Name: Tidepool Ambassador Tour – Bob Creek Wayside
Start: 2021-06-26T07:00:00-07:00
End: 2021-06-26T10:00:00-07:00
Location: Bob Creek Wayside

An Analysis of Community Perceptions and Policy Responses to Ocean Acidification and other marine stressors on the West Coast

by Communications Coordinator | Apr 14, 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. DESCRIPTIONOcean acidification disrupts the carbonate chemistry of coastal ecosystems,...

Diving the Pacific Northwest: The Hidden Beauty

by Communications Coordinator | Mar 29, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONJoin Laura Tesler as she takes you on an underwater safari starting in British Columbia and traveling south along the coastline all the way down to...

From Desert to Coast, the Case for Dark Skies

by Communications Coordinator | Mar 15, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONFor billions of years, night on Earth was lit only by the moon and stars, and life evolved under regular cycles of bright days and dark nights. All...

“You are what you eat:” Understanding the Relationship Between Commercial Fishing and the Feeding Ecology of Dungeness Crabs Using Isotopic and Gut Content Analysis

by Communications Coordinator | Mar 10, 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. DESCRIPTIONDuring this presentation, Toby Harbison will explore a mystery that has puzzled...

Vulnerable Early Life Stages of Black Rockfish in Changing Ocean Conditions

by Communications Coordinator | Mar 8, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONOcean conditions along the west coast of the United States are starting to feel the impacts of climate change. From 2014-2016 waters along the coast of...

It’s Not All About Old Trees – An Introduction to the New Old Growth Forest

by Communications Coordinator | Mar 1, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONJoin Vicki for an exploration of the history of forestry science and philosophy from the turn of the 20th century up through the current Siuslaw...

A Small Piece of a Large Puzzle: Investigating the Foraging Ecology of Gray Whales on the Oregon Coast

by Communications Coordinator | Feb 10, 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. DESCRIPTIONGray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) along the west coast of the United States...

Satellite Telemetry, Behavior & Ecology of Pinnipeds on the Oregon Coast

by Communications Coordinator | Feb 8, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONSheanna Steingass, Marine Mammal Program Leader for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), will talk about what she learned from using...

The Amanda Trail: History, Significance & Bridging Gaps

by Communications Coordinator | Feb 1, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe Amanda Trail is a 25-year endeavor that created ripples throughout the Yachats Community. The Trail built greater awareness, understanding, and...

Valuing Water: Learning from the past to add resilience to our future

by Communications Coordinator | Jan 25, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONValley bottom streams, rivers and wetlands have been altered across North America since European settlement. Looking back at how these systems...

The View from Cascade Head: Lessons for the Biosphere from the Oregon Coast

by Communications Coordinator | Jan 18, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONCascade Head, Cape Perpetua’s neighbor to the north, is Oregon’s only biosphere reserve, part of an international network organized by UNESCO. In this...

Mortality Gauntlet: The Early Life Stages of Cabezon

by Communications Coordinator | Jan 13, 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. DESCRIPTIONIn marine fishes, upwards of 99% of fish eggs produced do not survive to...

Hiking the Central Oregon Coast

by Communications Coordinator | Jan 11, 2021 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe roughly 30 miles of Oregon Coast between Waldport and Florence is a hiker’s dream: long, wide beaches, trails through old growth forest,...

Witness an Amazing Journey of Survival, from the Arctic to Baja and Back

by Communications Coordinator | Dec 21, 2020 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe gray whale is known to make one of the longest migration trips of any known mammal. They breed and nurse their calves in the lagoons of Baja,...

Fivemile-Bell Landscape Restoration Project

by Communications Coordinator | Dec 14, 2020 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONFivemile-Bell Landscape Restoration Project is a large-scale, multi-party endeavor on USFS land, involving the Forest Service – Siuslaw Institute –...

Tiny But Mighty: Can Two Small Predator Species Compensate for the Loss of Ochre Stars in the Rocky Intertidal After Sea Star Wasting?

by Communications Coordinator | Dec 9, 2020 | 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. DESCRIPTIONAn outbreak of Sea Star Wasting (SSW) syndrome on the Oregon Coast in 2014...

Lichens and Lichen Bioindication Science

by Communications Coordinator | Dec 7, 2020 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONDuring this presentation, Doug Glavich will give a brief introduction to lichens, survey some Coast Range lichen species, and explore some...

Oregon’s Black Oystercatchers and Rocky Habitats: Revealing its Mysteries to Help Protect a Species of Conservation Concern

by Communications Coordinator | Nov 23, 2020 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe Black Oystercatcher is a unique shorebird of conservation concern that depends on rocky shoreline habitats. During this presentation, Joe Liebezeit...

A New Kid on the Dune: The Unlikely Hybridization Between Two Non-native Beachgrass Species in the PNW

by Communications Coordinator | Nov 16, 2020 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONThe two dominant beachgrasses of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, Ammophila arenaria (European beachgrass) and A. breviligulata (American beachgrass), build...

Under the Cover of Darkness: Tracking Oregon’s Marbled Murrelets

by Communications Coordinator | Nov 10, 2020 | 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. DESCRIPTIONDuring this presentation, Lindsay will provide an overview of the research...

Climate Change: Hoax or Apocalypse?

by Communications Coordinator | Nov 9, 2020 | Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, Events, Webinar

This presentation is part of the Cape Perpetua Speaker Series, hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. DESCRIPTIONDuring this interactive presentation, Andreas Schmittner will outline the scientific evidence for recently observed climate change, human and natural...

Interaction of Climate & Human-driven Changes in PNW Estuaries: Perspectives From Seagrass and Macroalgae

by Communications Coordinator | Oct 14, 2020 | 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. DESCRIPTIONSeagrass and macroalgae provide many important services to coastal communities....

Waves, Sand, and Beaches: The Constantly Changing Shoreline

by Communications Coordinator | Aug 26, 2020 | Events, Geology Webinar Series, Webinar

DESCRIPTIONEach summer when David Muerdter comes to the Oregon Coast, he notices that the beach in front of where he stays has changed from the previous summer. Sometimes it is a little wider, sometimes narrower. The dunes down the beach may be taller, the waves are...

A Yachats Volcano? Understanding the Geology of Cape Perpetua Area

by Communications Coordinator | Aug 19, 2020 | Events, Geology Webinar Series, Webinar

DESCRIPTIONThe rugged rocky coastline from Cape Perpetua to Heceta Head provides a place for many marine species to call home and provides abundant exploration for locals and visitors to tidepool. But how did it get there? David Muerdter will take attendees back into...