Ocean News Archive

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September 6, 2019

Beach Water Quality Monitoring Continues to Reveal Pollution

people_sandboarding_sonja_peterson.jpg The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program , based at the Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division...Read more
May 29, 2019

Orca Awareness Month Declared in Oregon

orca_event_kickoff.png For 13 years, June has been proclaimed Orca Awareness Month by the Governor of Washington — and for the first time in 2016, Orca Awareness Month was celebrated in Oregon and in British Columbia as well! The American Cetacean Society’s Oregon Chapter kicked things off early with an Orca Awareness Day at the Hatfield Marine Science...Read more
Marine debris survey training in progress.|Photo by Dennis White.
March 15, 2019

CoastWatch Has Key Roles in Marine Debris Efforts

Marine debris survey training in progress. | Photo by Dennis White. CoastWatchers have been actively cleaning beaches of marine debris since the program was founded more than 25 years ago, and CoastWatch has had an organized marine debris project for the past eight years. In the wake of the 2011 Japanese tsunami, Oregon Shores (through CoastWatch) joined with...Read more
Port Orford Quest. Photo by Cait Goodwin.
September 4, 2018

Questing for Natural Treasures

img_3479.jpg Quests are fun, free-choice learning adventures that use clues and hints to encourage participants to discover the natural, cultural and historical "treasures" of place and community. Suitable for groups of all ages, self-guided Quests allow lifelong learners to explore parks, trails and other outdoor spaces in new ways and at their own pace. Quests...Read more
January 30, 2018

February 6 Rally to Protest Oil Drilling Scheme

oil_spill_impacts.png Oregon Shores is joining with many other conservation groups to sponsor a rally on the State Capitol steps to protest the Trump administration’s suddenly announced plan to open Oregon’s ocean waters to oil drilling leases (along with almost all United States marine areas). The rally takes places at 2:30 p.m., in conjunction with a...Read more
January 12, 2018

Oregon Rises to Oppose Ocean Oil Drilling

oil_spill_preview.png On Jan. 4, the Trump Administration abruptly announced that it planned to open 90% of U.S ocean waters to oil drilling. Lease sales would be offered in 25 of the 26 areas into which America’s federal ocean waters are divided, including the area off Oregon and Washington. At virtually the same time, the administration also announced...Read more
Image of top portion of Oregon coast map, showing title.
December 9, 2017

New Oregon Coast Conservation Map Available

oregoncoastmap.jpg As part of our 2017 celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Oregon Beach Bill, Oregon Shores collaborated with Raven Maps to produce a new large-format, high resolution map of the Oregon coast, emphasizing public lands. The map is now available for order , in time to serve as a beautiful holiday gift for your...Read more
Derelict Japanese fishing vessel, debris from the tsunami, on Arcadia Beach.\Photo by Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium.
December 4, 2017

CoastWatcher-Aided Tsunami Debris Research Published

japanese_fishing_boat_arcadia_beach_12-2-17_tiffany_boothe.jpg On Dec. 2, a derelict 38-foot Japanese fishing boat, debris from the 2011 tsunami that devastated Japan, washed up on Arcadia Beach south of Cannon Beach. Six years after the earthquake and tsunami on the other side of the Pacific, we’re still receiving...Read more
Thor's well, one of Oregon's premier rocky shore areas.\Photo by Bruce Swenson.
October 4, 2017

Rocky Shore Policy Review Gets Reinforcements

thors_well_bruce_swenson.jpg A becalmed effort by Oregon’s Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC) to review and update Oregon’s Rocky Shore Strategy in the Territorial Sea Plan recently got a boost. Deanna Caracciolo joined the staff of the Oregon Coastal Management Program, which supports the OPAC work, as an Oregon Sea Grant Coastal Fellow. She...Read more
The beach at Rockaway.\Photo by Sonja Peterson.
August 31, 2017

Bacteria Findings Show Need for Water Quality Monitoring

rockaway_beach_sonja_peterson.jpg The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program , based at the Oregon Health Association Public Health Division , began its annual, regular...Read more