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May
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Spring Pelican Survey
May 18, 2019
Brown Pelicans.\Photo by Dennis White.
The annual spring Pacific Brown Pelican Survey is coming up Saturday, May 18. (There will also be a fall survey on Sept. 14). Veterans of the survey are asked to step up again; new volunteers are welcomed.
Organized by the Audubon Society, these...
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May
17
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Seminar on Mollusca
May 17, 2019, Charleston
Various marine larvae. | Photo courtesy of Lyons Lab, Scripps Institute
Join Dr. Deirdre Lyons, from Scripps Institute of Oceanography (UC San Diego), who will be giving a seminar titled, "Morphogenesis and specification of the molluscan shell gland, and what it can tell us about the...
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May
16
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BioBlitz Data Collection Training
May 16, 2019, Corvallis
Fawn Custer (right) leads BioBlitz training.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
Those interested in making a special contribution to this year’s “BioBlitz” citizen science events are invited to a training session at Oregon State University in Wilkinson Hall, Room 203 (2601 S.W. Orchard Ave. in...
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May
11
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Marine Debris Monitoring Survey
May 11, 2019, Yachats
Cape Cove. | Photo by Bonnie Moreland.
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 noon on Saturday, May 11, to start the...
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May
10
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Seminar on Larval Dispersal
May 10, 2019, Charleston
Larvae from Fuch's Lab work. | Photo courtesy of Rutgers University.
Join Dr. Heidi Fuchs, from Rutgers University, who will be giving a seminar titled, "Waves and turbulance as navigational signals for dispersing larvae" on May 10th at 4:00p.m. in the OIMB Boathouse Auditorium (63466 Boat...
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May
8
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Black Oystercatcher Survey Training
May 8, 2019, Port Orford
Black Oystercatcher with chick.\Photo by Heather Roskelley.
A training session for this year’s citizen science survey of Oregon’s Black Oystercatcher population will take place on Wednesday, May 8, 6:30 p.m., at Oregon State University’s Port Orford Field Station (444 Jackson St.). Those...
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May
5
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Talk on Plastic Pollution
May 5, 2019, Astoria
Dorothy Horn with research subject.
May is Rise Above Plastics Month in Oregon, and to kick it off CoastWatch is sponsoring a talk on the plague of plastics in the ocean and on the shore. The speaker is Dorothy Horn, a PhD candidate at Portland State University who is studying marine...
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May
5
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Marine Debris Survey
May 5, 2019, Hammond
A previous survey taking place at the Fort Stevens site.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
CoastWatch has inaugurated a new site for our marine debris survey, which takes place at numerous sites along the coast. The new location is at Fort Stevens State Park, just south of the Columbia’s South Jetty. ...
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May
4
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Plastic Pollution Documentary Shows
May 4, 2019, Lincoln City
Marine debris collected at Netarts.
May is Rise Above Plastics month, and the Audubon Society of Lincoln City is getting the month off to a quick, if grim, start with a showing of the documentary film “Plastic Paradise: The Pacific Garbage Patch,” on Saturday, May 4, 11 a.m. at Lincoln...
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May
4
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Black Oystercatcher Survey Training
May 4, 2019, Newport
Black Oystercatcher.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe.
A training session for this year’s citizen science survey of Oregon’s Black Oystercatcher population will take place on Saturday, May 4, 10 a.m.-noon, in the meeting room of the Newport office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (2127 S.E....