Ocean Events
Past Events
BioBlitz at Otter Rock
![Fawn Custer leads volunteers during a 2018 bioblitz.\Photo by Doug Cody. Fawn Custer leads volunteers during a 2018 bioblitz.\Photo by Doug Cody.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/education/bioblitz_roads_end_fawn_custer_volunteers_doug_cody.jpeg?itok=g4dPkJHU)
For the second year, CoastWatch will play a lead role in a collaborative effort by conservation groups and the Oregon Coast Aquarium to conduct bioblitzes at each of Oregon’s marine reserves. The first of these takes...
BioBlitz Introduction and Training
![A scene from last year's BioBlitz at Otter Rock.\Photo by Nancy White. A scene from last year's BioBlitz at Otter Rock.\Photo by Nancy White.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/citizen_science/bioblitz_otter_rock_nancy_white.jpg?itok=qreBvcj9)
On Thursday, June 6, we’re celebrating D-Day with a BioBlitz at Otter Rock Marine Reserve. The goal is to take a one-day inventory of all the species we can find on the shore and in the intertidal on the fringes of the...
Seabird Nest Monitoring Training
![Pelagic cormorants feeding their young.\Photo by Heather Roskelley. Pelagic cormorants feeding their young.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/animals/cormorants_pelagic_feeding_young_heather_roskelley_1.jpg?itok=BDYazUbP)
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...
Sea Otter Presentation
![Sea otter in Monterey Bay, where they still flourish.\Photo by Joe Platko. Sea otter in Monterey Bay, where they still flourish.\Photo by Joe Platko.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/animals/sea_otter_monterey_joe_platko_1.jpeg?itok=faZO7Kn3)
The monthly meeting of the American Cetacean Society’s Oregon Chapter, coming up on Saturday, June 1, will feature a talk on “An ecological assessment of potential sea otter reintroduction to Oregon,” by guest...
Intertidal Retrospective
![Flabellina goddardi, discovered by Jeff Goddard. Flabellina goddardi, discovered by Jeff Goddard.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/animals/flabellina_goddardi.jpg?itok=PUvR_ZWD)
Veteran marine biologist Jeff Goddard will look back over his career in a talk at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology (OIMB) as part of the Spring Seminar Series. Goddard will speak in the OIMB Boathouse Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Friday,...
Education and Cleanup Combo
![The stone shelter atop Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Bruce Swenson. The stone shelter atop Cape Perpetua.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/coastal_vistas_non-aerial/cape_perpetua_west_shelter_bruce_swenson_0.jpg?itok=RgGqXKlD)
A dual event is planned at Cape Perpetua for Thursday, May 30. The first half, an educational talk on the land-sea connection, takes place at the stone shelter atop Cape Perpetua (officially the Cape Perpetua Day Use Area),...
Hearing on Rocky Shores
![Thunder Rock, in Curry County.\Photo by Rena Olson. Thunder Rock, in Curry County.\Photo by Rena Olson.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/coastal_vistas_non-aerial/thunder_rock_rena_olson.jpg?itok=jpun-n-D)
At its upcoming meeting Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) will hold a hearing on the draft Rocky Habitat Management Strategy that the Ocean Policy Advisory Council has been developing over the past couple of...
Hearing on Territorial Sea Plan
![Black Turban Snail, a rocky habitat denizen.\Photo by Steve Morey. Black Turban Snail, a rocky habitat denizen.\Photo by Steve Morey.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/animals/rocky_shores_black_turban_snail_steve_morey.jpg?itok=dz95rJH1)
Oregon’s Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC) will consider the newly emerging Rocky Habitat Management Strategy at its next meeting, March 23-24 in Salem.
A public hearing to give people on the coast a chance...
Marine Debris Monitoring Survey
![The Muriel Ponsler wayside.|Photo courtesy 100 Steps. The Muriel Ponsler wayside.|Photo courtesy 100 Steps.](https://drupalarchive.oregonshores.org/sites/default/files/styles/bear_full_1x/public/sites/default/files/media-library/coastal_vistas_non-aerial/wtc4i6na.jpg?itok=BehmIvYd)
A monthly marine debris survey takes place at Muriel O. Ponsler State Scenic Viewpoint, between Florence and Yachats. To join the next survey (either to become part of the team, or simply to learn about the survey and decide whether...
Sylvia Earle Talk in Portland
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Widely renowned oceanographer and global ocean advocate Sylvia Earle will speak in Portland on Sunday, May 19, at 4 p.m. in the Portland State University Viking Pavilion (in the Peter W. Stott Center, 930 S.W. Hall St.). Her talk is sponsored by SAGE...