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    Public Education Program Survey

     

    South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve is interested in hearing from you about our public education programs. The Reserve offers a variety of hikes, workshops, lectures, paddle trips and other activities for the public. To see our current calendar of activities visit our Events Calendar.
     
    By answering these questions you will help us to better understand how we can serve you with future education offerings. Your thoughtful input is greatly appreciated!
     
     
     
  • State of the South Slough and Coastal Frontal Watersheds

    The State of the Watersheds assessment is a summarization of newly collected and existing data which describe the environmental and socioeconomic conditions in Coos Bay’s South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds.  The assessment, compiled by the Partnership for Coastal Watersheds is a dynamic resource with which to track the health of the community and watersheds over time. 

     

    ​The State of the Watersheds assessment was completed with the oversight of a community stakeholder group, the Partnership Steering Committee, as part of an effort to address local environmental and socioeconomic issues- in particular those related to land use and climate change.  The map shows the Coos estuary and the location of the South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds project area. 
  • Partnership for Coastal Watersheds Action Plan

    ​The Partnership for Coastal Watersheds Action Plan provides a roadmap for the Partnership to implement projects that will work to achieve the community’s vision for its future in the South Slough and Coastal Frontal watersheds.

    Through a series of facilitated meetings convened in 2011 and 2012, the Partnership for Coastal Watersheds Steering Committee, which embodies a diverse array of community perspectives, developed a Mission Statement and created a Communitiy Vision for desired conditions in the project area in the next 20-25 years.

    With the use of project area status information found in the State of the Watersheds assessment, the Steering Committee generated and prioritized a suite of potential actions intended to assist in achieving that vision. 

     
National Estuarine Research Reserve System Summer Science Camp Job Opportunities
 

 

The National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERRS) is a network of 28 reserves dedicated to research, education and stewardship.





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Native Olympia oysters

 Journal of Aquatic Ecology

Aquatic Ecology.pdf

Quantifying the historic contribution of Olympia oysters to filtration in Pacific Coast (USA) estuaries and the implications for restoration objectives

P. S. E. zu Ermgassen, M. W. Gray,C. J. Langdon, M. D. Spalding & R. D. Brumbaugh

 

 Image Credit: Scott Groth ODFW

 
Pacific Estuarine Research Society

Pacific Estuarine Research Society_ 2013poster.pdf
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology
Settlement and post-settlement mortality as determinants of the spatial distribution of Olympia oysters in Coos Bay, Oregon  R. Rimler & C. Pritchard

 

 

  Image credit:  John Bragg, SSNERR

 

 
Great egrets and great blue herons search for food at low tide along the shores of the South Slough.


 

 

 

 

 

 



 
 
Summer Science Camp Lead Teacher
Summer Science Camp Assistant


 
Oregon's Coastal Training Program
 
Click on image to access Guide.
Warming of our planet is already influencing the choices that coastal communities must make for ecosystems and development.
 
Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning, a new publication available from NatureServe, is a guide for selecting software tools to help planners and managers understand and prepare for the effects of climate change.
 
By focusing on software and web-based applications used to analyze geospatial information, Tools for Coastal Adaptation Planning will help these professionals account for the health and well-being of ecosystems and human communities in projects and plans.
 
Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning offers instructive case studies about how others have successfully applied the tools in U.S. coastal communities.
 
Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning was published by NatureServe with support from the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment.



 
Findings from the Restoration Practitioners’ Training Need Assessment (2011)
John Bragg, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve
Nina Garfield, National Estuarine Research Reserve System, Estuarine Reserves Division
Restoration Practitioners’ Training Needs Assessment
 
 

South Slough Summer Science Camps 2013

 Registration Begins March 1st
 
Summer Camps offer four days of activities with an estuary theme.  Grade refers to grade the child will enter in Fall 2013.

 

 

June 18-21 Zoea (grades K-1st)

 

June 25-28 Instar (grades 4-5)

 

July 9-12 Megalops (grades 2-3)

 

July 23-26 Instar (grades 4-5)

 

July 30-August 2 Dungeness (grades 6 & up)

 

August 6-9 Megalops (grades 2-3)

 

  • Open Recruitment for Manager Position at South Slough Reserve


    This recruitment closes     May 31, 2013.  Please click below to view the full announcement and to apply.
    Job Announcement​