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:
North Coast Lab - Monitoring from Short Sands to Ft. Stevens - contact Andrew Dagnan
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 Tyson Rasor