These events should tide you over
Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve is partnering with a variety of other coastal organizations this fall and winter to offer a slate of interactive and engaging public programs, including opportunities to learn about and care for the Oregon Coast.
King Tides Project
The events kick off on Thursday, Oct. 28, with “King Tides in Your Neighborhood: Cape Falcon Marine Reserve,” a webinar introducing the 12th year of the Oregon King Tides Project.
CoastWatch Volunteer Coordinator Jesse Jones and the Friends of Cape Falcon Program Coordinator Kristin Bayans will share about the history of king tides and the tides project. This interactive session will focus on sites that need documenting in and near Cape Falcon and the north coast. The webinar begins at 7 pm.
The first series of king tides will hit the coast from Friday, Nov. 5, through Sunday, Nov. 7. For the community science project, volunteer photographers are needed to document the reach of the highest tides.
Photographs taken near the peak of the tide during this series, whether on the outer shore, in estuaries or on lower rivers, provide information on the current risks of flooding and preview what will become typical tides in future decades.
The other two king tide sequences take place from Dec. 3 through 5; and Jan. 1 through 3. For more information about getting involved in these events, go to oregonshores.org. For more information about the King Tides Project, go to oregonkingtides.net.
Tides Talk
On Wednesday, Nov. 3, at 7 pm, sustainability expert Marina Psaros will discuss “The future of the tides” and the shore with which they interact. The online event is free and open to all.
Psaros is one of the founders of the worldwide King Tides Project, and still helps to organize the California branch of this global effort to document sea level rise. She has led climate action programs across public, private and nonprofit organizations for more than a decade. She directs YESS (Youth Exploring Sea Level Rise Science), which empowers high school students to engage directly in climate change solutions in their own communities.
Most recently she has co-authored (with Christina Conklin) “The Atlas of Disappearing Places: Our Coasts and Oceans in the Climate Crisis.”
Speaking informally in a “fireside chat” format and taking questions, Psaros will describe the origins of the King Tides Project, and provide a glimpse of how the project is faring around the world. She will then turn to the growing impacts of sea level rise and other climate-driven changes to coasts around the world, and what this might mean for the West Coast. There will be plenty of time for questions from the audience.
To register, go to https://oregonshores.org.
Oswald West Action Day
Join the Friends of Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, Surfrider Foundation's Portland chapter, Trailkeepers of Oregon and Oregon State Parks for a clean-up and costume event in Oswald West State Park on Saturday, Oct. 30.
There will be two activities taking place between noon and 2 pm: trail maintenance and a beach clean-up. All you need is a bucket or bag, gloves and clothes you don't mind getting dirty. Arrive 15 to 20 minutes early to check in at the parking lot.
Show your holiday spirit and dress up in Halloween costumes for the costume contest and a chance to win prizes from the Surfrider Portland Chapter.
Friends of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series
The series begins on Wednesday, Nov. 10, with a talk on “Oregon’s Blue Carbon Policy: Where We Are and What’s Next,” featuring Bobby Hayden and Jazmin Dagostino from The Pew Charitable Trusts, Conserving Marine Life in the US.
These virtual talks reflect appreciation for and research about our unique ecological area and begin at 7 pm.
For more information about the events, go to nehalemtrust.org or call 503-298-5190.