Oregon Shores

A couple weekends ago, 17 people joined for her second annual Mile Meetup on Mile 285 at Cape Meares on the North Oregon Coast.

👏 Prior to the event, Prima hosted a raffle and raised $500 for !! 👏 Nineteen people donated to support educating people about our fragile coastal ecosystem and human impacts, such as marine debris, on this landscape. Prima is a stellar advocate for Oregon Shores and the CoastWatch Adopt-a-Mile Program. Thank you, Prima, for all your work to keep these programs sustainable!

💙 Prima has brought together a diverse group of partners from all walks of life, cultural, socioeconomic, and geographic backgrounds. Her passion for this unique mile of the Oregon coast and about the Coastwatch Program inspired local folks to share information about efforts to protect the dunes, nesting plovers, and more with inland participants. In the end, she created an opportunity for strangers to become friends through a shared love of our ocean planet.

🚮 During the event, we put words into action. We found and removed several buckets of debris. Two large anchored marine debris items that we had noticed last year, still remained but were almost buried in the sand.

🪶 In the wrack line, we found a mackerel, brown pelican, and a Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel, largely intact. Amazingly, Wendy, a local resident and COASST (Coastal Observation And Seabird Survey Team) Beached Bird Surveyor, happened to be on the beach with us. When we shared the location of the storm petrel, we learned it was located in their survey area!

🌊 Prima started this event last year to honor her marine biology teacher and nearly doubled the volunteer participation this year. She hopes to continue building on this momentum and perhaps even triple participation in 2027. We at Oregon Shores are so proud of her accomplishments, generosity, love for the ocean, and talent. Go Prima!

👉 Want to adopt your own mile of the Oregon Coast? Visit the Adopt-A-Mile webpage at to get started!

How do we celebrate World Ocean Day? 🐙

celebrates World Ocean Day by connecting people to the Oregon Coast through community science, stewardship, and coastal education. Every beach walk, tidepool lesson, outdoor classroom experience, and volunteer survey helps protect the places we love.

Yesterday, the hosted a wonderful event where our staff was tabling alongside over a dozen of our favorite partner organizations. Throughout the day, visitors were guided around the aquarium by their World Ocean Day passport that featured a question to ask each organization.

At the Oregon Shores' table our question was:

Q: What year did the Oregon legislature pass the Beach Bill?

A: 1967

This bill declares that Oregon Beaches are public land for everyone to enjoy!

We hope that you're able to celebrate World Ocean Day by visiting your local beach soon.

Join Oregon Shores and Adventure Scientists for our Searching for Killer Whales End of Season Celebration Webinar as we reflect on an incredible season of community science along the Oregon coast.

🗓 June 10
🕙 6pm - 7pm PST
📍 Virtual Webinar
🔗 Register at https://oregonshores.org/event/searching-for-killer-whales-end-of-season-celebratory-webinar/

🐋 Hear project highlights, learn how volunteer observations are helping improve our understanding of Southern Resident Killer Whale presence in Oregon waters, and discover what's next for this growing monitoring effort.

🐳 We're excited to welcome speakers from the NOAA Fisheries West Coast , the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife , and a marine mammal graduate student from , who will share insights on killer whale conservation, research, and the importance of community-collected data.

🙌 Thank you to all of the volunteers, partners, and supporters who helped make this season a success. We hope you'll join us to celebrate what we've accomplished together!

Education Manager, Rachel Freeman, is bringing owl pellets to dissect during the Bandon Library STEM Library event on Saturday, June 6th. We hope to see you and your family there!

Save the date!

Celebrate World Ocean Day with Oregon Shores and over a dozen of our partners on June 7 at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, OR!

🗓 Sunday, June 7
🕙 10am - 4pm
📍 Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, OR
🔗 Read more at https://oregonshores.org/event/world-ocean-day/

Meet Rachel Freeman, our Education Manager, to learn more about Oregon’s incredible coastal ecosystems, community science opportunities, and ways you can help care for our ocean.

At the start of your visit, you'll get a passport to guide you through the day's activities. The more things you do, the more spaces you'll fill in your passport. At the end of your visit, your passport becomes your ticket to win raffle prizes!

We can't wait to see you on Saturday!

Join us for a commemorative event where we honor the deep connection between coastal ecosystems, marine life, and the cultural and ecological importance of salmon runs in the Pacific Northwest.

📅 June 6, 2026
🕑 2:00–4:30 PM
📍 Sunset Beach, Warrenton, Oregon
💲 FREE and family friendly
🔗 Learn more and register: https://oregonshores.org/event/sunset-beach-marine-debris-display-unveiling-ceremony/

The display highlights the growing impacts of marine debris on our ocean and shorelines, while also celebrating the resilience of these environments and the communities working to protect them.

Throughout the event, attendees will also have opportunities to explore the coastline with park rangers, participate in a marine debris survey with Oregon Shores scientists, and learn practical ways to reduce marine debris from local artists and experts.

🎫 The event is open to the public, and all attendees will be entered in a free raffle to win an annual National Parks Pass. Locally-sourced appetizers and refreshments will be provided.

👉 Can't attend the grand unveiling on Saturday? That's okay! This art installation is here to stay, so you can come visit it any day.

Thank you to marine debris artist Elizabeth Roberts Make Art Not Trash and designer Tony Johnson of the Chinook Indian Nation , Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon State Parks, NOAA Marine Debris, Oregon Shores, and community partners for making this possible.

✨️ Something amazing is coming...! ✨️

Join us on June 6th for the official unveiling of this beautiful display! All are welcome.

Created from debris collected along our coastline, this future artwork will tell a deeper story about our connection to the ocean and the growing impact of marine pollution on coastal ecosystems. It honors the cultural and ecological importance of salmon in the Pacific Northwest and invites us to reflect on how everyday actions affect the health of our beaches, waterways, and marine life.

🗓 June 6, 2026

🕑 2:00–4:30 PM

📍 Sunset Beach, Warrenton, Oregon

💲 FREE

🔗 Learn more and register at https://oregonshores.org/event/sunset-beach-marine-debris-display-unveiling-ceremony/

✨️On June 6th at 2pm, please join us for the formal program with a welcome and remarks from project partners and the official unveiling of the Marine Debris Display.

✨️Then from 2:30 to 4:30 pm, guests are invited to stay for a relaxed social hour to connect with community members, partner organizations, and fellow coastal stewards.

✨️All attendees will be entered in a free raffle to win an annual National Parks Pass and enjoy locally-sourced appetizers and refreshments. The event is open to the public and welcomes all.

Thank you to marine debris artist Elizabeth Roberts Make Art Not Trash and designer Tony Johnson of the Chinook Indian Nation, Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Oregon State Parks, NOAA Marine Debris, Oregon Shores, and community partners for making this possible.