
SMURFing Week 11 – Meet the SMURFers
Do you have what it takes to be a SMURFer? Learn about who makes SMURFing possible and check out data from our latest sampling. Read More

Do you have what it takes to be a SMURFer? Learn about who makes SMURFing possible and check out data from our latest sampling. Read More

Check out our latest activities from November including recent presentations and reports. Read More

Ecological Monitoring Being that this is an El Nino year, we are very interested to see what juvenile fish might recruit to our nearshore waters. In April our SMURF sampling gear, Read More

Updates from the field and announcements on upcoming reports. Read More

Our monitoring focuses on tracking and understanding ocean changes happening inside and outside of the reserves. These “living laboratories” are giving us a better understanding of Oregon’s nearshore ocean, supporting management decisions and Oregonians’ understanding of emerging ocean issues. Read More

Oregon’s smallest reserve, at 1.2 sq miles. Three offshore islands mark the west boundary. Visitors can explore tidepools, view seals hauled out onto the rocks, or stroll along the beach. Read More
We’re diving into 2018 highlights with a video. From oceanography to SCUBA surveys, and intertidal monitoring, to hook-and-line surveys, it’s been a busy year. Read More

From lingcod life histories and juvenile Dungeness crab genetics, to coralline algae signaling and sea star wasting disease – student research provides invaluable contributions to nearshore ocean and marine reserves science. Read More

SMURFing is complete for 2017. All moorings have been pulled out and we’ve got some final counts for the season. Read More

Even in the midst of the midsummer lull, there is one species that consistently shows up in the SMURFs. Come learn more about the underappreciated Cabezon. Read More