CoastWatch Events
CoastWatch intertidal field trip. Photo by Alex Derr.
May
28
CoastWatch Field Trip
May 28, 2021, Seal Rock
CoastWatch is beginning to offer in-person beachwalks and field trainings again. Our citizen science trainer, Fawn Custer, will meet people—CoastWatchers and other interested in learning about the program—on the beach at Seal Rock for a tidepool...
May
29
Training for Beachgrass Survey
May 29, 2021, Hammond
Hybrid beachgrass in flower.\Photo by Rebecca Mostow.
CoastWatch cooperates with Oregon State University scientists conducting a survey for a new, hybrid beachgrass spreading on the northern Oregon coast. We have held volunteer trainings for this citizen science project online during the...
Jun
1
Tidepool Field Trip
June 1, 2021, Otter Rock
At long last, CoastWatch is beginning to offer beachwalks and field trainings. Our citizen science trainer, Fawn Custer, will meet people—CoastWatchers and others—on the beach at Otter Rock for a tidepool exploration on Tuesday, June 1, at 10...
Jun
1
CoastWatch Guests with SEA
June 1, 2021
Bandon shoreline.\Photo by Steve Garrett.
Jesse Jones, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will be a featured speaker during a special event hosted by Bandon’s Shoreline Education for Awareness (SEA), on Tuesday, June 1, beginning at 6 p.m.
Jesse will discuss how CoastWatch volunteers can...
Jun
16
Marine Debris Survey Training
June 16, 2021, 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...
Jul
14
Marine Debris Survey Training
July 14, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey in progress at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
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...
Aug
18
Marine Debris Survey Training
August 18, 2021, 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,...
Sep
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
September 15, 2021, 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...
Past Events
May
15
Wildlife Disease Observer Training
May 15, 2021, Otter Rock
The PRIMED Network (Primary Responders in Marine Emergent Disease) offers an in-person iNaturalist training at Otter Rock Marine Reserve on May 15, 8:30-10:00 a.m. PRIMED needs help to detect new and emerging marine wildlife diseases on the Oregon Coast,...
May
12
Marine Debris Survey Training
May 12, 2021, 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,...
May
11
Marine Mammal Stranding Webinar
May 11, 2021
Rare Sei whale stranding in Bandon.\Photo by Diane Bilderback.
CoastWatch actively assists the Oregon Marine Mammal Stranding Network in tracking marine mammals on our shores, alive or dead. There is a form for reporting such events in the CoastWatch section of this website. More knowledge...
May
11
Training for Beachgrass Survey
May 11, 2021, Pacific City
CoastWatch cooperates with Oregon State University scientists conducting a survey for a new, hybrid beachgrass spreading on the northern Oregon coast. We have held volunteer trainings for this citizen science project online during the past year, but...
May
9
Beached Bird Survey Training
May 9, 2021
COASST volunteers at work.
COASST (the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team), which organizes the beached bird survey in which CoastWatch is an Oregon partner, is holding an online training session aimed at prospective volunteers on the south coast on Sunday, May 9, from 9:30...
May
8
Beached Bird Survey Training
May 8, 2021
COASST survey in progress.
COASST (the Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team), which organizes the beached bird survey in which CoastWatch is an Oregon partner, is holding an online training session aimed at prospective volunteers on the north coast on Saturday, May 8, from 9:30...
May
4
Marine Debris Survey Introduction
May 4, 2021
CoastWatchers regularly clean their beaches of marine debris, and for many years CoastWatch has organized a special citizen science marine debris survey, using a protocol from the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
NOAA’s method is changing, however, so our marine debris...
Apr
19
Marine Debris Survey
April 19, 2021
Entrance to Cape Cove trail, site of marine debris survey.\Photo by Tara Dubois.
A monthly marine debris survey is conducted at Cape Cove, just south of Cape Perpetua. It is still taking place, with Covid-era precautions (masks are worn). New volunteers are welcome to join the survey, on...
Apr
15
Marine Debris Survey Training
April 15, 2021, Hammond
Marine debris survey participants at Fort Stevens.\Photo by Ed Joyce.
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...
Apr
9
Beached Bird Presentation
April 9, 2021
Dr. Julia Parrish.\Photo by Benjamin Hammond.
Oregon Shores is the Oregon partner of COASST (Coastal Observation and Seabird Survey Team), which conducts the beached bird survey through the West Coast states. COASST is based at the University of Washington, so we usually have to wait for...