Oregon Beaches Forever Events

The Oregon Dept of Transportation is currently seeking an exception to statewide land use law Goal 18, which would allow them to armor roughly 2 miles (or 25%) of the Beverly Beach littoral cell. Join us to learn about how armoring will negatively impact the beach, contribute to discussion about potential impacts to your community, and what alternatives might look like that preserve the beach, maintain beach access, and protect the highway.

Celebrate King Tide season with us as we welcome Rhiannon Bezore, Coastal Shores Specialist with the Oregon Coastal Management Program (DLCD)!  

 

Oregon has participated in King Tides Project, an international citizen science effort, since 2010. The Oregon Coastal Management Program (OCMP), the CoastWatch Program of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, and local partners, including the Oregon Coast Visitors Association, Oregon Sea Grant, and others, support this project. The webinar will go over the history of the project in Oregon, how it informs about sea level rise, how to participate, and how to navigate the website at www.oregonkingtides.net. Documenting the highest annual reach of the tides with photos tells us about areas of the natural and built environments which are subject to erosion and flooding as well as what to expect as sea level rises.

Join us for a "tide crawl"!  We'll meet at Les Shirley Park to watch the waves from the dunes and see the many dynamic forces at play at the site of the Ecola Creek NBS project.  Our next stop will be the Gower Street beach access, where we will have a view of Haystack Rock.  We will be joined by community partners to lend their perspectives on how King Tides impact our coastline and what we can learn from these seasonal events.