Greetings,
This free public event, coming up Saturday in your area, may be of
interest to you:
The state of Oregon’s ocean and beach will be the theme as the Oregon
Shores Conservation Coalition holds its annual meeting on Nov. 7, 1:30-5
p.m. at Lincoln City’s The Eventuary (560 S.W. Fleet St.). A reception
immediately follows, catered by culinary students from Taft High School.
The event is free and open to all.
The theme is the state of Oregon’s nearshore ocean and shoreline.
Oceanographer Bill Peterson will survey The State of Oregon’s Ocean.
Two speakers will divide the subject of The State of the Shoreline.
Dr. Peterson’s presentation will consider the dramatic changes that have
been observed recently in the marine environment, from the current El
Nino, to the mysterious “Blob” occupying much of the northern Pacific,
to ocean acidification, along with many other changes in the ocean, and
the effects of these changes on everything from plankton and krill to
Cassin’s auklets and sardines.
Chenchen Shen, a PhD candidate studying marine ecology in Dr. Bruce
Menge's lab at Oregon State University, will speak on rocky shore
ecology. Her talk will touch what we have learned from the sea star
wasting syndrome episode and the ongoing recovery. She will discuss
other new research on rocky shores, and wind up with her own studies on
how ocean acidification may be affecting algae and the creatures that
graze on it in intertidal areas.
Fawn Custer, CoastWatch’s volunteer coordinator, will follow by
surveying the state of our beaches, with a special emphasis on some of
this year’s unusual observations, from salps to “purple water” to the
massive by-the-wind sailor wash-up.
Bill Peterson will speak just after 2 p.m., and Chenchen Shen’s talk
(followed by Fawn Custer's) will begin shortly after 4. Between the
main presentations, there will be short talks on Oregon Shores’
wide-ranging program activities, touching on everything from land use
and water quality issues to marine debris and sea stars. (The brief
official portion of the annual membership meeting will be held at 1:30.
Only Oregon Shores members can vote, but visitors are welcome to sit
in during this brief board election and approval of the treasurer’s report.)
For more information about the Oregon Shores annual meeting, contact
Phillip Johnson, Oregon Shores’ executive director, at (503) 754-9303,
phillip@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
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