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Ocean Acidification Webinar
June 14, 2019, Corvallis
Oregon's ocean is under study.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) has announced the release of Oregon’s DRAFT Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Action Plan. This OAH Action Plan was developed in recognition of the OAH impacts that...
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Jun
13
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Seminar on Marine and Forest Reserves
June 13, 2019, Newport
Otter Rock Marine Reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The subject of how coastal residents feel about marine and forest reserve areas, to put it in unscientific terms, will be the subject of a seminar in the Guin Library at the Hatfield Marine Science Center (2030 S.E. Marine Science Dr.) in...
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Jun
11
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Lecture on Microplastics
June 11, 2019, Portland
Dorothy Horn, a Portland State University doctoral candidate studying plastic pollution in the ocean, will speak about microplastics in the sea and in rivers at the next monthly meeting of the Surfrider Portland Chapter, Tuesday, June 11, 7-9 p.mm. at UP North Surf Club.
Horn will also...
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Jun
11
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Ocean Acidification Webinar
June 11, 2019, Newport
Researcher sampling in a marine reserve.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Oregon Coordinating Council on Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia (OAH) has announced the release of Oregon’s DRAFT Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Action Plan. This OAH Action Plan was developed in recognition of the OAH...
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Jun
8
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Seabird Nest Monitoring Training
June 8, 2019, Cannon Beach
Pelagic cormorants feeding young.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
Portland Audubon, along with local partners, conducts a seabird nest colony monitoring project at several locations on the coast, including Cape Perpetua, Heceta Head, and the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, along with nearby...
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Jun
8
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BioBlitz at Roads End
June 8, 2019, Lincoln City
Dan Twitchell of Friends of Cascade Head (left) demonstrating for volunteers at last year's Roads End BioBlitz.\Photo by Doug Cody.
Two “bioblitzes” are planned for the Cascade Head Marine Reserve this summer. Both take place on the shoreline at Roads End (the marine reserve actually runs...
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Jun
7
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Lecture on Dungeness Crabs
June 7, 2019, Charleston
Dr. Alan Shanks and research assistant.
Alan Shanks, a professor at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB), will cap the Spring Seminar Series with the annual Bayard McConnaughey Public Lecture (honoring a long-time Oregon Shores board member who was one of the first professors to...
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Jun
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Tidepool Clinic
June 7, 2019, Lincoln City
As assemblage of tidepool life.\Photo by Rena Olson.
Join CoastWatch for a “tidepool clinic” in Lincoln City on Friday, June 7, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Meet at the N.W. 15th St. beach access. The free event is open to all.
For the third year, CoastWatch is joining forces with the Lincoln...
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Jun
7
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BioBlitz at Redfish Rocks
June 7, 2019, Port Orford
Port Orford, with the Port Orford Heads to the left.\Photo courtesy of ODFW.
The Redfish Rocks Community Team and other sponsors are putting on one of this summer’s series of BioBlitz events at marine reserves on Friday, June 7, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Port Orford Heads State Park.
For more...
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6
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Yachats Sea Star Survey
June 6, 2019, Yachats
Sea star survey (with kids) at Yachats/|Photo by Rena Olson.
Regular surveys of sea star populations at several sites constitute one of CoastWatch’s special citizen science projects. Initially, the surveys tracked the devastating effects of the sea star wasting syndrome epizootic that...