deacon Rockfish in its habitat in a marine reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
Leif Rasmusen, Marine Fisheries Research Program Leader for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, will speak on “Biology and ecology of the newly (relatively) described Deacon Rockfish ,” as part of the HMSC...
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18
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Humpback Whale Talk
January 18, 2020, Newport
Humpback whale breaching.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
Karen Lohman, a graduate student in the Cetacean Conservation and Genomics Laboratory at Oregon State University, will be speak on "Where are the breeding grounds of the West Coast's humpback whales?" as part of the American Cetacean...