Reflecting on Returning to the Reserves
This series shares the stories of coastal residents who forged a relationship with an area in one capacity prior to its designation as a marine reserve, but later returned to it in another role. Read More
Oregon Marine Reserves News
How Oregon’s Marine Reserves Were Established
Did you know the planning and designation of Oregon’s marine reserves was over 10 years in the making? We’ve recently developed a chronicle of Oregon’s marine reserve planning and designation process, from 2000-2012, that we’re happy to share. Read More
Preliminary Findings from Visitor Surveys in 2021
We recently completed a new survey of visitors that focused on marine reserve awareness, knowledge, and support, and how the reserves are related to visitors’ travel decisions. Read More
Reports from the Field – September
We successfully retrieved our oceanographic moorings at the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve and Cape Meares Comparison Area this month. Read More
So What’s Up with Blue Lingcod? New Scientific Paper
A recent paper by Aaron Galloway, at OIMB, and collaborators describes research looking at biological and spatial factors that could explain variation in blue coloration of lingcod. Read More
Returning to the Reserves: Dick Vander Schaaf’s Sense of Place
Dick’s sense of place for Cascade Head started in his role as an ecologist for The Nature Conservancy. Soon he began developing a similar, albeit non-work related relationship, with Cape Falcon through his vacation time. Join us as we talk with this ecologist and conservation advocate to explore his knowledge of the reserves, how he came to know these waters and their shorelines, and his continued connections with them. Read More
Reflections from Our Summer Scholar: Jessica French
Sea Grant Summer Scholar, Jessica French, spent this summer working with our team conducting human dimensions research. Jessica reflects back on her experience and contemplates what lies next in her school and career journey. Read More
Reports from the Field – August
Lot’s of ecological monitoring and human dimensions research activities this month. Read More
Valuable Conversations With Fishing Communities
Vaughn Robison is a graduate student at OSU with deep connections to Oregon’s coastal fishing communities. Hear how his research centers around in-person interviews to study how the fishing communities of Garibaldi, Depoe Bay, and Port Orford use their values to communicate the social and economic impacts of nearby marine reserves. Read More
Back With A Splash: Resuming Juvenile Fish Sampling In 2021
We’re in the middle of our 2021 sampling season. So far, we’ve collected 788 juvenile fishes from 7 different species/species complexes from our SMURFs. Take a sneak peek at some of the data from this year provided by our guest contributor and research collaborator Megan Wilson, a PhD student currently at OSU. Read More