Cape Perpetua Fall/Winter
Speaker Series
Enjoy a variety of free educational presentations hosted by the Cape Perpetua Collaborative. Guest speaker presentations will be held each Saturday at 10:00am, November – March (excluding holidays). Presentations include a variety of topics ranging from land to sea. Click here for more information on upcoming presentations.
Replays from past presentations:
Diving the Pacific Northwest: The Hidden Beauty
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
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...
Vulnerable Early Life Stages of Black Rockfish in Changing Ocean Conditions
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
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...
Satellite Telemetry, Behavior & Ecology of Pinnipeds on the Oregon Coast
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
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
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
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...
Hiking the Central Oregon Coast
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
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,...