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Ocean Issues, Preservation Examined at Oregon Coast Meeting |
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12/01/07
Secrets of the Season |
Ocean Issues, Preservation Examined at Oregon Coast Meeting
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| Nancy Nelson, State Parks archaeologist, will speak to the CoastWatch conference on Native American cultural sites, such as the midden pictured here, and their protection. Photo courtesy of Nancy Nelson. |
(Florence, Oregon) - Rocky shorelines of the Oregon coast will be the focus of a special conference offered by the CoastWatch program in Florence, on December 7 - 8. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held at Lane Community College’s Florence branch (3149 Oak St., next to Siuslaw High School).
On Saturday, December 8, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., speakers will cover a wide range of topics concerning the science and conservation of tidepools and other rocky shore areas. While the talks are aimed specifically at providing background for volunteers in the CoastWatch program, they would be of interest to anyone who cares about the Oregon coast.
CoastWatch, through which volunteers adopt one-mile segments of the shore, is a project of the Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition.
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| Alan Shanks, professor of biology at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, will address the conference on tides, currents and other aspects of “Oceanography 101.” Photo courtesy of Alan Shanks |
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The previous afternoon, Friday, December 7, a workshop on ocean issues will be led by Robin Hartmann, Oregon Shores’ Ocean Program director. During the workshop, 3:30 - 5 p.m. (also at Lane Community College at Florence), Hartmann will provide a thorough briefing on such current, controversial issues as marine reserves and wave energy development, and discuss with participants the ways in which citizens can get involved to make a difference in public decisions on these matters.
Presenters on Saturday will seek to provide CoastWatchers and other interested citizens with a quick but thorough education in rocky shore natural history.
Ron Metzger, a professor of geology at Southwestern Oregon Community College, will kick off the conference by setting the scene with a talk on “How the Rocks of the Rocky Shore Got There.” He will be followed by Alan Shanks, biology professor at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, describing “Oceanography 101: Interactions Between Ocean and Shore.”
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Athena Crichton, a marine educator at the Hatfield Marine Science Center, will provide the audience with a basic introduction to tidepool ecology.
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| Tide pool at Arcadia State Park, near Cannon Beach (photo Tiffany Boothe, Seaside Aquarium) |
Other speakers will explore more specific topics. They include Nancy Nelson, State Parks archaeologist, on preserving Native American cultural sites found on the shoreline; Jan Hodder, associate professor at the Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, on protecting seabirds from disturbance; and Gayle Hansen, a senior research professor from Oregon State University, on recognizing the seaweeds of the Oregon shoreline.
Shawn Rowe, a marine education specialist with Oregon Sea Grant Extension, will provide tips on “interpretation” - providing natural history information to the public while discouraging behavior that damages tidepools and their inhabitants. Laurel Hillmann, coastal resource planner for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, will wrap up with a discussion of her department’s current planning process for Oregon’s rocky intertidal areas, and how citizens can get involved in both monitoring and in decisions about protecting these resources.
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“This
conference has been designed to help CoastWatchers do a better job of
keeping watch over tidepools and rocky shores, and to take an active role
in preserving them,” says Phillip Johnson, who directs CoastWatch
for Oregon Shores. “But we’re glad to invite anyone who is
interested in the natural history of the shoreline, or in becoming a defender
of our tidepool areas. All of the talks will be of general interest.”
The conference is funded by the Eugene REI store along with Oregon Shores, and is being presented in cooperation with Lane Community College at Florence.
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For more information about the conference or about CoastWatch, contact Phillip Johnson at (503) 238-4450, orshores@teleport.com, or go to the CoastWatch website at oregoncoastwatch.org.
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