JOIN US NEXT WEEK: SLICE OF SCIENCE
On the central Oregon Coast next week? Want to learn more about our research? Have ideas or info you'd like to share? We want to hear from you.
Whether you've been involved with Oregon's marine reserves for years or just want to learn the basics about our research - come by for a slice of pizza, to talk science, and share your ideas. Join us in either Newport or Depoe Bay next week. Info below:
NEWPORT
Tuesday, October 23rd (4-6pm)
Englund Marine (Upstairs Meeting Room)
880 SE Bay Blvd, Newport, OR
DEPOE BAY
Wednesday, October 24th from (4-6pm)
Community Hall
220 Bay St, Depoe Bay, OR
We are seeking input from local communities in the development of the site management plan for Cape Falcon Marine Reserve. We want to hear from you on the best ways we can be sharing information and engaging communities on the North Coast. The first of three workshops will be held Thursday, October 25th in Manzanita. Subsequent workshops will be held in Seaside and Garibaldi. Information is below:
MANZANITA
Thursday, October 25th (5:30-8pm)
Grove Community House, 225 Laneda Ave
SEASIDE
Tuesday, November 6th (6-8:30pm)
Best Western Plus Ocean View Resort, 414 North Prom
GARIBALDI
Wednesday, November 28th (6-8:30pm)
Garibaldi City Hall, 107 6th St
This input will be used to develop management strategies that ODFW will carry out in support of scientific research, keeping locals up to date and informed, engage communities, and supporting compliance and enforcement. The management plan will also be used to document local community interests for activities above and beyond what is being carried out by ODFW. By highlighting the communities' interests in the management plan, we hope to attract additional research and resources to foster future projects in and around Cape Falcon Marine Reserve.
JUST RELEASED: OCEAN ACIDIFICATION REPORT
 Because other stressors such as fishing and ocean development are restricted, Oregon’s reserves serve as excellent listening stations for identifying impacts caused from changing ocean conditions, including those from ocean acidification and hypoxia (OAH),. The Oregon OAH Council has recently submitted their first report to the Oregon Legislature. In the report, marine reserves were specifically called out as places for future research for better understanding OAH and its impacts.
Over the next 9 months, recommendations taken from the report will be formalized into Oregon’s OAH Action Plan. By 2019 there will be agreed upon actions West Coast wide that will help us in preparation for ocean changes, and steps to mitigate those changes. Questions? Email ODFW's Caren Braby (caren.e.braby@state.or.us) or Charlotte R. Whitefield (charlotte.m.regulawhitefield@state.or.us).
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We deployed oceanographic sensors to measure, temperature, salinity and dissolved oxygen at the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve this month. These efforts were possible by collaborating with researchers at OSU and NOAA who received funding from a private foundation to study crab movement in Cape Falcon and the Columbia River mouth. |
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Our new OSU/ODFW Marine Fellow started this month. Dr. Cori Kane will be tasked with running our scuba surveys, increasing student involvement in our program, and supporting collaborative research on oceanography and intertidal and subtidal ecosystems. Welcome Cori! |
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