Did you know that here in Oregon we maintain 6 Blue Water Task Force (BWTF) water quality labs, manned and powered by our volunteers and activists from various chapters and areas up and down the coast? So what is our BWTF program? Simply put, it’s a citizen-based, volunteer run water quality monitoring program. Our chapters and volunteers partner with schools, aquariums, watershed councils and various other groups to help monitor water quality along Oregon beaches (nearly 40 different sites!) and advocate for healthy, clean beaches for us all to enjoy. Want to get involved, here’s how:

Astoria Lab - Monitoring from Short Sands to Ft. Stevens – contact Tim Roth

Depoe Bay Lab – Monitoring from Roads End to Depoe Bay – contact Larry Brammer

Newport Lab – Monitoring from Otter Rock to South Beach – contact Frank De Filippis

Siuslaw/Florence Lab – Monitoring from Driftwood Shores to Florence south jetty – contact Mark Chandler

Charleston Lab – Monitoring from Winchester Bay to Coos Bay – contact George Tinker

Port Orford Lab – Monitoring from Garrison Beach to Hubbards – contact Stephanie Webb

Go Here to get results and check out a map of all our testing locations.