by Communications Coordinator | Dec 15, 2022 | Events, Uncategorized, Webinar, Young Scientist Webinar Series
Kelp Me Please is a short film made by students at an OMSI summer camp in collaboration with Northwest Documentary. Students worked together to create 4 short films centered around Sea Otters and the Oregon coast. One of these films is called Kelp Me Please....
by Communications Coordinator | Dec 15, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Uncategorized, Webinar
Is the Yachats basalt related to Yellowstone? The hard and dark-colored rock (basalt) that underlies Yachats and Cape Perpetua indicates that there was once a volcano here. When this rock erupted 36 million years ago as molten lava, Oregon looked much...
by Communications Coordinator | Dec 8, 2022 | Uncategorized
Meet the speaker: Josh McInnes is a marine ecologist and marine mammal researcher at the University of British Columbia’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Marine Mammal Research Unit. His focus is on the behavioral ecology of killer whales in the...
by Communications Coordinator | Nov 29, 2022 | Educational Outreach, Events, Land-Sea Symposium, Webinar
The 10th Annual Land-Sea Symposium was held at The Yachats Commons in Yachats, Oregon on November 17th, 2022. We we honored to have welcoming addresses delivered by Yachats City Council President, Ann Stott, and Oregon State district 10 Representative David Gomberg....
by Communications Coordinator | Sep 7, 2022 | Blog
Jamie Kish Joins Cape Perpetua Collaborative Team as Program Associate! If you’ve been on our Tidepool Tours the last two years, or been exploring in the local intertidal zones during low tide, you probably have met Jamie, our Tidepool Ambassador Coordinator and...
by Communications Coordinator | May 9, 2022 | Blog
We thank Tara DuBois for her years of service with the Cape Perpetua Collaborative! How it StartedNearly 5 years ago, Tara began her work for the Collaborative with a 4-month contract. Tara’s first day on the job was a meeting with all the Collaborative...
by Communications Coordinator | Apr 22, 2022 | Educational Outreach, Field-trip Video Series
Join us as we explore the intricate connections between the seas and trees at Cape Perpetua Scenic Area of the Siuslaw National Forest. Learn about the species such marbled murrelet and salmon that illuminate the importance of these connections. Come visit us and...
by Communications Coordinator | Mar 14, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONJoin us as we get familiar with Oregon’s five marine reserve sites, look underwater at the Cape Perpetua Marine Reserve, and see what we’ve learned...
by Communications Coordinator | Mar 9, 2022 | Events, Webinar, Young Scientist Webinar Series
This presentation is part of the Young Scientist Webinar Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative featuring graduate students and postdocs sharing their ocean research. DESCRIPTIONThe Pacific Coast Feeding Group (PCFG) gray whales spend their summers feeding...
by Communications Coordinator | Mar 7, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONKelp forests are dynamic ecosystems that provide crucial habitat for a myriad of species across all trophic levels of coastal food webs, including gray...
by Communications Coordinator | Feb 15, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONBeginning in 2013, a disease epidemic termed “sea star wasting” (SSW) caused massive declines within sea star populations ranging from southcentral...
by Communications Coordinator | Feb 9, 2022 | Events, Webinar, Young Scientist Webinar Series
This presentation is part of the Young Scientist Webinar Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative featuring graduate students and postdocs sharing their ocean research. DESCRIPTIONEnvironmental Identity is an important concept in current research on...
by Communications Coordinator | Feb 7, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONOver the millennia, diverse and changing environments led to the mix of native species that now occupy our rivers, oceans, and lands. Native aquatic...
by Communications Coordinator | Jan 31, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONTahkenitch Landing, located seven miles north of Reedsport on the Siuslaw National Forest, has produced archaeological finds dating as far back as...
by Communications Coordinator | Jan 24, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONOregon’s red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) have been the target of a recreational trophy fishery since the 1950s, but following a perfect storm of...
by Communications Coordinator | Jan 18, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative.Photo credit: A group of transient killer whales far offshore of the Oregon coast. Photograph by NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center DESCRIPTIONTransient...
by Communications Coordinator | Jan 12, 2022 | Events, Webinar, Young Scientist Webinar Series
This presentation is part of the Young Scientist Webinar Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative featuring graduate students and postdocs sharing their ocean research. DESCRIPTIONAlbacore tuna are found throughout the Pacific Ocean and support valuable...
by Communications Coordinator | Jan 10, 2022 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONChanges to the global atmosphere result in regional shifts in Oregon’s nearshore ocean conditions. As ocean waters throughout the Pacific Basin become...
by Communications Coordinator | Dec 17, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONConsideration of social and cultural dimensions in coastal and marine planning has increased over the past several decades, and local community...
by Communications Coordinator | Dec 15, 2021 | Events, Webinar, Young Scientist Webinar Series
This presentation is part of the Young Scientist Webinar Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative featuring graduate students and postdocs sharing their ocean research. DESCRIPTIONThe Oregon pink shrimp (Pandalus jordani) fishery is Oregon’s second most...
by Communications Coordinator | Dec 13, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONAs human changes to the landscape increase throughout Oregon, there is a critical need to identify and protect the habitats wildlife use to move, to...
by Communications Coordinator | Dec 7, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe natural beauty of Oregon comes with the hazard of the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami. Althea Rizzo will show you how to get...
by Communications Coordinator | Nov 30, 2021 | Educational Outreach
Cape Perpetua is one of the most exciting and interesting places to visit along our coast. Learn all about it in Beyond Your Front Door’s (KXCR Community Radio) show with Tara DuBois. Tara is the Communications Coordinator for the Cape Perpetua...
by Communications Coordinator | Nov 22, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar
This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe presentation will cover the historical, contemporary, and potential future of forests in the Oregon Coast range. ABOUT THE SPEAKERMatthew Reilly is...
by Communications Coordinator | Nov 19, 2021 | Events, Land-Sea Symposium
EVENT GOALS– Raise awareness of historical and current conservation, research and stewardship of Cape Perpetua region.– Foster and promote a sense of place and stewardship within the community for the Cape Perpetua region.– Promote volunteer opportunities and local...