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✨️🌲❄️ Winter Wreath Making Workshop ❄️🌲✨️ Join us for our Winter Wreath Making Workshop using evergreen plants collected from the vibrant Pacific Northwest temperate rainforest landscape. All materials are provided, and no experience is necessary. Come embrace the season and leave with your own handcrafted creation! 🗓 Sunday, December 8th, 2024 🕑 Noon - 3 pm 📍Netarts Community Club 💲FREE. Suggested donation $10 per person. 🔗 Registration is required due to limited space. Sign up online at Netartsbaywebs.org In this workshop, you'll learn how to arrange lush boughs, branches, and foliage to create a stunning wreath, festive swag, or beautiful centerpiece for your home. Using fresh greens collected by WEBS and our guest presenter, you’ll explore design techniques and seasonal styling tips while enjoying the beauty of winter flora. This workshop will be led by Phyllis Holmes and WEBS staff. Phyllis is a longtime volunteer of the Netarts Community Club. Throughout the year, she volunteers her time maintaining the landscaping and flower beds around the Netarts Community Club. For the past several years, Phyllis has offered this seasonal floral arranging workshop to her garden club friends. We are excited to have Phyllis offer an additional workshop this year as a Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS Community Event! No experience is necessary to enjoy this event, and supplies are included. This workshop will focus on using natural and recycled materials as much as possible. If participants are interested, we invite you to bring your own: 🔹️Hot Glue gun and glue 🔹️Wire cutters 🔹️Gloves 🔹️Ornaments, ribbon, bells, and any decorations you would like to include on your project. 🔹️Metal wreath frames participants may want to reuse from previous years. 🔹️Holiday fabric or felt to decorate mason jars for centerpiece arrangements. #netartsbaywebs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #winterwreathmaking #wreathmaking #floralarrangement #holidaycenterpiece #communityevent #christmaswreath #wreathworkshop #seasonaldecor

📢POSTPONED - NATIVE AMERICAN BASKET MAKING Originally scheduled for Saturday, November 16 from 10 am - 2 pm, the presenter has postponed the Basket Making event planned for this weekend. If you registered for this event, you should have received an email from us with this information. We will let everyone know when a new date is scheduled.

There's still time to come visit the Native American Marketplace hosted by @netartsbaywebs at the Netarts Community Club! Today's event ends at 4:00 pm (Saturday, Nov. 9) If you drive by and don't see parking out front, follow signs towards the Netarts Fire Department for additional parking. Products at the Native American Marketplace this year include: 🔸️Fry bread with multiple flavor options 🔸️Flint knapped arrow heads + knives made with opal and obsidian 🔸️Canned jam and berry pies 🔸️Canned meat of several varieties including salmon, sturgeon, elk, and deer 🔸️Healing salves and dried tea @kalapuya.weaving 🔸️Handwoven baskets 🔸️Beaded earrings, necklaces, and ornaments @renasbeadwork @lilu.mun.beading This event is the perfect opportunity for you to support Native American business owners while also purchasing items that make wonderful gifts for yourself or someone else. We are so overjoyed by the success of this event! Vendors and shoppers are both expressing interest in making this an annual occasion, which is our hope and intention. Come of by and see us at the Netarts Community Club today!! If you can't make it today, comment below if you want us to bring this event back again next year. #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #netartsbaywebs #nativeamericanmarketplace #nativeamericanheritagemonth #cannedfish #berrypie #nativebeadwork #flintknapping #arrowheads #obsidian #anterknives #indigenousartwork #kalapuyaweaving #renasbeadwork #lilumunbeading #midcolumbiariver

🔹️🔷️ Event recap: Lifeways of the Tillamook 🔷️🔹️ @netartsbaywebs trio of events for Native American Heritage Month started off in an amazing way celebrating the Lifeways and Traditions of the Tillamook on Saturday, Nov. 2. Our guest, Stephanie Craig, from @kalapuya.weaving presented to a full room of over 30 people at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum. With dozens of belongings on display across three tables in front of her, she presented for over two hours. Stephanie generously answered questions from the audience ranging in topic from gathering and drying weaving materials to harvesting and cooking traditional foods, and more. The belongings on display included baskets for gathering shellfish, paddles for cooking, mats for sleeping, and hats for wearing. One of our favorite points of the presentation was when Stephanie emphasized that these are not artifacts. They are belongings that have people who know when and how to use them and how to care for them. But unfortunately, not always how to make more to replace them. If you have items that you think are Native American belongings and you wish to reunite them with their family, you can contact Stephanie through her website KalapuyaWeaving.com Returning these belongings back to their families can help inform Tribal Educators, like Stephanie, on how to make them once again. Thank you to Stephanie for sharing her knowledge, time, and expertise with us all during this event! Below is information for two additional events coming up where you can shop a selection of the handmade products that Stephanie Craig makes and attend her gallery opening. 🔹️Native American Marketplace🔹️ If you would like support Native American makers and business owners, including @kalapuya.weaving @renasbeadwork and other vendors, be sure to join us this Saturday, Nov. 9 for our first annual Native American Marketplace from 10am - 4pm at the Netarts Community Club. 🔹️Stephanie Craig's Gallery Opening🔹️ Stephanie will be opening a gallery show at the Latimer Textile Museum on Sunday, Nov. 10th at noon. This exhibit, titled What My Ancestors Taught Me, will feature baskets made by Stephanie and her ancestors.

🔸️🔶️ Native American Marketplace 🔶️🔸️ This November, join @netartsbaywebs in celebrating Native American lifeways and traditions at our first-annual Native American Marketplace! 🔸️ Native American Marketplace 🗓 Saturday, November 9, 2024 🕑 10am - 4pm 📍 Netarts Community Club 💲 FREE entry. 🔗 No registration is required. Open to the public. ✨️ We are currently expecting seven Native American vendors and artists who are traveling to Netarts for our first-annual Native American Marketplace! Learn about and purchase trade goods from Native American run businesses and producers. Products may include: 🍽 Fry bread 🎣 Smoked fish 📿 Beadwork 👜 Purses 🧺 Woven baskets 🏹 Flint knapping Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is grateful to our guest presenters and Marketplace vendors who are generously sharing their knowledge, skills, expertise, and handmade products with our community through this trio of events. We look forward to you joining us for this event! 📷 Beadwork photos in slides 1-4 from @renasbeadwork #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nativeamericanhistory #indigenoushistory #presentation #tillamookcounty #tillamookpioneermuseum #kalapuyaweaving

🔹️🔷️ 🌏 Volunteer for Biomes Field Trip 🌏 🔷️🔹️ Students will learn about local biomes near Netarts Bay and the processes that create them. They will collect environmental data, identify plants, and observe wildlife signs to compare and contrast coniferous, deciduous, and marine biomes. Dates: Nov. 5 and 7, 2024 from 8:15am - 2:30pm Station Activities: 🔹️Plant ID: Understory + canopy plants 🔹️Wildlife Signs: Tracks, skulls, and pelts 🔹️Soil Science: Dig a soil pit and ID soil layers 🔹️Abiotic Factors: Collet data on weather, light, temperature 🔹️Riparian Art: Making art with plants + spray paint 🔹️Migration Headache: Active game for kids 🔹️Build a Bug: Macroinvertebrate adaptations 🔹️Fish Hatchery Tour: Act out the salmon lifecycle Volunteer Needs: 🔸️Activity leaders and assistants 🔸️Set-up and clean-up helpers 🔸️Photographers 🔸️Road safety monitors + walking guides 🔸️Timekeepers, and more! 👇👇👇 If you are interested in volunteering, email Rachel@netartsbaywebs.org ☝️☝️☝️ Thank you to all of the dedicated STEAM Coach volunteers who make these programs possible for local students! Additionally, thank you to Cape Lookout @oregonstateparks and @tillamookestuariespartnership for sharing Education Kits for our station rotation activities. We are grateful to the Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery for allowing us to use their facilities to host this program since 2012. 🍃To learn more about being a STEAM Coach Volunteer for other local organizations, visit the TC STEAM Partnership webpage on the @tillamookestuariespartnership website. 📷 Photos 4 and 8 were taken by @venturingvows #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #STEAM #steamcoach #biomes #fieldtrip #volunteer #netartsbaywebs #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #environmentaleducation #outdoorlearning #outdooreducation #tillamookcounty

🔸️🔶️ Lifeways of the Tillamook 🔶️🔸️ The Netarts area is composed of the land and waters of the Tillamook and has been a vital part of the lives of people for centuries. Join Netarts Bay WEBS in welcoming Stephanie Craig from @kalapuya.weaving She will present about tribal lifeways and culture, the history of tribal communities, her experience as a basket maker and ethnobotanist, and more. Learn about traditional foods, medicines, and utilitarian plants. We are honored to be able to explore the history of local tribal communities that care for and live along our coast, and we want you to join us! 🗓 Saturday, November 2, 2024 🕑 10am - Noon 📍 Tillamook Pioneer Museum 💲 FREE. Donations are appreciated. 🔗 Registration Required. Sign up at Netartsbaywebs.org/events. This November, @netartsbaywebs is celebrating Native American lifeways and traditions with three community events! Visit our website to view our trio of November events. #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #nativeamericanheritagemonth #nativeamericanhistory #indigenoushistory #presentation #tillamookcounty #tillamookpioneermuseum #kalapuyaweaving

🌱🌿🌲CAPE LOOKOUT STEWARDSHIP DAY 🌲🌿🌱 Join us this Sunday at Cape Lookout State Park to tackle invasive plants and clean up our recent plantings before winter! Through the summer and fall, @netartsbaywebs, @oregonstateparks, and local community members have been working to tackle invasive ivy and help keep recent plantings thriving. We are down to our last few work days at the park! Come out and help us get as much done as possible before the rainy season begins. 🗓 Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024 🕐 Time: 1pm - 3:30pm 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Sign up for this free event at www.netartsbaywebs.org/events We will be removing invasive ivy from trees and shrubs and clearing around recent restoration plantings established during the Stewardship Day in early February. 🌧☔️ We know that the forecast for Sunday is looking a bit wet. If WEBS staff decide to cancel this event due to poor weather, all registered participants for this event will be notified via phone or email by 10am on Sunday. Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Days are part of @oregonstateparks and @netartsbaywebs Adopt A Park Partnership. These events offer opportunities for people to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. If possible, we ask participants to bring: 🧤work gloves ✂️your favorite hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧Water bottle ☀️appropriate gear for Oregon Coast this time of year (rain predicted) 🌿Not sure you have all of these? No worries - we have gloves and tools to loan! This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! 📷: photos by WEBS' Stewardship Crew Leads, Gwen and Shelley. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #statepark #oprd #oregonstateparks #baystewardshipday #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #invasiveivy #ivypull #invasiveplants #invasivespecies #nativeplants #habitatrestoration

🔸️🔶️ Native American Heritage Month Events 🔶️🔸️ This November, join @netartsbaywebs in celebrating Native American lifeways and traditions with three community events! 🔸️Lifeways of the Tillamook 🗓 Saturday, November 2, 2024 🕑 10am - Noon 📍 Tillamook Pioneer Museum 💲 FREE. Donations are appreciated. 🔗 Registration Required. Sign up at Netartsbaywebs.org/events. ✨️ Stephanie Craig from @kalapuya.weaving will present about tribal lifeways and culture, the history of tribal communities, her experience as a basket maker and ethnobotanist, and more. Learn about traditional foods, medicines, and utilitarian plants. 🔸️ Native American Marketplace 🗓 Saturday, November 9, 2024 🕑 10am - 4pm 📍 Netarts Community Club 💲 FREE entry. 🔗 No registration is required. Open to the public. ✨️ Multiple vendors and artists are traveling to Netarts for our first-annual Native American Marketplace! Learn about and purchase trade goods from Native American run businesses and producers. Products may include fry bread, smoked fish, beadwork, purses, woven baskets, and flint knapping. 🔸️ Native American Basket Making 🗓 Saturday, November 16, 2024 🕑 10am - 2pm 📍 Netarts Community Club 💲 FREE. Suggested donation $50 - $100 per person. 🔗 Registration Required. Sign up at Netartsbaywebs.org/events. ✨️ Participants will be introduced to the art of basket making during this great workshop led by Brian Krehbiel, owner of Agency Creek Expressions. During this event, Brian will give a short presentation on gathering native vegetation and materials, processing, and basket making, along with how he learned to make baskets. After the introduction, he will guide participants in making a small basket using native plant material. Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is grateful to our guest presenters and Marketplace vendors who are generously sharing their knowledge, skills, expertise, and handmade products with our community through this trio of events. We look forward to you joining us at one or all of these events in November! #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #netartsbaywebs #nativeamericanheritagemonth #indigenoushistory #nativeamericanmarket #tek #tillamookcounty

✨️🌅🦭 Sunset Bay Walk 🦭🌅✨️ Last Tuesday, twenty @netartsbaywebs friends gathered at Schooner Beach for our Sunset Bay Walk, including the cutest pupper Maizey. 🐾 🌊Led by our resident Marine Biologist Jim Young and our staff member Vicky Snow, the group strolled along the edge of Netarts Bay together. Several harbor seals were observed popping their heads out of the water as the sun was setting beyond Three Arch Rocks. During the event, Jim shared about numerous marine ecology topics, along with many fun stories and facts. For example, Queen Anne's Lace is also known as Wild Carrot. If you pull up a stem and smell the roots, it smells like carrots! 🥕 🌀Additionally, Jim shared about the dark black bands of sand- including the what, how, and why they are formed. Seeing a way to incorporate this dark sand into their pottery, @norrisarts collected a sample to take back to their ceramics studio. And Anna of @annanorrisfineart also felt so inspired by spending the evening on the shores of Netarts Bay that she picked up her paint brushes right away upon returning to her studio in Camas, Washington and completed this Netarts Bay painting in less than a week! (Swipe to the second image to see). 👉Comment below to give Anna a shout-out and tell her how wonderful this painting is!! Being able to host events like this that bring together community members and visitors, spark creativity, and forge new connections make us so happy! 📷: @norrisarts and @annanorrisfineart This was an @explorenaturetillamookcoast event. #netartsbaywebs #sunsetbaywalk #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #schoonerbeach #naturalinspiration #natureisart #artinnature #Sunset #beachwalk #tillamookcounty #explorenaturetillamookcoast #explorenature #netartsbay #Netarts

🌱🌿🌲CAPE LOOKOUT STEWARDSHIP DAY 🌲🌿🌱 Join us this Sunday at Cape Lookout State Park to tackle invasive plants and clean up our recent plantings before winter! Through the summer and fall, @netartsbaywebs, @oregonstateparks, and local community members have been working to tackle Invasive ivy and help keep recent plantings thriving. We are down to our last few work days at the park! Come out and help us get as much done as possible before the rainy season begins. 🗓 Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024 🕐 Time: 1pm - 3:30pm 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Sign up for this free event at www.netartsbaywebs.org/events We will be removing invasive ivy from trees and shrubs and clearing around recent restoration plantings established during the Stewardship Day in early February. Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Days are part of @oregonstateparks and @netartsbaywebs Adopt A Park Partnership. These events offer opportunities for people to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. If possible, we ask participants to bring: 🧤work gloves ✂️your favorite hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧Water bottle ☀️appropriate gear for Oregon Coast this time of year (rain predicted) 🌿Not sure you have all of these? No worries - we have gloves and tools to loan! This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! Explore Nature Series events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #statepark #oprd #oregonstateparks #baystewardshipday #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #invasiveivy #ivypull #invasiveplants #invasivespecies #nativeplants #habitatrestoration

UPDATE: Event now available virtually or in person! Did you know ... 🐟 You can tell how old rockfish are by looking at their earbones or otoliths. 🐟Rockfish are late to mature and long-lived! Some rockfish species can live up to 200 years! 🐟Rockfish are livebearers and will produce more offspring as they grow older. You can learn more about these amazing creatures and our oceans during this weekend’s presentation hosted in partnership with @odfwmarine. 🐟ROCKFISH AND THE CHANGING OCEAN 🗓 Saturday, October 19, 2024 🕑 10am - Noon 📍 Netarts Community Club + Zoom/Virtual 💲 FREE. Donations are appreciated to support @netartsbaywebs 🔗 Registration Required. Sign up to save your spot at Netartsbaywebs.org/events 🦈Dr. Leif Rasmuson, the @odfwmarine Marine Fishery Research Project Leader for the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, will present his research and other topics related to rockfish and ocean changes. 🌊Whether you’re a marine enthusiast, a fisherman, or simply curious to learn more about our ocean’s health, this event promises to provide valuable insights into the resilience and challenges faced by Oregon’s rockfish populations. #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #rockfish #odfwmarine #visitingscientist #netartsresearch #tillamookcounty #Yellowtail #Deacon #Canary #Oregon #oregonfisheries #myodfw #odfw #sciencepresentation Video: ODFW MARINE RESERVES PROGRAM

✨️🌅✨️ Sunset Bay Walk ✨️🌅✨️ Join us for a relaxing and educational evening stroll along the beautiful shores of Netarts Bay and the surrounding beach. This in-person event is the perfect way to unwind after a long day and enjoy the natural beauty of the Oregon coast. Don't forget to bring your camera to capture the stunning sunset views! 🗓 Tuesday, Oct. 15 🕑 4:30 - 6pm 📍 Schooner Beach, Netarts Bay 🐾This is a dog-friendly event. Well-behaved dogs are welcomed on-leash. 💲 FREE. There is no cost to attend this program. Donations are appreciated. 🔗 Registration Required at www.netartsbaywebs.com/events WEBS Naturalists will be guiding the walk and providing information about interesting beach finds, bay ecology, and more along the way. Additionally, if you are looking for advice on capturing the beauty of Netarts Bay with your camera, professional photographer and Marine Biologist, Jim Young, will be present to share photography tips. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast crosslisted event. Explore Nature is a series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations. These meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #sunsetwalk #sunsethike #beachwalk #oregoncoast #netartsbay #webs #schoonerbeach #dogwalk #dogevent #communitywalk #guidedhike #beachday #sunsetphotography #Oregon #exploregon

Fall field trip season is here!! Yesterday, WEBS staff member Rachel Freeman teamed up with Callie Sheker, the Natrual Resource Coordinator for Tillamook School District, to present our Cells to Ecosystems pre-trip presentation to this week's program participants. Throughout the day, Rachel and Callie presented seven 30-minute lessons to over 150 fifth-grade students from Tillamook and Nestucca school districts. Their presentation introduced students to cell biology, using an analogy of how parts of a cell function similarly to systems in our bodies and the systems within communities. For example, the waste within a community is managed at land fills, recycling centers, and sewage treatment plants. In our bodies, the urinary and excretory systems process and eliminate waste. At the cellular level, lysosomes break down cell components into recyclable and unusable parts. By walking through students this view of cell, body, and community systems from a microscopic to ecosystem level, students with prepared to fully engage during the six field trip activities. Check back later this week to see more students learning out on the edge of Netarts Bay! 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ If you are interested in volunteering for October field trip programs, please fill out the Volunteer Interest Form at the link in the @NetartsBayWEBS bio. To make these programs possible, we need volunteers to help in a variety of ways. We have numerous volunteer opportunities and welcome volunteers to help as little or as much as they are available. Depending on the program, we need anywhere from six to sixteen volunteers per day! Volunteer Needs: 🔹️Activity leaders and assistants 🔹️Road safety monitors + walking guides 🔹️Time keepers 🔹️Photographers, and more! #webs #netartsbaywebs #tsd9 #tillamookschooldistrict #fieldtrips #environmentaleducation #steamcoach #netartsbaywebs #cellstoecosystems #ecosystems #pretrippresentation #classroomlesson #fieldtrip #environmentaleducation

✨️🌅✨️ Sunset Bay Walk ✨️🌅✨️ Join us for a relaxing and educational evening stroll along the beautiful shores of Netarts Bay and the surrounding beach. This in-person event is the perfect way to unwind after a long day and enjoy the natural beauty of the Oregon coast. Don't forget to bring your camera to capture the stunning sunset views! 🗓 Tuesday, Oct. 15 🕑 4:30 - 6pm 📍 Schooner Beach, Netarts Bay 🐾This is a dog-friendly event. Well-behaved dogs are welcomed on-leash. 💲 FREE. There is no cost to attend this program. Donations are appreciated. 🔗 Registration Required at www.netartsbaywebs.com/events WEBS Naturalists will be guiding the walk and providing information about interesting beach finds, bay ecology, and more along the way. Additionally, if you are looking for advice on capturing the beauty of Netarts Bay with your camera, professional photographer and Marine Biologist, Jim Young, will be present to share photography tips. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast crosslisted event. Explore Nature is a series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations. These meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #sunsetwalk #sunsethike #beachwalk #oregoncoast #netartsbay #webs #schoonerbeach #dogwalk #dogevent #communitywalk #guidedhike #beachday #sunsetphotography #Oregon #exploregon

🌊🌲☀️Fall Field Trip Volunteers Needed!!☀️🌊🌲 This October, WEBS is offering two field trip programs to over 350 Tillamook County students, in partnership with Tillamook School District (TSD9). Additionally, TSD9 is hosting the annual Salmon Watch program for 175 seventh grade students from Tillamook Junior High. To make these programs possible, we need volunteers to help in a variety of ways. We have numerous volunteer opportunities and welcome volunteers to help as little or as much as they are available. Depending on the program, we need anywhere from six to sixteen volunteers per day! Volunteer Needs: 🔹️Activity leaders and assistants 🔹️Road safety monitors + walking guides 🔹️Time keepers 🔹️Photographers, and more! If you are interested in volunteering for October field trip programs, please fill out the Volunteer Interest Form at the link in the @NetartsBayWEBS bio. NOTE: Volunteers who emailed Callie Sheker prior to October 1st do not need to fill out the Google Form. 🔬🌍 5th Grade Cells to Ecosystems 🌍🔬 Dates: Oct 8, 9, + 10 from 8:30am - 2:30pm Station Activities: 1. Plankton: Plankton Tows + Microscopes 2. Green Crab Dissection: Ecosystem Disruptors 3. Crab Investigation: Shore Crab Distribution 4. Food Webs: Create a Local Foodweb 5. Ocean Acidification: Intro to Acids, Bases, + pH 6. Oyster Hatchery: Facility Tour 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ 🪨☀️🍃 4th Grade Geology + Energy 🍃☀️🪨 Dates: Oct 15 + 17 from 8:30am - 2:30pm Station Activities: 1. Rock Cycle: How Rocks are Made + Destroyed 2. Wave Energy: How Energy Moves through Nature 3. Wind Energy: Building Wind Turbines 4. Water Drop: Potential + Kinetic Energy with Dams 5. Stream Hydrology: How Erosion Shapes Landscapes 6. Invasive Plants + Spit History: Walking Tour 〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️〰️ 🎣👀🌲 Salmon Watch 🌲👀🎣 Date: Tuesday, Oct 29 Station Activities: 1. Salmon Biology 2. Pebble Count 3. Riparian Species 4. Water Velocity 5. Trout Fishing 6. Water Quality 7. Macroinvertebrates #webs #netartsbaywebs #tsd9 #tillamookschooldistrict #fieldtrips #environmentaleducation #steamcoach

🪨🌋🌊 Reading the Rocks of Netarts Bay 🌊🌋🪨 Q: Which is more like lava: chocolate pudding or chocolate milk? A: Both! It depends on how thick the lava is that you're referring to. - Margery Price, Environmental Geoscience Instructor ⛰️ Today at @netartsbaywebs , visiting outdoor environmental geoscience instructor Margery Price led Reading the Rocks of Netarts Bay. With her as our guide, 30 participants traveled through geologic time and physical space around Netarts Bay on a four-hour adventure. 🙌 Beginning with an Oprah-style surprise, Price hid a rock specimen under every participant's chair. By the end of Price's presentation on Geology 101 for the Oregon Coast, participants were able to identify key characteristics of their mystery rock specimens. After being introduced to Oregon Coast Geology inside, participants explored three key areas of geologic significance outside around Netarts Bay, including: 🪨 Yager Creek 🌋 Schooner Beach 🌊 Cape Meares Lighthouse 👀At each stop, Price shared information about local rock features that we were overlooking. For example, she pointed out how to read between the lines of cliff basalt faces to better understand the geologic timeline spanning millions of years that we were witnessing right before our eyes. She noted various shapes of basalt indicating whether they cooled in air or water, and red bands of color indicating the presence of iron and oxidation. 🔨To help participants really understand that land that used to be at the bottom of the sea, now lies hundreds of feet above sea level atop Cape Meares, this adventure ended with participants breaking open local rock material to find fossils of shellfish inside. ✨️We want to truly thank Margery Price for being our visiting expert for today's adventure!✨️ This was an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. 👇👇👇 Don't miss these upcoming @netartsbaywebs events: Sunset Bay Walk on Oct. 15 Rockfish and the Changing Ocean on Oct. 19 👆👆👆 #Netartsbay #Geology #oregoncoastgeology #margeryprice #geologyhistory #netartsbaywebs #webs #netarts #oregoncoast #communityevent #capemeares #maxwellpoint #threearches #seastacks #agates #basalt

🐟🦈🌊 Rockfish and the Changing Ocean 🌊🦈🐟 Join us for this fin-tastic event, "Rockfish and the Changing Ocean," where we will dive into the fascinating world of rockfish and the evolving marine ecosystem off the Oregon Coast. 🗓 Saturday, October 19, 2024 🕑 10am - Noon 📍 Netarts Community Club 💲 FREE. Donations are appreciated to support @netartsbaywebs 🔗 Registration Required. Sign up to save your spot at Netartsbaywebs.org/events 🦈Dr. Leif Rasmuson, the @odfwmarine Marine Fishery Research Project Leader for Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, is the visiting scientsit who will be presenting. 🐟In 2021, Dr. Rasmuson and his team conducted a groundbreaking survey using acoustics and underwater video, spanning the entire Oregon coastline for the first time in state history. This innovative research not only helped prevent drastic cuts to rockfish fisheries but also shed light on critical issues like hypoxia in nearshore waters. This research will be continued with a follow-up survey in 2025. 🐠Additionally, Dr. Rasmuson will present about various rockfish projects currently underway in Oregon’s oceans. We'll discuss the intriguing movements of Yelloweye rockfish, the behaviors of Deacon rockfish, and the concerning lack of older female Black, Yellowtail, and Canary rockfish. 🌊Whether you’re a marine enthusiast, a fisherman, or simply curious to learn more about our ocean's health, this event promises to provide valuable insights into the resilience and challenges of Oregon’s rockfish populations. Join us for an engaging discussion and a chance to learn more Oregon's first statewide black rockfish survey, and how it contributed to the 2023 rockfish population estimate. #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #rockfish #odfwmarine #visitingscientist #netartsresearch #tillamookcounty #Yellowtail #Deacon #Canary #Oregon #oregonfisheries #myodfw #odfw #sciencepresentation

✨️🌊🙌 Happy International Coastal Cleanup Day! 🙌🌊✨️ Thank you to everyone who joined us today in Netarts and Oceanside to participate in this annual, global event! We also appreciate our feathered and furry friends who showed up to support our work. @netartsbaywebs has been hosting two cleanups per year in the Netarts Bay area for more than 20 years! Today, we had volunteers collecting debris along 👉 Schooner Beach 👉 Happy Camp 👉 South Cape Lookout Trail @oregonstateparks 👉 Oceanside Beach 👉 Netarts Bay Road For the last 35 years, @oceanconservancy has brought together more than 18 million volunteers who have removed more than 380 million pounds of trash from outdoor spaces. WEBS is grateful for all of our volunteers who have helped contribute to this effort to #seathechange 🙌Bonus thanks to @oceanside.surf.co and @current.cafe for letting our volunteers set up a check-in table under their red canopy tent. This was an @explorenaturetillamookcoast event! Learn more about Explore Nature Tillamook Coast and browse upcoming events at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #seathechange2024 #internationalcoastalcleanup #solvecleanup #solveoregon #solve #beachcleanup #baysidecleanup #oceanside #netartsbay #lnt #leavenotrace #trashcleanup #dontbelitterbug #dontlitter

🌱🌿🌲Can you spot and stop these invasive species?! 🌲🌿🌱 Join us this Sunday at Cape Lookout State Park to tackle invasive plants that are strangling Sitka Spruce trees and overcrowding native pollinator plants! Last winter, WEBS volunteers helped @oregonstateparks staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. Now, we need help maintaining these plantings and clearing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. 🗓 Date: Sunday, September 22, 2024 🕐 Time: 1pm - 3:30pm 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Sign up for this free event at www.netartsbaywebs.org/events We will be removing invasive ivy from trees and shrubs and clearing around 250 native plants that were planted at our Bay Stewardship Day in early February. Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Days are park of @oregonstateparks and @netartsbaywebs Adopt A Park Partnership. These events offer opportunities for people to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. If possible, we ask participants to provide their own: 🧤work gloves ✂️hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧Water bottle ☀️appropriate gear for Oregon Coast this time of year 🌿some tools will be available to borrow This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! Explore Nature Series events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #statepark #oprd #oregonstateparks #baystewardshipday #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #invasiveivy #ivypull #invasiveplants #invasivespecies #nativeplants #habitatrestoration

✨️🪨👉 Reading the Rocks of Netarts Bay 👈🪨✨️ ⛰️Join @netartsbaywebs for a fascinating journey through time at Netarts Bay! Explore the geological wonders of the bay and uncover the secrets hidden within the rocks. 🌋Our expert guide will take you on a thrilling adventure, delving into the ancient history preserved in the layers of stone. Get ready to travel back in time and witness the incredible stories written in the local rockscape. 🗓 Sunday, September 29 🕑 10am - 2pm 💲 FREE! Donations are appreciated. 🔗 Sign up at the link in Netarts Bay WEBS' bio 🏞Join expert and outdoor environmental geoscience instructor Margery Price on this adventure, which will include a presentation and walking exploration at various locations around Netarts Bay. Participants should be prepared to drive or carpool to various locations between Cape Lookout and Cape Meares for this event. 🏔Price is currently researching the use of pumice as a wastewater filter and has spent time with the US Geologic Survey in Yellowstone and as an undergraduate teaching assistant at a field school in Montana. She prides herself on finding cool rocks anywhere she goes and promises to do the same during this event. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. Explore Nature is a series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations. These meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. Learn more about Explore Nature at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com. #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #netartsbay #webs #explorenaturetillamookcoast #explorenature #timetravel #readingtherocks #exploregon #Geology #oregongeology #oregoncoast #basalt #agate #agates #agatehunting #rockhound #rockhunting #geologyhits #geologyhistory

📢PSA: The Oregon Coastal Management Program is hosting a public workshop to develop site management plans for the rocky habitat protected areas in Tillamook designated last year: Cape Lookout Marine Conservation Area. 🗓 18 Sep 2024 ⌚ 05:00PM - 07:30PM ➡ Cape Lookout Site Management Plan Workshop 📍 Oregon Department of Forestry, Tillamook District Office, 5005 3rd St, Tillamook, OR 97141 🌐 Zoom option available 🔗Learn More: https://oregonocean.info/index.php/territorial-sea-planning 🔗Register: https://oregonocean.info/index.php/component/jevents/eventdetail/193/24%7C32/cape-lookout-site-management-plan-workshop?Itemid=175

Our Fall event lineup is here! #SeptemberStewardship month continues + a preview of the fun ahead with geology adventures, sunset beach walks, rockfish workshops, and more! ⛱BEACH AND BAY CLEANUP: Clean up our local beaches and bay! 🚯 🗓 Saturday, September 21 🕥10 AM to 1 PM 📍 Netarts Boat Basin or @current.cafe / @oceanside.surf.co 🔗 https://volunteer.solveoregon.org/opportunity/a0CVL00000wCDvn2AG/beach-bayside-cleanup 🌲CAPE LOOKOUT STEWARD DAY: Help remove invasive plants and clear around recent planting! 🍃 🗓 Sunday, September 22 🕥1 PM to 3:30 PM 📍Cape Lookout State Park 🔗https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/events 🪨READING THE ROCKS OF NETARTS BAY: A time-traveling geologic adventure!🪨 🗓Sunday, September 29 🕥10 AM to 2 PM 📍Cape Lookout State Park 🔗https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/events #beachcleanup #stewardship #netartsbay #geology #learningadventure These @Netartsbaywebs events are part of the @ExploreNatureTillamookCoast series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures. Led by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, these meaningful nature-based experiences highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. Learn more about Explore Nature at www.explorenaturetillamookcoast.com.

🐤🌿✏️ FALL STEAM COACH TRAINING ✏️🌿🐤 Today's Fall STEAM Coach Training was focused on preparing new and returning field trip volunteers for upcoming school programs provided by Tillamook County STEAM Partners county-wide. ✏️Our training began with STEAM Partners, including @netartsbaywebs @tillamookestuariespartnership @heartofcartm sharing volunteer opportunities. ✍️Then, we covered our Volunteer Orientation Presentation, which introduces volunteers to a typical field trip day, volunteer roles, and how to be prepared for programs. 🐤The majority of the training was focused on nature journaling and Western Snowy Plovers. Cara Gates from @birdallianceoforegon shared a Deeper Dive presentation on Western Snowy Plover biology, besting habits, conservation threats, and current status on the North Coast. 🌿Then, Callie Sheker, the new Natural Resource Coordinator for Tillamook School District, covered invasive plants in our area and how they impact local habitats. 🎨After our catered lunch social sponsored by TEP, @norasherwood_science_art from @audubonlincolncity and Leeauna Perry from @sitkacenter guided volunteers through creating illustrations of Western Snowy Plovers. We will be continuing this project with local school students later in the year, which will ultimately result in student art being used for recreation signage displayed by @oregonstateparks in Western Snowy Plover Management Areas. To learn more about being a STEAM Coach Volunteer, email Rachel@netartsbaywebs.org You don't have to be an expert, just someone dedicated to helping students learn! #steamcoachtraining #tep #webs #netartsbaywebs #sitkacenterforartandecology #birdallianceoforegon #STEAM #STEAMCoach #steameducation #volunteeropportunity #schoolprograms #schoolfieldtrips #environmentaleducation #outdoorlearning

🛶🦀🌊 Kayak Netarts Bay 🌊🦀🛶 Today's kayak tours at Netarts Bay were awesome! With foggy sky's overhead, this morning, 40 paddlers on two different guided tours launched from the Netarts Boat Basin guided by @kayaktillamook One route ventured up the bay to the sand dollar beds, and the other paddled across to Netarts Spit. Weather conditions were perfect. Clouds kept us cool, and the bay was glassy without waves or wind. Throughout the tours, expert Naturalists from @netartsbaywebs shared about bay ecology. We found several species of crabs, clams, seaweeds, and kelp. Plus juvenile flat fish, anemones, seastars, sand dollars, and more! One participant even found a mermaid's purse (which is the common term for a skate egg case). Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS sponsors these kayak tours with Kayak Tillamook twice a year. Our next guided kayak events will be in May 2025. WEBS offers all our community programs for free to reduce the financial barriers that often accompany recreating in outdoor spaces. Donations are always appreciated to support the continuation of our stewardship and education work! Visit our website to donate and check out our calendar of upcoming events. These tours were crosslisted with @explorenaturetillamookcoast #netartsbaywebs #netarts #netartsbay #paddlenetarts #kayaktillamook #kayaking #kayak #oregonkayaktour #kayaktour #explorenaturetillamookcoast #explorenature

Kayak Netarts Bay Tours are coming up this Saturday! Our expert guides from @kayaktillamook are looking forward to teaching participants how to safely navigate Netarts Bay via kayak, and where points of interest to explore around the bay are located. Additionally, our marine naturalists are excited to share about the marine life and wonders of the bay that paddlers encounter throughout the tours. If you filled out the online form to request a spot on one of these tours, check your email! Our Kayak Program Coodinator, Paul Norman, sent out an email with more info for registered participants on Sept. 1st. Folks who are on the waitlist for either of the two tours will be contacted via email if/when spaces become available between now and Saturday. We are excited to see you on the water! These Kayak tours are @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listedevents! #Netarts #netartsbaywebs #webs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #kayaktillamook #exploregon #explorenature #tillamookcounty #kayaking #oregonkayaking #baykayaking #kayaknetarts #baytour #explorenaturetillamookcoast

Save the date for our trio of September Stewardship Events! 🌱September 11: Cape Lookout Stewardship Day This event is part of our Adopt A Park Partnership with @oregonstateparks ♻️September 21: Beach + Bayside Cleanup This event is hosted in partnership with @solveinoregon @current.cafe @oceanside.surf.co 🌿September 22: Cape Lookout Stewardship Day This event is part of our Adopt A Park Partnership with @oregonstateparks *EDIT: this event is from 1:00pm - 3:30pm* 🔗Registration for all three of these events is now open on the Netarts Bay WEBS website at https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/events We hope you can join us for one or more of these fun events! It takes many hands to keep our Bay and Beaches looking their best. Come gather with other folks who are passionate about preserving our local natural areas. These events are part of the Explore Nature Partnership. Visit @explorenaturetillamookcoast to learn more #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #stewardshipevent #Septemberevents #september #oceanside #currentcafe #oceansidesurfco #stewardship #solve #solvecleanup #oregonstateparks #oprd #adoptapark #exploregon #explorenaturetillamookcoast

Do you wish time would slow down and not move so fast for a moment? Take a few seconds to feel groovy while reading about this slightly spooky snail. We are at the time of year when summer is giving way to fall. The days are getting shorter. The best low tides for daylight tidepooling are over. And perhaps, just perhaps, you are starting to see some spooky decor popping up in stores. Did you know we have a spook-tacular native resident in Netarts Bay that uses a drill, acid, and lots of time to catch its prey?! It's a Lewis' Moonsnail (Neverita lewisii)! Don't be too scared. This animal is a super cool species to observe. 🐌 A Lewis' moonsnail's shell can grow up to 6" long, and its fleshy foot can extend beyond its shell to 12" across! This video shows a timelapse of a moonsnail using its muscular foot to dig down into the sand of Netarts Bay. This snail was dug up by a 5th grade student during our Shellfish and Anthropology field trip program. 🐌 Hide and Smile: Below the sand, moonsnails are able to hide from their predators, including rock crabs, seagulls, and sometimes other moonsails. Additionally, under this sandy landscape is where the moonsnail switches from being prey to predator. 🐌 If they don't eat moonpies, what do they eat? Moonsnails primarily eat clams, and their favorite way to eat them is by slurping them out of their shells as a clam smoothie! From under the sand, moonsails smell their prey. Using their strong foot as a sand-plow, they dig towards the clam. After reaching the clam, the moonsnail will use its large foot to hold the clam steady. Over the next couple of days, the moonsail will slllooowwwllyyyyy start drilling - with their tongue! Covered in microscopic, rough plates, the tongue of a moonsail drills 0.5 mm into the clam shell each day. Hydrochloric acid drool from the moonsail is also used to dissolve the shell. You can identify a hole in a clam shell drilled by a moonsnail if the sides of the hole are sloped. Once the hole reaches the soft clam meat inside, the moonsail sucks out it's juicy clam smoothie over another couple of days. 📷 @brokenbanjotrav top cover photo #netartsbaywebs #moonsnail #webs

✏️🥾🌊We want YOU to be a Volunteer STEAM Coach this year!!🌊🥾✏️ With the back-to-school season approaching, environmental education field trips will be commencing soon, and we need STEAM Coach volunteers to support these programs! All returning and prospective volunteers are invited to attend our upcoming STEAM Coach Volunteer Training. 🗓Tuesday, September 10th 📍Garibaldi Boathouse (1209 Bay Lane, Garibaldi) ⏰️9am-Noon: Orientation + Catered Lunch Social ⏰️Noon-2pm: Optional Activity Demos 🔗RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steam-coach-volunteer-training-tickets-989552747907?aff=ebdsoporgprofile This training will include an orientation for new STEAM Coach Volunteers in the morning, followed by a catered lunch social and optional hands-on demonstrations of upcoming field trip activities. 🌱🌿🍀 STEAM Coaches don’t need to be experts, they just need to be passionate about helping students learn! We look forward to seeing you at our next training! 🌱🌿🍀 ❓️What is the TC STEAM Partnership? 👉Across the county, a partnership of 20 local organizations works together to provide a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) programs to Tillamook County K-12 students. Together, this partnership offers students numerous experiential education programs, including environmental science field trips, farm-to-table school gardens, science fairs, cultural programming, research projects, professional development, and more. Each year, hundreds of students participate in these programs, which are made possible by volunteer STEAM Coaches. Learn more about the TC STEAM Partnership on the @tillamookestuariespartnership web page. In order to offer these enriching programs, the TC STEAM Partnership needs volunteer STEAM Coaches to fulfill a variety of roles. STEAM Coaches are people who believe all students should be able to learn about STEAM subjects through educational experiences that are hands-on and inquiry-based. For questions about this training or if you cannot attend but would like to learn about future opportunities, please contact Rachel@netartsbaywebs.org #steameducation #STEAM #TCSTEAM #WEBS

🦆🦅🐦‍⬛ Summer Birding on the Bay 🐦‍⬛🦅🦆 Today, Cara Gates from @birdallianceoforegon led our annual Summer Birding on the Bay program. Over the course of two hours, we observed (by sight and sound) 25 different species! This is a great daily bird list for our area this time of year. At other times of the year, you can commonly find 40 or more different species of birds around Netarts Bay. We began our program at the Netarts Community Club. Then we moved to the Netarts Boat Basin. A few of the species we observed there included: 🔹️Eurasian Collared-Dove 🔹️Brown Pelican 🔹️Belted Kingfisher 🔹️Purple Martin 🔹️Red Crossbille 🔹️Great Egret Next, we walked along Schooner Beach, where we observed several additional species, including: 🔹️Brandt's Cormorant 🔹️Double-Crested Cormorant 🔹️Great Blue Heron 🔹️Western Gull Thank you to everyone who joined today's program! We had a wonderful group of both new and seasoned birders. Our list of bird species for the day, along with data on how many of each species we counted, was uploaded to the eBird app. These observations are now a part of the @team_ebird community science database. This event is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed program. Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is committed to offering high-quality, nature-based events while also reducing the financial barrier of outdoor recreation. We do this by offering our events and programs at no cost to participants. Donations are always greatly appreciated to support the continuation of our work. Please consider donating to WEBS to keep conservation and environmental education alive on the coast. #netartsbaywebs #webs #birdallianceoforegon #netarts #Birding #birder #birdwalk #birdwatching #summerbirdingonthebay #communityevent #bird #brownpelican #pelican #purplemartin #westerngull #beltedkingfisher #Kingfisher #redCrossbille

🌲🌊☀️ 2023 - 2024 School Year Stats ☀️🌊🌲 As the new school year approaches, WEBS staff is getting ready to offer another wonderful year of environmental education programs to Tillamook County students. Before we dive into fall field trips, we are taking some time to reflect on the previous school year. Here are a few stats from the 2023 - 2024 school year that we are excited to share: 👉 WEBS offered 13 different field trip programs 👉 hosting more than 2,750 Tillamook County students on 👉 over 24 days of outdoor learning experiences!! It takes a strong network of partners and STEAM Coach Volunteers to offer these enriching experiences to local students. 🍀Want to support the continuation of these programs? There are two primary ways you can help! 1️⃣ Become a STEAM Coach Volunteer! All returning and prospective volunteers are invited to attend our upcoming STEAM Coach Training. STEAM Coaches don’t need to be experts. They just need to be passionate about helping students learn! We look forward to seeing you at our next training. 🗓Tuesday, September 10th 📍Garibaldi Boathouse (1209 Bay Lane, Garibaldi) ⏰️9am-Noon: Orientation, Noon-2pm: Catered Lunch Social and optional Activity Demos 🔗RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steam-coach-volunteer-training-tickets-989552747907?aff=ebdsoporgprofile This training will include an orientation for new STEAM Coach Volunteers in the morning, followed by a catered lunch social and optional hands-on demonstrations of upcoming field trip activities. 2️⃣ Donate to support school programs! WEBS offers all student programs for no cost to the schools or students who participate. Donations are always appreciated to allow us to restock essential supplies, develop new activities, and print field trip booklets. Donations can be made on our website or via check. Visit netartsbaywebs.org/donations to learn more. 🍀We are looking forward to kicking off field trip season soon, and hope you will join us in supporting our local students! #netartsbaywebs #Netartsbay #STEAM #STEAMCoach #volunteeropportunity #environmentaleducation #outdooreducation #learnoutsidetheclassroom #backtoschool #tillamookcounty #donate

✨️✨Western Sand Dollar✨️✨ Western Sand Dollars are echinoderms that are closely related to sea urchins and more distantly related to seastars. Locally, they live in dense beds in the quieter waters on the western side of Netarts Bay. More than a hundred individuals may occupy a square meter. There are also offshore populations of Western Sand Dollars that live just beyond the waves. 👉Can you tell the difference between a live and dead sand dollar? The classic, white sand dollar shell that can be found when walking along beaches on the Oregon Coast is what remains of a sand dollar after it has died. These shells are the exoskeleton of the sand dollar. Live sand dollars, as shown in this video, are covered with short, rough spines that help the animal move and feed. Additionally, when the sand dollars are exposed to air at low tide, they bury themselves by using their spines to push into the sand like little bulldozers until they are fully covered and are protected from the hot sun and predators, such as birds and crabs. 👉Where is a sand dollar's mouth, and what do they eat? On the bottom (flat) side of a sand dollar, there are two holes. The large one in the center is the sand dollar's mouth. Using their spines and miniature pinchers called pedicellariae, sand dollars catch detritus (small organic particles suspended in the water or settled on the sand), small crustaceans, and sometimes their own larvae to eat. The grooves on the bottom of a sand dollar are channels that the sand dollar uses along with their spines and pinchers to guide food to their mouths. 👉Do you know what the flower outline, visible on the top of a sand dollar shell, is for? On the top side of a sand dollar, there is a five-petaled flower-like pattern of pores. These pores, called ambulacra, are used for respiration - how sand dollars absorb oxygen from water. 👉Want to learn more about sand dollars and other marine species? Join us on our Kayak Netarts Bay Tour! We still have a few spots available on our Bay Entrance (Novice level) Kayak Tour 🗓September 7, 2024 🕑9:00am - 11:30am 📍Netarts Bay, Oregon 🔗Sign up link in bio #netartsbaywebs #sanddollar

Thank you @linfielduniv students for joining @netartsbaywebs on Sunday for our Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Day! Despite the wet weather, a lot of great stewardship work was accomplished that will benefit our local ecosystem for years to come. A total of 26 Linfield College volunteers contributed two hours of work each, resulting in 52 hours of positive impact at @oregonstateparks Cape Lookout State Park! This event was one activity during the freshman students' Orientation Service Project with @linfielduniv planned in partnership with @tillamookcoast as Volunteer Adventure. 👉Join @netartsbaywebs at their next Stewardship Days! Save the dates for: Wednesday, September 11th from 9:30am - Noon Sunday, September 22nd from 1pm - 3:30pm 👉What are Tillamook Coast Volunteer Adventures? These experiences are coordinated by @tillamookcoast Each adventure features a portion of service and an educational activity, each designed to give you a greater appreciation of the Tillamook Coast. The goal is to build a culture of thoughtful stewards and there’s never been a more rewarding time to give back. Bring your school, corporate, church, community, or family group to help care for natural areas in beautiful and diverse locations all along the Tillamook Coast. Learn about history, culture, and conservation, and have fun doing it! @tillamookcoast can design your adventure to fit your groups’ needs, featuring itineraries of one to two and a half days. Meals, transportation, lodging and activities are included. This event was part of the @explorenaturetillamookcoast Event series. Visit @explorenaturetillamookcoast to check out our next upcoming and free outdoor recreation events in Tillamook County! #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #netartsbaywebs #webs #linfielduniv #linfield #volunteeradventures #stewardshipevent #tillamookcoast #tcva #exploregon #StewardshipDays #oregoncoast

🛶🦭🌊 KAYAK NETARTS BAY TOURS🌊🦭🛶 These tours provide participants with expert guidance from @kayaktillamook on paddling Netarts Bay, and expert naturalists from @netartsbaywebs will be sharing about marine ecology along the way. Save the date and set your alarms!! Tickets for these tours go FAST, and space is limited! 🎫 Tickets go live on Tuesday, August 20 at 5:30pm PST 💲 FREE ($85 value) Donations appreciated. We are sharing this heads up now to provide more people with a chance to be notified of this popular event. Turn on the reminder for this post and set an alarm. You can also sign up for a reminder directly on Eventbrite. 🔹️🔹️🔹️ BAY ENTRANCE TOUR: Novice Level 🗓 September 7, 2024 🕑 9am - 11:30am This tour offers an easier ride. Participants will meander through the bay while making stops to appreciate the variety of animals and algae within the bay. Investigate seaweed blades for hidden creatures, watch crabs scurry along the sandy bottom, see filtering shellfish, and appreciate other invertebrates bouncing between sand grains within the shallow waters of the cove.  🔹️🔹️🔹️ INNER BAY TOUR: Intermediate Level 🗓 September 7, 2024 🕑 10am - 1pm The journey to see the abundant marine life, aquatic plants, and algae within Netarts Bay is no easy float. We will explore the channels and mudflats within the estuary as we search for aquatic wildlife. While this adventure is full of wonder, it isn’t for the timid! During the trip, we will explore the channels and mudflats within the estuary, learning as we go. On the return trip, we will be paddling against both an incoming tidal current and a Northwest headwind. If you are up for a challenge, this is the trip for you. 🔹️🔹️🔹️ This is a popular program with limited space. We want to ensure that as many people are able to paddle as we have space for. After registering, if your plans change, please notify us so we can share your spot with someone else. #explorenature #netartsbaywebs #kayaktillamook #exploretillamookcoast

🌩🔆🌧 Lighthouse History Tour 🌩🔆🌧 Today's weather of rain showers, lightning, and thunder on the Oregon Coast made for an exciting and insightful backdrop for our Lighthouse History Tour. Park Ranger Supervisor Travis Korbe @oregonstateparks gave an in-depth walking tour of the Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge, focusing on what life was like for the lighthouse keepers over the decades. First lit in 1890, the Cape Meares Lighthouse had two Lighthouse keepers at a time. One would keep the light burning through the night. During the day, the other would wash both sides of each piece of glass in the specialty lens, and well as both sides of the plate glass lighthouse windows. Typical durations of service as a lighthouse keeper were only a few months long. At times, a mobile library would reach Cape Mears to provide the keepers and their families with new books to entertain and educate themselves with. During the winter, the Oregon Coast is exposed to fierce storms with strong winds and pounding rain. Throughout these harsh conditions year after year, the lighthouse was still operational until 1963 when it was decommissioned. In the late 1960s, Cape Meares Lighthouse was adopted as an Oregon State Park and is now a Visitor Center, with visitation around 600-700 people per day during the busy season. Throughout the summer, you can visit Cape Meares Lighthouse for a short tour between 11am and 4pm. Thank you to @oregonstateparks and the Friends of Cape Meares Lighthouse for cohosting with program with @netartsbaywebs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #netartsbaywebs #capemeares #lighthousetour #historytour #oregoncoastlighthouses #explorenature #explorenaturetillamookcoast

It's day seven of 🐟10 Days of Tuna 🐟with @thepeoplescoast @oregonseafare @oregonalbacore We abso-tuna-lultey want to jump in on this fun to share a tuna themed video. In under 8 minutes, Lexi Fields and Rachel Phaksuwan of @schoonernetarts will guide you through the steps of converting a whole Albacore Tuna into delicious Albacore Fish and Chips. 🎣Looking to alba-score some fresh tuna for yourself? Drive through the port of Garibaldi and look for signs directing you to boats that are selling their fresh catch dock-side. At the market, you can find Oregon Albacore that was Frozen-at-Sea (FAS), meaning frozen when the fish was in pristine condition, only moments out of the ocean. You can also enjoy the flavor and convenience of canned albacore, prepared in small batches and cooked just once, which seals in all the flavorful juices and nutrients. You can view this video, plus other on-demand virtual programs, on the Netarts Bay WEBS YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/3lWl0LH0a0A?feature=shared #netartsbaywebs #webs #theschooner #10daysoftuna #oregonseafare #oregonalbacore #keeplocalseafoodlocal #eatoregonseafood #eatseafoodamerica #supportlocal #oregoncoast #shoplocal #buylocal #localfood #localfoodmovement #eatlocal #supportsmallbusiness #commercialfishing #knowyourfisherman #knowyourfishmonger #seasonal #sustainable #traveloregon #pacificnorthwest #oregoncoast #tuna #albacore #freshcaught #thepeoplescoast

✨️🌊👉Join our team: STEWARDSHIP COORDINATOR👈🌊✨️ Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is currently accepting applications for a Stewardship Coordinator. In this new position, the Stewardship Coordinator will represent WEBS and provide leadership for our community science, stewardship, and restoration work. Roles of the new Stewardship Coordinator will be to: 🔅 Support and expand our stewardship and community science activities (including habitat restoration events and marine debris monitoring surveys) 🔅 Handle inquiries for research and community outreach needs from other organizations or groups 🔅 Identify stewardship priorities within our work area 🔅 Pursue various restoration, research, or monitoring efforts. Position details: 🔹️ Salary Range: $47,840 - $54,080 🔹️ Full-Time Position 🔹️ Flexible work location + hybrid schedule available 🔹️ 10 paid holidays + 2 paid floating holidays 🔹️ Health and retirement stipend 🔹️ Paid vacation and sick leave 🔆View the full job description and explanation of benefits at https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/job-opportunities 🔆To apply, submit your resume, cover letter, professional references, and answers to the questions in the full job announcement to director@netartsbaywebs.org 🔆Applications will be accepted until this position is filled. It is recommended to apply as soon as possible. The first review of applications will start on August 19th. 👉Interested in applying or know someone who is a good fit for this new role? Comment below! 👈 #netartsbaywebs #naturalresources #applynow #tillamookcountyjobs #stewardshipcoordinator #newposition #nowhiring #tillamookcounty #WEBS #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #stewardship #oregoncoast

✏️🥾🌊 STEAM Coach Volunteer Training 🌊🥾✏️ With the back-to-school season approaching, environmental education field trips will be commencing soon, and we need STEAM Coach volunteers to support these programs! All returning and prospective volunteers are invited to attend our upcoming STEAM Coach Training. 🗓Tuesday, September 10th 📍Garibaldi Boathouse (1209 Bay Lane, Garibaldi) ⏰️9am-Noon: Orientation, Noon-2pm: Catered Lunch Social and optional Activity Demos 🔗RSVP at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/steam-coach-volunteer-training-tickets-989552747907?aff=ebdsoporgprofile This training will include an orientation for new STEAM Coach Volunteers in the morning, followed by a catered lunch social and optional hands-on demonstrations of upcoming field trip activities. 🌱🌿🍀 STEAM Coaches don’t need to be experts, they just need to be passionate about helping students learn! We look forward to seeing you at our next training! 🌱🌿🍀 ❓️What is the TC STEAM Partnership? 👉Across the county, a partnership of 20 local organizations works together to provide a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) programs to Tillamook County K-12 students. Together, this partnership offers students numerous experiential education programs, including environmental science field trips, farm-to-table school gardens, science fairs, cultural programming, research projects, professional development, and more. Each year, hundreds of students participate in these programs, which are made possible by volunteer STEAM Coaches. Learn more about the TC STEAM Partnership on the @tillamookestuariespartnership web page. In order to offer these community-enriching programs, the TC STEAM Partnership needs volunteer STEAM Coaches to fulfill a variety of roles. STEAM Coaches are people who believe all students should be able to learn about STEAM subjects through educational experiences that are hands-on and inquiry-based. For questions about this training or if you cannot attend but would like to learn about future opportunities, please contact Rachel@netartsbaywebs.org #steameducation #STEAM #TCSTEAM #environmentaleducation #netartsbaywebs #STEAMCoach #webs

✨️✨️✨️Offering to Our Healing Ocean✨️✨️✨️ This year was the 10th year of the @huehcaomeyocan Offering to Our Healing Ocean Celebration at Cape Lookout State Park. Led by artist, drummer, performer, and cultural promoter Eduardo Cruz Torres Amictlan and his wife, who is the main dancer of the group, Maria Elena Cortes Duran Malinalmiquiz, this year's celebration centered art, culture, music, and dance in a vibrant, colorful, generous, and transcendental way. Dancers’ regalia vibrantly displayed colorful ancestral symbols and vivid feathers. At the Huehuetl drum, Eduardo Cruz Torres set the rhythm for the flight of ceramic flutes, ocarinas, and wind whistles, while traditional Nahuatl rattles, stones, seeds, and bones stirred the atmosphere of each performance. The movements and sounds of these spirited presentations mirrored the energy that joins each of us with each other and the entire cosmos. With joyful generosity, @Huehcaomeyocan aims to inspire this transcendent connectivity in every community they touch. This year's celebration was hosted in partnership with @huehcaomeyocan who led the ceremony, @netartsbaywebs set up a bird feather investigation and art activities, @osuextensiontillamookcounty Juntos Afuera who welcomed visitors to the event and created flower offerings, @oregonstateparks who led a Snowy Plover booth and provided the spqce to hold this event, @oregonshorescc who shared about Marine Debris, @tillamookestuariespartnership who brought locally grown native plants to give away, @wayfindingarts who provided Gyotaku printing demonstrations, and Tillamook County Solid Waste Department who loaned their marine debris eating large metal fish sculpture. 📷: photos by WEBS staff Naomi Travis and Rachel Freeman #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #netartsbaywebs #webs #oceancelebration #huehcaomeyocan #juntosafuera #tillamookestuarypartnership #oregonshores #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #oregonstateparks #culture #dance #music #art

🌱🌿🌲Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Day🌱🌿🌲 Want to spend time outside with like-minded people for the afternoon while restoring local native plant habitat? Join us on Wednesday, August 14, at Cape Lookout State Park! During the winter, WEBS volunteers helped @oregonstateparks staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. Now, we need help maintaining these plantings and clearing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. 🗓 Date: Wednesday, August 14 🕐 Time: 9:30 AM to Noon 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Sign up for this free event at the link in @netartsbaywebs bio We will be removing invasive ivy from trees and shrubs and clearing around 250 native plants that were planted at our Bay Stewardship Day in early February. Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Days are park of @oregonstateparks and @netartsbaywebs Adopt A Park Partnership. These events offer opportunities for people to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. If possible, we ask participants to provide their own: 🧤work gloves ✂️hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧Water bottle ☀️appropriate gear for Oregon Coast this time of year 🌿some tools will be available to borrow This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! Explore Nature Series events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay ##capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #statepark #oprd #oregonstateparks #baystewardshipday #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #invasiveivy #ivypull #invasiveplants #invasivespecies #nativeplants #habitatrestoration

✨️⚡️🕯Lighthouse History Tour 🕯⚡️✨️ Celebrate National Lighthosue Day by taking a look behind the lens of the Cape Meares Lighthouse to learn about its rich history. This unique tour will be led by a @oregonstateparks Ranger who will show participants inside the lighthouse, tell the story of this of 134 year-old building, and share about the plants and animals that live around it today. 🗓 Saturday, August 17, 2024 🕑 10am - 11am 💲 FREE tour 👉 Register in advance to save your spot at the link in @netartsbaywebs bio This event will be hosted at the Cape Meares Lighthouse as part of a duo of events for National Lighthouse Day offered in partnership by @netartsbaywebs , @oregonstateparks , and Friends of Cape Meares Lighthouse. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. Visit the Explore Nature Tillamook Coast page to learn more about this partnership and other upcoming programs. #webs #netartsbaywebs #oregonstateparks #friendsofcapemeareslighthouse #capemeares #lighthouse #nationallighthouseday #exploregon #explorenaturetillamookcoast #lighthousetour #oregonlighthouses #oregoncoast

🌥🌤☀️Sustainable Clamming on the Bay☀️🌤🌥 This summer marks 14 years of @netartsbaywebs and @odfwmarine partnering on our Sustainable Clamming on the Bay workshops that are hosted twice a year. Today's group of participants got up super early and traveled from far and wide (like from from Bend, Oregon all the way to England) to catch this morning's low tide. Our adventure began with a bay-side presentation from Dr. Tony D'Andrea, the Project Lead for the Shellfish and Estuarine Assessment of Coastal Oregon (SEACOR) for @odfwmarine Tony provided an overview of Bay clam specie ID, where to find them in Netarts Bay, and how to dig for them. Additionally, Tony emphasized four easy ways to reduce your impact while bay clamming: 👉1. FILL IN YOUR HOLES A pile of sand left behind can smother clams and other bay life. And, it will take weeks for the tide to fill it back in. Go ahead and smooth out the sand piles yourself. 👉2. AVOID TRENCHING Clams need to live close to each other to reproduce successfully. To prevent a gap between clams, only take 2-3 clams from each hole you dig. 👉3. DON'T DIG IN EELGRASS BEDS Eelgrass provides important habitat for many species, including clams. Eelgrass also doesn't regrow easily where it's roots are damaged. Dig in bare sand areas, not the eelgrass beds. 👉4. KNOW WHERE AND WHEN TO GO Research ahead of time so you know where and when to dig. This will help you have a successful and safe bay clamming experience. Want to join us next summer for our Sustainable Clamming on the Bay workshops? Follow us on Eventbrite to be notified when our events are open for registration. #netarts #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #sustainableclamming #bayclamming #odfw #gaperclams #odfwmarine #Bay #clams #butterclams #littlenecks #clamdig #explorenaturetillamookcoast

🖌🎨🖼 Acrylic Painting Workshop 🖼🎨🖌 Celebrate National Lighthouse Day by painting a scene around Cape Meares Lighthouse! Participants of all experience levels are invited to join this acrylic painting experience. Feel the salty seamist and sunshine on your skin, soak in the stunning views of Three Arch Rocks on the horizon, and energize your artistic side during this fun, free program! 🗓 August 17, 2024 🕑 10am - 1pm 📍 Cape Meares Lighthouse, Oregon 💲 FREE. Donations are appreciated. 🎨 Recommended for ages 12 and up. 👉 Space is limited. Register online at the link in our bio. ✨️We are excited to have professional artist Breanna Gill of GILL STUDIO ARTS back again this year to lead this workshop. This time, we will be painting at a new location - the picturesque Cape Meares National Wildlife Refuge! ✨️Breanna will spend 2-3 hours leading a small group of artists in capturing a natural landscape using acrylic paints. All art supplies will be provided. 📍This event will be hosted at the Cape Meares Lighthouse in partnership by @netartsbaywebs @oregonstateparks and the Friends of Cape Meares Lighthouse. This workshop is part of a duo of @explorenaturetillamookcoast events offered in celebration of National Lighthouse Day. 👉Space is limited and spots fill quickly. If the event is full, please add yourself to the waitlist. Spots can open up last minute and we always work hard to fill them. Likewise, if you register for this event and your plans change, please let us know so we can offer your spot to someone else. #netartsbaywebs #webs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #acrylicpainting #paintingworkshop #acrylicpaintingworkshop #howtopaint #pleinairpainting #openairpainting #Lighthouse #nationallighthouseday #oregonstateparks #capemeares #capemeareslighthouse #oregoncoast #explorenaturetillamookcoast #explorenature

🥚🪶🦅 Summer Birding on the Bay 🦅🪶🥚 Join @birdallianceoforegon and @netartsbaywebs to observe coastal birds on and near Netarts Bay. 🪺We’ll start by learning about threatened Western Snowy Plovers and the Plover Patrol program, which engages community scientists to monitor nesting snowy plovers along the north coast, including Netarts Spit. 🔎We’ll then travel to various locations around the bay and surrounding headlands in the hopes of seeing soaring brown pelicans, great blue herons, bald eagles, songbirds, and cormorants. 🗓 August 25, 2024 🕑 9am - 11am 📍 Netarts Bay, Oregon 💲 Free. Donations to support @netartsbaywebs are encouraged and appreciated. 👉 Registration Required. Sign up at the link in our bio. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. #netartsbaywebs #birdallianceoforegon #summerbirdingonthebay #Birding #birds #baybirds #birdwalk #netarts #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #comminitywalk #naturewalk

🌾🍃🌲Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Day🌲🍃🌾 On Sunday, a group of hearty @netartsbaywebs volunteers worked around the camp ground at Cape Lookout State Park. They checked in on native plants that were planted during one of our winter Stewardship Days back in February. By removing overgrown invasive species, the success rate of the native seedlings underneath is improved. Cape Lookout Stewardship Days are part of our ongoing Adopt A Park Partnership with @oregonstateparks We'd love to have you join at one of our stewardship events in August! We host Stewardship Days in both the morning and afternoon, plus weekdays and weekends in an effort to fit a variety of people's schedules. Cape Lookout Stewardship Days: 🗓Wednesday, August 14th 🕑9:30am - Noon 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Register online at link in bio 🗓Sunday, August 18th 🕑1:00pm - 3:30pm 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Register online at link in bio Also, shout out to Park Ranger Mel for the last photo of our volunteer, Jim Young, from Sunday's Stewardship Day. 🙌😃 #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #webs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #capelookoutstatepark #Stewardship #StewardshipDays #invasivespecies #workparty

✨️🌊👉Sustainable Clamming on the Bay👈🌊✨️ Are you ready to get dirty? @odfwmarine and @netartsbaywebs are partnering again to offer a free Bay Clamming Workshop to a group of participants next Monday! This workshop will teach the best tips, tricks, and practices for sustainable bay clam harvesting. Additionally, participants will learn about various bay clam species, how to ID them, and where to find them in the mud flats. ODFW will also share about their work to monitor clam populations and the general bay health in Netarts. Additionally, throughout our time on the mudflats, we will explore other fascinating marine animals that live among the clam beds. A couple of examples of what we may find include live sand dollars, welks, and perhaps even a Lewis' Moon Snail. Most participants who wish to harvest clams to take home to eat are able to harvest their full daily limits. 🗓 Monday, August 5th 🕑 Workshop begins at 7am 🚗 We highly recommend arriving early for easier parking 📍 Netarts Bay, Oregon 👉 Registration required. Sign up via link in bio 💲FREE. There is no cost to attend this program. Please consider supporting WEBS with a tax-exempt donation. 🥾 WEBS will have shovels and clam bags available to borrow. Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottles, well-fitted boots or old shoes, and waders or rainpants. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. The Explore Nature Partnership offers a series of meaningful nature-based experiences highlighting the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #clamming #bayclamming #Clammingworkshop #learntoclam #oregoncoast #butterclams #bayclams #odfwmarine #odfw #myodfw #clammingworkshop #clam

✨️🌊✨️Beach Discovery Walk + Ocean Celebration✨️🌊✨️ Join us next weekend (August 3rd and 4th) to celebrate rich culture while learning and honoring our oceans. ✨️Kick off the fun with an easy, family-friendly two-mile hike along Netarts Spit and the Cape Lookout area on Saturday, August 3rd from 10am - Noon. ✨️Throughout the day on Sunday, enjoy a number of additional activity stations fun for all ages and led by Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS, OSU Tillamook County Extension, Juntos Afuera Program, and Oregon State Parks. ✨️The main event of the Ocean Celebration is an offering of dance, music, and culture honoring our healing ocean led by Huehca Omeyocan. Bring a blanket or camp chair, some snacks, and drinks, and enjoy a day on the beach. ✨️Beach Discovery Walk: 🗓Saturday, August 3rd 🕑10am-12pm 📍Cape Cookout State Park ➡️Register online for free, at link in bio ✨️Ocean Celebration: 🗓Sunday, August 4th 🕑10am-2pm 📍Cape Cookout State Park ➡️Register online for free, at link in bio #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #OceanCelebration #huehcaomeyocan #juntosafuera #osuopencampus #explorenaturetillamookcoast #capelookout #statepark #beachwalk #BeachDiscoveryWalk #beachhike #grouphike

✨️🌊👉Sustainable Clamming on the Bay👈🌊✨️ Are you ready to get dirty? @odfwmarine and @netartsbaywebs are partnering again to offer a free Bay Clamming Workshop to a group of participants. This workshop will teach the best tips, tricks, and practices for sustainable bay clam harvesting. Additionally, participants will learn about various bay clam species, how to ID them, and where to find them in the mud flats. ODFW will also share about their work to monitor clam populations and the general bay health in Netarts. Most participants who wish to harvest clams to take home to eat are able to harvest their full daily limits. 🗓 Monday, August 5th 🕑 Workshop begins at 7am 📍 Netarts Bay, Oregon 👉 Registration required. Sign up online at the link in our bio. 💲FREE. There is no cost to attend this program. Please consider supporting WEBS with a tax-exempt donation. 🥾 WEBS will have shovels and clam bags available to borrow. Participants are encouraged to bring their own reusable water bottles, well-fitted boots or old shoes, and waders or rainpants. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. The Explore Nature Partnership offers a series of meaningful nature-based experiences highlighting the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #clamming #bayclamming #Clammingworkshop #learntoclam #oregoncoast #butterclams #bayclams

Do you love the Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea around the Netarts Bay area? Would you enjoy working with nature-loving and community-minded people? Here is your chance to join our team! The Stewardship Coordinator will represent WEBS and provide leadership for our community science, stewardship, and restoration work. The primary responsibilities of the Coordinator are to support and expand our stewardship and community science activities, handle inquiries on research and community outreach needs from other organizations or groups, and pursue various restoration, research, or monitoring efforts identified as priorities for the organization. To learn more visit our website at www.netartsbaywebs.org/job-opportunities! #coastaljobs #mypnw #stewardshipjobs #netarts #tillamook #oceanside

🌱🌿🌲Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Day🌱🌿🌲 Want to spend time outside with like-minded people for the afternoon while restoring local native plant habitat? Join us this Sunday, July 28th, at Cape Lookout State Park! During the winter, WEBS volunteers helped @oregonstateparks staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. Now, we need help maintaining these plantings and clearing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. We will be removing invasive ivy from trees and shrubs and clearing around 250 native plants that were planted at our Bay Stewardship Day in early February. Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Days are park of @oregonstateparks and @netartsbaywebs Adopt A Park Partnership. These events offer opportunities for people to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. 🗓 Date: Sunday, July 28 🕐 Time: 1:00 PM to 3:30 PM 📍Cape Lookout State Park 👉Sign up for this free event at the link in our bio If possible, we ask participants to provide their own: 🧤work gloves ✂️hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧Water bottle ☀️appropriate gear for Oregon Coast in July 🌿Some tools will be available to borrow This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! Explore Nature Series events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay ##capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #statepark #oprd #oregonstateparks #baystewardshipday #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #invasiveivy #ivypull #invasiveplants #invasivespecies #nativeplants #habitatrestoration

🦅🥚🪶Today was an im-peck-able day for our Netarts Spit Hike, focusing on birds and fun beach finds! 🪶🥚🦅 ✨️This morning, we were joined by @oregonstateparks Ranger Travis Korbe, who kicked off our hike with an overview of the dune history at Cape Lookout State Park. Travis shared photos from multiple decades, helping us visualize the amount of dune erosion that has occurred along this part of the Oregon Coast. ✨️Cara Gates from @birdallianceoforegon was our Western Snowy Plover expert today. Cara shared about the nesting preferences, mating rituals, and conservation status of these tiny feathered friends. Western Snowy Plover rely on flat, sandy areas where they prefer to create nests (shallow depressions in the sand) near drift wood, shell bits, and sometimes marine debris. 🪺Although we didn't see any plovers today, Cara brought model plover eggs for us to visualize what surveyors are looking for when counting Western Snowy Plover nests during the six-month long nesting season. 💙While walking back up the spit, we were shocked to find a surprise egg - a Common Murre egg! This large speckled blue egg was found right along the edge of the incoming waves. Although it was cracked and no longer viable, it was a wonderful opportunity to admire the unique shape of these eggs that helps prevent them from falling off the rocky edges where Common Murres form their nests. This one, however, must have fallen over the edge. 🙌Thank you to Cara, Travis, and our WEBS volunteers who all shared their skills and expertise to make today wonderful! Also, happy birthday to Sandra, who spent part of her day hiking with us all! 😴💤Now, all of us who hiked these 12 miles today are ready to rehydrate and rest our feet! 👉If you want to join us on our next birding adventure, mark your calendars for Sunday, August 25th, for our Summer Birding on the Bay event. Cara will be joining us again for this event! The registration page for this event is coming soon. #netartsbaywebs #birdallianceoforegon #oregonstateparks #explorenature #explorenaturetillamookcoast #netartsspit #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #spithike #capelookoutstatepark #capelookout #plovers #westernsnowyplov

🌊🐚✨️ Beach Discovery Walk + Ocean Celebration ✨️🐚🌊 **EDIT: Graphic 1 for the Beach Discovery Walk should have the date August 3rd, not August 4th** Celebrate rich culture while learning and honoring our oceans during an easy, family-friendly two-mile hike along Netarts Spit and the Cape Lookout area. This is part of the @huehcaomeyocan Ocean Celebration, hosted in partnership with @netartsbaywebs @osuextensiontillamookcounty and @oregonstateparks ✨️Beach Discovery Walk: 🗓Saturday, August 3rd 🕑10am-12pm 📍Cape Cookout State Park ➡️Register online for free (link in bio) ✨️Ocean Celebration: 🗓Sunday, August 4th 🕑10am-2pm 📍Cape Cookout State Park ➡️Register online for free (link in bio) ✨️The main event of the Ocean Celebration is an offering of dance, music, and culture honoring our healing ocean led by Huehca Omeyocan. Bring a blanket or camp chair, some snacks, and drinks, and enjoy a day on the beach. ✨️Throughout the day on Sunday, enjoy a number of additional activity stations fun for all ages and led by Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS, OSU Tillamook County Extension, Juntos Afuera Program, and Oregon State Parks. #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #OceanCelebration #huehcaomeyocan #juntosafuera #osuopencampus #explorenaturetillamookcoast #capelookout #statepark #beachwalk #BeachDiscoveryWalk #beachhike #grouphike

❤️💛💙💜Colors of the Tidepools in 2024💚🩷🖤🤍 Today marked our final Tidepool Discovery Day of 2024. Tidepooling season went by so fast this year! We wish that there was a tide low enough every week to allow intertidal exploring. But then again, the limited opportunity to visit these habitats is part of what makes being there so special when we do. Tidepool Discovery Days are one of our most popular community programs, and we love teaching people about the specialized species that live in this habitat. 🙌🙌Today, one young visitor asked a Tidepool Guide, "What can I do to help these animals?" And our answer to her was, "Learn about them, and then tell other people about what you learn!" 🙌🙌 Our mission at WEBS is to sustain the Netarts Bay Area through education and stewardship. We believe that through educating people about our natural environments, people will become better stewards of these habitats. This reel shows numerous species, but here's what we were focusing on in color-coded each clip: ❤️Leather Star 💛Nudibranchs (Sea Slugs) 💙Velella Velella 💜Purple Urchin 💚Yellow-Green Sponge 🩷Sunflower Star 🖤California Mussels 🤍Gooseneck Barnacles 👉Tell us below: Which of these tidepool animals is your favorite? Although Tidepool Discovery Days are over for 2024, we still have a FULL calendar of events coming up! Visit our website netartsbaywebs.org to view our upcoming Community Events. **Aniamls handed in this video were done so with the proper training. All animals were returned to where they were found shortly after viewing.** #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #netartsbaywebs #webs #tidepooltour #tidepooldiscoverydays #oregoncoast #Oceanside #exploregon #colorofthetidepools #rainbowocean

Today's Salt Marsh Tour around Netarts Bay was every bit sweet as it was salty! Jim Young, retired Biologist and long-time WEBS Volunteer, began with a presentation overviewing the ecology of our local salt marshes and an introduction to the numerous plant species we were soon to observe in the field. For the field based portion of this event, we visited two sites on the edge of the salt marsh of Netarts Bay, where plamt species ade specially adapted to survive in an extremely salty environment. As we walked along the trails, every few steps changes in the habitat were observed. Today, we focused on observing these changes, specifically by the presence of different plant species. We observed dozens of species in just a couple of hours. Jim shared nearly continuous information about them all, answering the enthusiastic questions of today's participants. It was hard to pick just ten photos to share from today, but here they are: 🌱Photo 1: Seven of today's salt marsh tour participants and WEBS volunteers stand beside Jim Young with the salt marsh of Netarts Bay in the background. 🌿Photo 2: Jim Young holds a yellow flower from gumweed, showing it to two participants. 🌱Photo 3: A close-up of pickle weed, also known as sea beans. Participants were able to taste it and most noted liking the fresh, salty flavor in the crisp plant. 🌿Photo 4: Salt marsh dodder, the thin curly orange plant, winds itself around its host species: Pickle weed. 🌱Photo 5: Yarrow in bloom covering a large area with Juncas interdispersed. 🌿Photo 6: A wind-swept Monterey Cypress (native to California) stands at the edge of the ocean. 🌱Photo 7: Up close photo of a brown tuft-shaped Juncas bloom with green Juncas stems in the background. 🌿Photo 8: Pacific water parsley in bloom (do not eat this parsley!) 🌱Photo 9: The group walks along the salt marsh, stepping over channels, with dried mats of eelgrass around. 🌿Photo 10: Jim Young holds a yellow gumweed bloom while smiling among the Salt Marsh. #saltmarsh #saltmarshtour #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #Capelookout #statepark #pickleweed #seabeans #juncas #pacificwaterparsley #Yarrow #montereycypress #gumweed

🌿🥾 Salt Marsh Tour: Sunday, July 21🥾🌿 Join us to learn about the plants and animals that live in this unique habitat and the importance of this environment from the forest to the water's edge. Discover how plants survive in a salty world and explore the succession of vegetation from the bay to the dunes. This program includes two parts: an indoor presentation followed by an outdoor walking tour. 🌿SALT MARSH PRESENTATION This presentation will review salt marsh habitats and give an overview of the common plants found in these areas and how they are adapted to survive in these salty locations. 🥾SALT MARSH WALK After the presentation, explore the salt marsh with biologist and WEBS board member, Jim Young. This field-based walking tour includes an easy to moderate 1.5 to 3-mile hike through muddy, wet sand, and loose sand areas. Trails may be covered by brush. This program is best suited for participants 12 years and older who are comfortable with walking in these environments. FREE: There is no cost to attend this program. Donations in support of Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS are welcome and appreciated! Register online at the link in our bio or at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salt-marsh-tour-registration-947352044467 to save your spot on this adventure next Sunday! This event is part of the @explorenaturetillamookcoast series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures. Explore Nature events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #webs #saltmarsh #saltmarshtour #oregonstateparks #tillamookcounty #explorenaturetillamookcoast

🥾🐦‍⬛🌊Netarts Spit Hike🌊🐦‍⬛🥾 Join @birdallianceoforegon and @netartsbaywebs to learn about the threatened Western Snowy Plover and Oregon’s coastal ecosystem while hiking the length of Netarts Spit. We hope to observe Snowy Plovers 🤞and other coastal creatures on this 13-mile round trip hike. 🗓 Wednesday, July 24, 2024 🕑 8am-4pm 📍 Cape Lookout State Park 🔗 Register online to save your spot (link in bio) Please bring your own 🤓binoculars 💧water 🌯lunch 🥾comfortable attire. Participants can opt to join for a portion of the hike if they do not wish to hike the full distance. This is an out-and-back hike along the same stretch of beachline. This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross listed event. #Netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #capelookout #statepark #oprd #Spithike #NetartsSpit #birdallianceoforegon

✨️🌊🌺An Offering to Our Healing Ocean🌺🌊✨️ @huehcaomeyocan in partnership with @netartsbaywebs @osuextensiontillamookcounty and @oregonstateparks invites you to this annual celebration or music, art, culture, and the environment. 🗓Sunday, August 4th 🕑10am-2pm 📍Cape Cookout State Park ➡️Register online for free (link in bio) This event is a cosmic integration — a prayer in motion that delights the senses. Led by Maria Elena Cortes Duran, dancers’ regalia vibrantly display colorful ancestral symbols and vivid feathers. At the Huehuetl drum, Eduardo Cruz Torres sets the rhythm for the flight of ceramic flutes, ocarinas, and wind whistles, while traditional Nahuatl rattles, stones, seeds, and bones stir the atmosphere of each performance. The movements and sounds of these spirited presentations mirror the energy that joins each of us with each other and the entire cosmos. With joyful generosity, Huehca Omeyocan aims to inspire this transcendent connectivity in every community they touch. ✨️The main event of the day is a celebration honoring our healing ocean led by Huehca Omeyocan. Bring a blanket or camp chair, some snacks, and drinks, and enjoy a day on the beach. ✨️Through out the day, enjoy a number of additional activity stations fun for all ages and led by Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS, OSU Tillamook County Extension, Juntos Afuera Program, and Oregon State Parks. #netartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbay #OceanCelebration #huehcaomeyocan #juntosafuera #osuopencampus #explorenaturetillamookcoast #capelookout #statepark

☀️🌊🌲Summer Community Event Calendar🌲🌊☀️ We are excited to share our summer Community Event calendar and look forward to having you join us at this wide variety of events! 👉We want to know: which of these events are you most excited about? Comment below and tag a friend you want to share an adventure with! 👀We also would love for you to reshare our full August + September event calendar while tagging us @netartsbaywebs so we can see. 🗓To register and review all the details on each of these events, visit our website: netartsbaywebs.org/events All @netartsbaywebs programs are offered for free. Donations to support the continuation of our stewardship and education work in the Netarts Bay area are always appreciated. Update: Sustainable Clamming Event start time is now 7:00am, not 7:30am. Thank you to our partners who are teaming up with us for many of these events: @oregonstateparks @huehcaomeyocan @osuextensiontillamookcounty and @birdallianceoforegon These events are all part of the Explore Nature Tillamook Coast events series. Visit @explorenaturetillamookcoast to view more events hosted by other local nonprofits in Tillamook County. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #netarts #tidepools #pleinairpainting #acrylicpainting #workshops #sustainableclamming #bayclamming #birding #exploregon #Tillamook #tillamookcounty #netartsspit

🌿🥾 Salt Marsh Tour: Sunday, July 21🥾🌿 Join us to learn about the plants and animals that live in this unique habitat and the importance of this environment from the forest to the water's edge. Discover how plants survive in a salty world and explore the succession of vegetation from the bay to the dunes. This program includes two parts: an indoor presentation followed by an outdoor walking tour. 🌿SALT MARSH PRESENTATION This presentation will review salt marsh habitats and give an overview of the common plants found in these areas and how they are adapted to survive in these salty locations. 🥾SALT MARSH WALK After the presentation, explore the salt marsh with biologist and WEBS board member, Jim Young. This field-based walking tour includes an easy to moderate 1.5 to 3-mile hike through muddy, wet sand, and loose sand areas. Trails may be covered by brush. This program is best suited for participants 12 years and older who are comfortable with walking in these environments. FREE: There is no cost to attend this program. Donations in support of Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS are welcome and appreciated! Register online at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/salt-marsh-tour-registration-947352044467 to save your spot on this adventure next Sunday! This event is part of the @explorenaturetillamookcoast series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures. Explore Nature events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #webs #saltmarsh #saltmarshtour #oregonstateparks #tillamookcounty #explorenaturetillamookcoast

🌊🐚✨️Tidepool Discovery Day Tour: July 22 ✨️🐚🌊 What amazing creatures are lurking at the water’s edge? Come out to Oceanside and take a peak! Expert Tidepool Interpretive Guides will lead you through this colorful landscape while identifying local species like the anemones, sculpin, and sea stars shown in this video, and so much more. Learn about anemone clone wars, how a sea star eats, or how hermit crabs steal shell homes from other crabs! From seaweeds to sculpin fish, there is an amazing world to discover. @netartsbaywebs staff and volunteers will also share about the habitats thay these animals call home along the coastal edge. Come out and enjoy! FREE EVENT: These tidepool tours are free to attend- but online registration is required, so we know how many people to expect. Sign up to save your spot with your Tidepool Interpretive Guide! Register for free at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/947108726697?aff=oddtdtcreator @netartsbaywebs events are offered to all participants for free to reduce the financial barrier for people to enjoy the outdoors. To support our mission and the continuation of our work, donations are always appreciated through our website. This event is part of the @explorenaturetillamookcoast series of hikes, walks, paddles, and outdoor adventures. Explore Nature events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #tidepooldiscoverydays #lowtide #tidepools #tidepooltour #oceansideoregon #oregonstateparks #exploregon

On Sunday afternoon following our morning Tidepool Discovery Day focused on Seaweed, Kelp, and Algae, our salty adventures continued with a Seaweed Pressing Workshop led by Angelina Zuelow from @thehenkellab We filled the Netarts Community Club with 35 friends eager to preserve some of the beauty of the intertidal in their own one-of-a-kind pressed design. To begin, Angelina gave a presentation about the specimens she had collected for us to press. Then, she demonstrated how to arrange specimens with tips for making the fine details pop. After that- everyone got to make at least two art pressings of their own! After each arrangement was finished, it was sandwiched together in the wooden press. The drying process takes a few days. We've had the press at the WEBS office all week with fans blowing on it to aid in the drying and prevent any mold from growing. Next week, we will contact everyone who attended the workshop to share when their creations can be picked up! If you want to try seaweed/kelp/algae pressing on your own, here's a few important things to keep in mind for Oregon: 👉You can only pick attached (living) seaweeds/kelp/algae from March 1st - June 15th. 👉Any time of year, you can collect unattached (non-living) seaweed/kelp/algae that washes up on the shoreline. 👉One gallon of seaweed/kelp/algae can be collected per person per day, with an annual collection limit of three gallons. 👉Be aware of marine protected areas where collecting is not permitted. We are eager to open up the press in a few days and see the results of everyone's creations! #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #webs #seaweedpressing #seaweedkelpalgae #kelp #algae #intertidalart #pressedseaweed

The focus of today's Cape Lookout Stewardship Day was removing invasive English Ivy. English Ivy is classified as a noxious weed in Oregon. It can strangle trees and overshadow understory plants. Today's team of a dozen volunteers and WEBS' staff members focused on clearing invasive ivy away from the base of Sitka Spruce trees along the banks of a salmon bearing stream at Cape Lookout State Park. This event is part of a series of Cape Lookout State Park Stewardship Days that @netartsbaywebs is hosting @oregonstateparks as part of our Adopt A Park Agreement. Our next Cape Lookout State Park Bay Stewardship Day will be on August 18th from 1pm-3:30pm. Mark your calendars now and stay tuned for online registration opening soon! #netartsbaywebs #netarts #netartsbay #webs #baystewardshipday #capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #oregonstateparks #oprd #adoptapark

💪🌿🪚Invasive Ivy Removal + Native Plant Maintenance 🪚🌿💪 Want to spend time outside with like-minded people dedicated to restoring local native plant habitat? Join us tomorrow (July 10th) at Cape Lookout State Park! During the winter, WEBS volunteers helped @oregonstateparks staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. Now, we need help maintaining these plantings and clearing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. We will be removing invasive ivy from trees and shrubs and clearing around 250 native plants that were planted at our Bay Stewardship Day in early February. Bay Stewardship Days offer opportunities to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. 🗓 Date: Wednesday, July 10 🕐 Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 PM 📍Cape Lookout State Park Sign up for this event at the link in our bio. If possible, we ask participants to provide their own: 🧤work gloves ✂️hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧Water bottle ☀️appropriate gear for Oregon Coast in July This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! Explore Nature Series events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay ##capelookout #capelookoutstatepark #statepark #oprd #oregonstateparks #baystewardshipday #capelookoutstateparkstewardshipday #Tillamook #dairylands #tillamookcounty #exploretillamookcoast #invasiveivy #ivypull #invasiveplants #invasivespecies #nativeplants #habitatrestoration

Exactly one year later to the day, we welcomed back Angelina Zuelow from @thehenkellab to Netarts today to host two seaweed-themed events, the first of which began at this morning's early low tide. Angelina Zuelow is a third year PhD student at the Hatfield Marine Science Center in Newport. She is studying seaweed communities along the Oregon coastline. Together with her intern Ryleigh plus WEBS staff and volunteers, Angelina led 40 eager explorers down to Tunnel Beach in Oceanside to learn about seaweed, kelp, and algae. At today's low tide, we observed numerous species of kelp and seaweed, including: 🔹️Ulva (sea lettuce) 🔹️Laminaria sinclairii (dense-clump kelp) 🔹️Coralline algae (encrusting and erect) 🔹️Codium setchellii (pin cushion algae) We also found some of our favorite intertidal animals, including: 🔸️Decorator crabs and Granular claw crabs 🔸️Sea Lemon, Leopard Dorid, and Opalescent Nudibranchs 🔸️Ochre Sea Stars 🔸️Black Leather Chitons and Lined Chitons After exploring for a couple of hours, we left the intertidal behind to get ready for the afternoon's Seaweed Pressing workshop. Check out our stories now for an overview of the Seaweed Pressing workshop, and stay tuned for a separate post about it later this week. Mark your calendars now for our next Tidepool Discovery Days on July 22 and 23! #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #seaweedkelpalgae #seaweedpressing #tidepooldiscoverydays #lowtide #tidepools #intertidal #tidepooltour #exploregon #Oceanside #oregoncoast #seaweed #kelp #algae

We still have room on our Sunday morning Tidepool Discovery Day excursion focused on seaweed, kelp, and algae! Visiting scientist Angelina Zuelow, who is a third year PhD student at @thehenkellab at Hatifield Marine Science Center, will be guiding the tour. Angelina is studying seaweed communities along the Oregon Coastline. During the walk, she will be teaching the identification of local seaweed, kelp, and algae species. Additionally, we will discuss seaweed foraging and demomstrate sustainable collection techniques. RSVP for this *free* event and get all the details at the link in our bio or https://www.eventbrite.com/e/tidepool-discovery-days-july-tickets-928107553677?aff=ebdsoporgprofile Come join Angelina and the rest of the Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea - WEBS team on Sunday to learn all about seaweed, kelp, and algae! This is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast event. #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #webs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #seaweed #henkellab #seaweed #kelp #algae #seaweedforaging #oregoncoast #explorenaturetillamookcoast #explorenature

🌟🌟Help us maintain a Sparkling Clean Coast🌟🌟 🚫Reminder: there are NO FIREWORKS permitted on Oregon Beaches, Parks, or Campgrounds. It's the law!🚫 Please remember while enjoying natural spaces this week that we're all visiting the landscape that thousands of animals call home. They need our help to free our coast of firework debris! Unfortunately, each year, truck fulls of trash are left behind after busy weekends. This is especially true after the 4th of July. Photos 2, 3, and 4 in this post all show a glimpse of what was left behind last year: multiple truck bed loads of firework trash, dumpsters full to the brim, and trashcans piled under heaps of debris left behind. 🌟This year, on July 5th, we encourage you to spend 30 minutes walking around to see how much trash you can collect. Tag us @netartsbaywebs so that we can cheer you on and see how much debris is collected by everyone working as a team!🌟 We also will post some organized beach clean ups in our stories that other local organizations and businesses are hosting. #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #Cleanup #beachcleanup #webs #fireworkfree #fireworksafety #fireworkfreebeach #oregoncoast

Bay Stewardship Days offer opportunities to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. During the winter, WEBS volunteers helped OR State Park staff plant a large variety of native trees, shrubs, and plants. Now, we need help maintaining these plantings and clearing unwanted plants that may slow their growth. This time, we will be clearing around recent plantings aimed at improving and restoring the habitat within the park. We will also be working to remove invasive English Ivy from trees and shrubs within the park. 🗓Date: July 10 🕐Time: 9:30 am to 12:00 PM We hope you can join us to lend a hand clearing invasive ivy from recent plantings established at Cape Lookout State Park. If possible, we ask participants to provide their own: 🧤work gloves ✂️hand pruners ⛏️shovels 💧water bottle 🧢appropriate gear for Oregon Coast weather in July RSVP for this *free* event at the link in our bio. This opportunity is an @explorenaturetillamookcoast take-action event! Explore Nature Series events are hosted by a consortium of volunteer community and non-profit organizations, and are meaningful nature-based experiences that highlight the unique beauty of Tillamook County and the work being done to preserve and conserve the area’s natural resources and natural resource-based economy. #netartsbay #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #netartsbaywebs #capelookout #adpotapark #oregonstateparks #oprd #Oregon #Stewardship #stewardshipevent #Netarts #capelookout

🔥BEACH FIRE SAFETY🔥 How to keep a good time from going up in smoke! ⛱Beachgoers, remember that even in the sand near the ocean, small fires can spread and cause big problems! Help protect our coast and nearby communities by following these guidelines. 1. CHECK FOR FIRE BANS: 👉Contact the Oregon Department of Forestry or the local Netarts-Oceanside Fire District. ➡️https://netartsoceansidefire.org/ 2. CHECK THE WEATHER: 👉Avoid burning when winds are high and/or blowing toward dry vegetation—or on especially warm/dry days. 3. CONSIDER YOUR LOCATION: 👉Fires are prohibited in sensitive habitats like Western Snowy Plover Management Areas. 👉Keep fires in areas of open sand, and at least 25 feet away from and downwind of beach access points, driftwood, dune grasses, and other plant life. 4. KEEP IT SMALL & CLEAN: 👉Fires should be no larger than a small beach chair (3 ft. Long x 3 ft. Wide x 3 ft. High). 👉Use small pieces of wood to limit the size of the fire. Wood should be untreated and free of nails. Do not use pallets. Using driftwood is also discouraged. 5. KEEP AN EYE ON IT: 👉Always keep watch on your fire. Never leave it unattended. 6. DON’T COVER IT, DROWN IT: 👉Never cover a fire with sand! Not only is it prohibited, but it is very dangerous, as it traps heat just below the surface. When unsuspecting beachgoers and dogs walk over the area, they can get badly burned. 👉Fully extinguish the fire before you leave. Always have a bucket of water nearby to put out your fire. When you are ready to call it a night, slowly pour water on top and stir to be sure the embers are out. 👍Thank you for keeping our beaches safe for everyone! #netartsoceansidefiredepartment (https://www.facebook.com/NetartsOceasideRFPD/), @keeporegongreen @oregonstateparks @tillamookcoast #beachfires #beachfiresafety #springbreak #stewardship #netartsbaywebs #Netartsbay

Join us on July 7 for an amazing ocean series! First, EXPLORE the tide pools with WEBS and OSU Scientists to learn about intertidal animals, seaweed, and how to collect seaweed to create pressed art pieces in the morning! In the afternoon, join WEBS + OSU for a SEAWEED PRESSING WORKSHOP! Check our website for registration details: www.netartsbaywebs.org

We celebrated #WORLDOCEANSDAY on the beach during our first #Tidepool Discovery Days! We will be out there again tomorrow. Lots of sights and fun discoveries! #tidepooling #beachlife #beach #mypnwlife 📸 @na_travisss

Tillamook School District (TSD) is currently hiring for a Natural Resource Coordinator. The #NaturalResourceCoordinator works closely with community partners like Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea - WEBS and other #Tillamook County STEAM Partners to offer #STEAM and #environmentaleducation programs to “promote and expand the district’s Natural Resource Education Program.” If you are interested in working with community organizations and natural resource agencies and businesses to create wonderful learning and career-preparing experiences for k-12 students, then this job may be for you! Learn more: https://tillamook.tedk12.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=10781 Tillamook County STEAM Partnership: Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) Food Roots Bay City Arts Center Sitka Center for Art and Ecology @Tillamook County 4-H Oregon OSU Extension Service Tillamook County @AArt, Accelerated _ Blink, You Miss It Lower Nehalem Community Trust @Tillamook County Pioneer Museum

🌊Sustainable Clamming on the Bay 🦪 is coming up next weekend! Would you like to learn more about the different types of clams in Netarts Bay? Are you new to clamming and would like some tips? Join Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Saturday, May 11th for an informative day on the bay learning about sustainable wild shellfish harvesting! 📅May 11 🕣 8:30 am 👍Family Friendly 🪪Bring your shellfish license and cooler 🪣We bring the shovels and bags *️*ONLY A FEW SPOTS LEFT! We highly recommend adding yourself to the waitlist when the event fills. ** FREE! Donations are greatly appreciated. Registration required.

Did you know ... 🦀That Dungeness crabs leave their shells and grow new ones when they get too small? 🦀They have special appendages called "Gill Bailers" and "Gill Cleaners" that help them pump water over their gills and clean particles off of them? 🦀They have copper-containing proteins in their blood that make it blue when oxygenated? 👍READY TO DISCOVER MORE COOL FACTS? 💯🦀Learn more than you thought possible about Dungeness Crab during the fabulous Deeper Dive presentation by our own resident scientist and WEBS volunteer, Jim Young, on 📅April 28 at 🕐1 PM. Free! ➡REGISTER ON OUR WEBSITE (www.netartsbaywebs.org/events) OR USING THE LINK IN OUR IG BIO

Can you tell we have been doing cleanups for a while by these signs? Tell us how many years you have been helping cleanup our bay and beaches! @solveinoregon

Here is an updated list of events for the Netarts area this April! ➡️To learn more about Netarts Talks, contact Nan@TillamookCoast.com. ➡️To learn more about @netartsbayWEBS events, visit www.netartsbaywebs.org/events or use the link in our IG bio.

This week, over 175 fifth-grade students from East Elementary School and Garibaldi Grade School participated in the annual 5th Grade Shellfish and Anthropology fieldtrip sponsored by the @netartsbaywebs This program began with a classroom presentation to teach students how to identify clams and use data collection tools. Each day of the field trip, we were welcomed to Netarts Bay with sunny blue skies. To start, students ventured out to the mudflats during low tide. Equipped with shovels, data collection tools, and a high school group leader, our 5th grade students successfully located a variety of clam species including gapers, butters, little necks, and soft-shell clams. Other low tide animals that were found included live sand dollars, a moon snail, pile worms, and more! While on the mud flat, students practiced sustainable clamming etiquette by filling in holes after digging and avoiding digging in eelgrass. After returning from a morning spent clamming, hungry kids took a break for lunch. In the afternoon, students participated in three 30-miunte activities. At one station, they analyzed their data from the morning by writing a hypothesis, making a data table, graphing their data, and interpreting their findings. This data inquiry activity allows students to practice math skills during this place-based field trip program. Additionally, students discovered shellfish fossils in local rock material at the Fossil Discovery station. They used air dry clay to make shell and fossil impressions to take home. Lastly, at the Clam Dissection station, students dissected clams to learn more about how clam anatomy connects to where and how they live in the bay. This year’s 5th Grade Shellfish and Anthropology fieldtrip was a big success thanks to our volunteers, including 28 Tillamook High Schoolers, eight @neahkahnieasb High Schoolers, and ten TC STEAM Coach Volunteers. If you would like to volunteer on an upcoming spring field trip program, email Rachel@tbnep.org to learn more. #clammingfieldtrip #shellfishandanthropology #netartsbaywebs #netartsbaywebs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #bayclamming #netarts #environmentaleducation #outdooreducation

Next week, we are headed out onto the mudflats of Netarts Bay with 175 fifth grade students from Tillamook and Garibaldi school districts! On this program, students will learn about safe and sustainable clamming techniques while collecting data to answer their class hypothesis about the distribution of clams in Netarts Bay. Additionally, students will graph their data, dissect a clam, and unearth fossils from local rock material featuring a variety of preserved shellfish. We are grateful for our community STEAM Coach Volunteers and high school helpers from @nwstudentsoutdoors and Neah-Kah-Nie High School who help make this program successful. If you'd like to volunteer on an upcoming spring field trip program, email Rachel@TBNEP.org for more information. We also will be hosting a free Bay Clamming workshop in May. Stay tuned for more information when registration opens on April 11th. Have you ever been clamming on Netarts Bay? #webs #netartsbaywebs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #clammingfieldtrip #ShellfishandAnthropology #netartsbayclams #shellfish #clamming #fieldtrip #environmentaleducation

April is full of happenings! Join conversations, support various causes, help clean up the bay + beach, and learn more about a favorite coastal critter! Hosted by various organizations, there are lots of spring activities.

Join @solveinoregon, @netartsbaywebs (www.netartsbaywebs.org), Oceanside Surf Co./@current_cafe_ , Netarts Oceanside Fire, and other Tillamook County partners to clean up Netarts and Oceanside on April 20 from 10 AM - 1 PM. Join us this year and help us protect marine life and maintain the beauty of our coast. Bring a buddy, stay safe, and have fun! An @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. Advanced registration is highly recommended. Get out on the beach faster by telling us you are coming in advance! Meeting Location: 📍Netarts Boat Basin - 2065 Netarts Basin Boat Rd, Tillamook, OR 97141 📍Oceanside Surf Co./ Current Cafe - 1505 Pacific Ave, Oceanside, OR 97134 @current.cafe #dogfriendly #familyfriendly #beach #beachcleanup #baycleanup #beach #beachcleanup #beachcleanup #beachcleanups

This week, we kicked off spring field trip season with the @netartsbaywebs First Grade Cape to Cape program. This program is a full-day field trip hosted at Netarts Bay and Cape Meares Lighthouse. We had 191 students participate, from all three public school districts in Tillamook County. For the first time this year, Nestucca K-8 students attended, which we are very happy about! During the trip, students investigate patterns in nature (including seasons and tides), learn how light is used for communication at the Cape Meares Light House, solve the mystery of unknown water salinities using hydrometers, label a map of Netarts Bay with key landmarks, and visit the Octopus Tree (a local culturally significant site). This video, Meet Your Bay: Netarts Bay, is one of two videos that students watch in their classrooms to prep for field trip activities. This video is also available in Spanish and is posted on the Netarts Bay WEBS Youtube channel, along with the full suite of pre-trip videos for our other school programs. This video was produced by @deerislandstudio in partnership with @netartsbaywebs @tillamookestuariespartnership and @nwstudentsoutdoors This video was made possible through funding from the @the_ocf Salty Dog Fund, the @gray_family_foundation , and the Northwest STEM Hub.

Well, we sure didn't expect school to be canceled due to winter weather the same week we start spring field trips. Fingers crossed that we get to host our First Grade Cape to Cape program tomorrow! 🤞 Who else is ready for winter to march on and for spring weather to arrive? Our environment education school programs are place-based, which means that most of them happen outside in the environments we are teaching about. To do this, our program coordinators plan for a wide variety of outdoor variables, including: 🌧Rain 💨Wind 🌊Changing Tides 🌞Too much sun Adapting and planning field trips for these conditions means packing tent canopies, @riteintherain paper, instant hand warmers, and more. When the weather changes during a program, we will pivot to provide the best experience for students given current conditions. This can mean changing program activities, location, and sometimes sending students back to school early. In the event of an early return to school, we have Classroom Care bags that are given to teachers. These care kits have hand warmers, a treat, and hot cocoa pouches for kids to enjoy back at school. Canceling a program is our least favorite option, but sometimes the weather requires it for the safety and comfort of the students. Offering place-based environmental education programs has its challenges, but they are worth it for the amazing learning experiences that the Netarts Bay area provides! #environmentaleducation #friendsofnetartsbay #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #hellospring #goodbyewinter #fieldtrip

Can you answer YES to these questions? 💯💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯 💯💯💯💯 💯 If so, apply to the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS 2024 🎓Ben Núñez, Sr. Scholarship 🎓 today! (❓) Are you a resident of Tillamook County? (❓) Have you or will you soon get your GED or graduate from high school? (❓) Are you headed to college or a trade school? (❓) Will you be working toward a career in oceanography, marine conservation, estuary health, watershed ecology, or a closely related field? 🕔➡️ The deadline for the 2024 Ben Núñez, Sr. Scholarship is 4 pm on March 15, 2024. 👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇 Find the online form here: https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/scholarships @netartsbawywebs works to build a community of environmental stewards and is committed to supporting students who want to make a positive impact on our natural resources.

Field Notes Friday: STEAM Coach Volunteer Training Edition This week, the Tillamook County STEAM Partnership hosted a volunteer training, where over a dozen new volunteers learned about environmental education student programs happening across the county. The organizations hosting this training included @tillamookestuariespartnership @netartsbaywebs @osuextensiontillamookcounty @nwstudentsoutdoors And the Garibaldi Cultural Heritage Initiative The training agenda included: ✅️TC STEAM Partnership Intros ✅️Orientation Presentation ✅️Clamming Deep Dive ✅️Lunch Social ✅️OR Coast Geology Presentation ✅️Hands-on Activity Demos We are excited about these enthusiastic new STEAM Coaches who will support dozens of upcoming field teip experiences for local students! See our previous posts to learn about the TC STEAM Partnership, or email the program coordinator Rachel at Rachel@tbnep.org #TillamookEstuariesPartnership #tep #fieldnotesfriday #webs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #osuopencampus #garibaldiboathouse #environmentaleducation

❄️WINTER PLANTING #STEWARDSHIP DAY🌲is just two days away! 🌳🌱Help us get over 250 plants in the ground! 🌿🌲 👉 #FamilyFriendly 👉 February 6 from 10 am to 2 pm (come the entire time or for as long as you can) 👉 Let us know if you are joining! Find a link in our IG bio, Facebook events page, or on our website (www.netartsbaywebs.org/events). An @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. #nativeplants #restoration #netartsbay @oregonstateparks

🎉The Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is happy to announce the 2024 🎓Ben Nuñez, Sr. Scholarship🎓! 🌟⭐️‼️‼️👇 ➡️Up to three scholarships will be awarded to graduating high school seniors or Tillamook County residents 🎓🎓🎓 ➡️Supporting careers in oceanography, marine conservation, estuary health, watershed ecology, or a closely related field 🦀🪼🌲🌊 ➡️Learn more on our website using the link in our IG bio or visiting https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/scholarships ➡️Deadline for the 2024 Ben Núñez, Sr. Scholarship is 4 pm on March 15, 2024. @netartsbawywebs works to build a community of environmental stewards and is committed to supporting students who want to make a positive impact on our natural resources. We are excited to be offering this scholarship for the third year!

📣👉Calling all current teachers, pre-service educators, and active STEAM Coach Volunteers! 👈📣 Join @tillamookestuariespartnership @oregon_seagrant and @south_slough_reserve for this crab-tastic 1.5 day professional development workshop to learn about the benefits, concerns, and solutions of healthy estuaries. This workshop will include crab themed activities like a crab dissection blending art and anatomy, Build a Bug macroinvertebrate game, Marine Interruptions case study, and guest presentations from local experts. 🦀Essential Estuaries Ed-Venture 🗓February 23 and 24, 2024 📍Historic USCG Boathouse in Garibaldi, Oregon 💲150 stipend available for formal educators and pre-service teachers 🏨Overnight Accommodation available 🔗RSVP at link in bio On this one-and-a-half-day workshop, participants will: 👉Learn about estuary topics from coastal professionals, 👉Enhance hands-on and outdoor teaching skills, 👉Connect with other educators, 👉Build knowledge of estuaries, coastal habitats, marine debris, and crabs, and 👉Receive resources for classrooms and outdoor education. A $150 stipend is available to formal educators and pre-service teachers who attend this event. Hotel accommodations are also available upon request at no cost to attendees. This workshop is cohosted by @tillamookestuariespartnership @south_slough_reserve and @oregon_seagrant and is a Teachers on the Estuary program. #webs #Friendsofnetartsbaywebs #tillamookestuarypartnership #tep #southslough #seagrant #oregonseagrant #professionaldevelopment #teacherpd

Come get your hands delightfully dirty during @netartsbaywebs ❄️WINTER PLANTING #STEWARDSHIP DAY🌲 Help revitalize the campground at Cape Lookout State Park with various native plants. We will be planting 35 different types of trees, shrubs, flowering plants, and more. With 250 plants to get in the ground, we need your help! Lend a hand at digging, plantings, removing non-native vegetation in the restoration areas, and mulching around newly established plants. All are welcome to this #familyfriendly event. We will be working from 10 am to 2 pm on February 6. Feel free to come the entire time or for as long as you can. Use the link in our bio, on our Facebook events page, or on our website (www.netartsbaywebs.org/events) to learn more. An @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross-listed event. #nativeplants #restoration #netartsbay @oregonstateparks

We're in awe that views like this are reality in Netarts Bay. Our Environmental Education Coordinator pulled over on her drive to the office to capture this view of the epic sunrise over the mouth of Netarts Bay. 🌅☀️🌄 Did you take a photo of the sunrise where you live? We want to see it! Share the photo and tag us @netartsbaywebs 🌅☀️🌄 #netartsbaywebs #NetartsBay #oregonskies #oregonsunrise #Oceanview #oceansunrise #ocean

In Netarts, the skies are blue even when they are grey. ☀️⛅️🌦️ #netarts #netartsbay #beachdog #bluesky #cloudyday

Let’s start the New Year off right! Oregon State Parks needs our help #restoring native #plants to the Cape Lookout Campground. Come get your hands delightfully dirty during @netartsbaywebs ❄️Winter Planting #Stewardship Day 🌲. All are welcome to this #familyfriendly event. We will be working from 10 am to 2 pm on February 6. Feel free to come entire time or for as long as you can. Use the link in our bio, on our Facebook page, or website to learn more. An @explorenaturetillamookcoast cross listed event. #nativeplants #restoration #netartsbay

✏️🥾🌊 Volunteers Needed For Environmental Education Field Trips 🌊🥾✏️ All returning and prospective volunteers are invited to attend our upcoming Volunteer STEAM Coach Training. STEAM Coaches don’t need to be experts. They just need to be passionate about helping students learn! Volunteer STEAM Coach Training: 🗓Tuesday, February 13th 📍Garibaldi Boathouse (1209 Bay Lane, Garibaldi) ⏰️9am-Noon: Orientation + Lunch Social, Noon - 2pm: Activity Demos (Optional) 🔗RSVP at the link in our bio! This training will include an orientation for new STEAM Coach Volunteers in the morning, followed by an optional catered lunch social and hands-on demonstrations of upcoming field trip activities. 👇👇 One of the training activities will be Bay Clam ID and Data Collection to prep volunteers for the 5th Grade Shellfish and Anthropology Program in April. 👆👆 ❓️What is the TC STEAM Partnership? 👉Across the county, a partnership of 20 local organizations works together to provide a variety of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, mathematics) programs to Tillamook County K-12 students. Together, this partnership offers students numerous experiential education programs, including environmental science field trips, farm-to-table school gardens, science fairs, cultural programming, research projects, professional development, and more. Each year, hundreds of students participate in these programs, which are made possible by volunteer STEAM Coaches. In order to offer these community-enriching programs, the TC STEAM Partnership needs volunteer STEAM Coaches to fulfill a variety of roles. STEAM Coaches are people who believe all students should be able to learn about STEAM subjects through educational experiences that are hands-on and inquiry-based. For questions about this training or if you can not attend but would like to learn about future opportunities, please contact Rachel@tbnep.org #steameducation #STEAM #TCSTEAM #tillamookestuarypartnership #netartsbay #STEAMCoach #tep #webs #FriendsofNetartsBayWEBS #northoregoncoast #netartsbaywebs #environmentaleducation #volunteeropportunity

“We are showered everyday with gifts, but they are not meant for us to keep. Their life is in their movement, the inhale and the exhale of our shared breath. Our work and our joy is to pass along the gift and to trust that what we put into the universe will always come back.” ~Robin Wall Kimmerer

While a nightmare if traveling, this weekend’s ice storm also gave us a beautiful world of diamonds and glass covered foliage! Did you see anything spectacular during the storm? Share it with us! This icy wonderland is also a good opportunity to remind everyone that today is the LAST DAY of our winter matching gift challenge with the Charles A. Becker Foundation. Please help us put the *icing* on the cake and reach our new goal to raise $40,000! Learn more at netartsbaywebs.org or by using the link in our bio.

🌲🌟🎄Our deadline is fast approaching! Are you curious how our tree is doing? 🎄🌟🌲 The Charles A. Becker Foundation has generously offered to DOUBLE up to $20,000 of contributions made between Oct. 15, 2023, and Jan. 15, 2024. So far, our community has helped us raise 🥁🥁🥁🥁 $33,000🎉🎉🎉🎉!! ❤️We are blown away and thankful for all the support. 👇👇👇 We are so close to $40,000 we can’t stop. We made that our new challenge! We are just over a week from the end of our Dollar for Dollar Matching Gift Challenge, can you help us reach this new milestone? You can donate on our website, by mailing us a check, or dropping off your donation at our office in Netarts, Oregon. 👆👆👆 Learn more about this opportunity on our website (www.netartsbaywebs.org/matching-gift-challenge) or by visiting the links in our IG bio. #donate #supporteducation #stewardship #conservation #environment #netartsbaywebs #webs #Friendsofnetartsbaywebs #fundraise #nonprofit #communitysupport #doubledonation #doubleyourimpact

Good bye 2023! Thanks to everyone that continues to support us, gives their time, and/or comes out to learn with us. We look forward to seeing you on the bay in 2024!

🌲🌟🎄Donate to help us fill the tree and reach $20,000 by January 15th!🎄🌟🌲 The Charles A. Becker Foundation has generously offered to DOUBLE up to $20,000 of contributions made between Oct. 15, 2023, and Jan. 15, 2024. So far, our community has helped us raise over $17,000!! ❤️We are blown away and thankful for all the support. 👇👇👇 Now, we are less than one month away from the end of our Dollar for Dollar Matching Gift Challenge, and we need your help to reach our maximum DOUBLE DONATION goal. You can donate on our website, by mailing us a check, or dropping off your donation at our office in Netarts, Oregon. Just be sure to donate before January 15 so that we can DOUBLE YOUR DONATION, which will double your impact on our organization. 👆👆👆 Learn more about this opportunity on our website (www.netartsbaywebs.org/matching-gift-challenge) or by visiting the links in our IG bio. #donate #supporteducation #stewardship #conservation #environment #netartsbaywebs #webs #Friendsofnetartsbaywebs #fundraise #nonprofit #communitysupport #doubledonation #doubleyourimpact

While counting down to the holidays, around our office we are also counting down to the Winter Solstice. And it's happeningtomorrow! Mark your calendars for the shortest day and longest night of the year: Thursday, December 21st at 7:27pm PST. 👉Did you know that there are actually two winter Solstice events each year? It happens once annually in both the northern and southern hemispheres. When the northern hemisphere experiences Winter Solstice, the southern hemisphere experiences Summer Solstice; and vice versa six months later. So, if you're a really big fan of celebrating this seasonal event, you can catch the southern hemisphere's Winter Solstice on June 20th, 2024. Our Executive Director, Chrissy Smith, has a tradition of celebrating the Winter Solstice by spending time outside. 💡Here are some ideas for celebrating the Winter Solstice outside tomorrow: 🚗Drive the new Cape Meares Loop Road, and enjoy the panoramic view from the new overlook point. 🥖Pack a picnic and eat outside, whether in your own yard, local park, or at the edge of Netarts Bay. 📸Share your favorite nature photo and tag us @netartsbaywebs so we can celebrate with you! #netartsbaywebs #wintersunset #webs #NetartsBay #Bayview #netartsoregon #wintersolstice #solstice #solsticecelebration

For WEBS, 2023 was one for the record books! We’ve taken some time recently to reflect on 2023 and all that we accomplished thanks to our community partnerships, volunteers, and generous funders. 🌟In 2023, WEBS hosted more than 50 free community education programs designed to inspire participants to connect with the Netarts Bay area through history, art, exploration, and science while encouraging responsible and sustainable behaviors. More than 1,000 people, both local and visiting, participated in these events!! 🙌 🌟Additionally, we strengthened our stewardship work through an Adopt a Park Partnership at Cape Lookout state Park with @oregonstateparks and supported community science in the local area by establishing two @noaadebris survey sites that are monitored monthly by WEBS volunteers. 🌟New and returning WEBS programs around traditional ecological knowledge brought and strengthened tribal members’ voices in the community. One of our most popular cultural programs of the year was the @huehcaomeyocan Ocean Celebration. 🌟WEBS created bilingual English/Spanish content on natural resources and safe recreation, including our Beach Fire Safety cards and sustainable clamming guide. WEBS expanded and welcomed all three Tillamook County School Districts to participate in meaningful outdoor learning experiences centered on the Netarts Bay area. Together with our partners, we offered new components to existing programs, growing our organization’s reach and impact. 🌟During the 2023 school year, over 2,400 Tillamook County students, including eight new student groups, participated in 14 different field trip programs offered by WEBS. 🌟These programs included 32 days of outdoor learning and 36 classroom lessons. 🌟This work was made possible in collaboration with local partners, including @nwstudentsoutdoors @tillamookestuariespartnership @foodrootsnw @baycityartscenter @sitkacenter @osuopencampus @osuextensiontillamookcounty and the Garibaldi Cultural Heritage Initiative. 🌟Support from our funders, including the Salty Dog Fund, Charles A. Becker Foundation, and the @the_ocf , helped make 2023 a wonderful year for WEBS and our community! #netartsb

For our final school program of the year, @netartsbaywebs and @tillamookestuariespartnership collaborated to offer local third-grade students a full day field trip to Netarts Bay. This event brought together 150 third-grade students from Tillamook School District, Tillamook Adventist School, and Neskowin Valley School. Throughout the day, students participated in activities hosted by each organization. During the Biomes Program, sponsored by @netartsbaywebs students explored the coniferous, deciduous, and marine biomes near Netarts Bay while learning about the important factors that create them. Students collected data to discover similarities and differences in weather, climate, unique environmental factors, soil properties, plant diversity, and wildlife by investigating local habitats and comparing them to other global biomes. During the Down by the Creekside activities, sponsored by @TillamookEstuariesPartners students toured the Whiskey Creek Fish Hatchery to learn about the multiple biomes that salmon live in throughout their lifecycles. Then, students became migrating shorebirds while playing a relay game. While making connections to the plants around us, students also created riparian artwork to take home. Finally, students transformed into macroinvertebrates while they learned about unique adaptations at the Build a Bug activity. We want to give a huge shout out to @nwstudentsoutdoors for partnering with both WEBS and TEP to teamwork coordinating this event. Additionally, the numerous activities offered on this field trip would not have been possible without our stellar volunteers and professionals who lead each station rotation eight times a day for two whole days! This was the first year this combined Biomes and Down by the Creekside program has been offered, and we heard wonderful feedback from students, teachers, and volunteers during the event. We look forward to collaborating together again next year to offer this experience to all third-grade students in Tillamook County! 📷 @venturingvows for photos 1-7 #tep #tillamookestuarypartnership #webs #Friendsofnetartsbaywebs #netartsbaywebs #biomes #dbtcs #downbythecreekside #fieldtrip

The Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS staff team is a small but awesome crew! And we want to take a moment to introduce ourselves to you. In the first photo from left to right, we have: ✨️Naomi Nudibranch 🌊Chrissy Chiton ☀️Rachel Ray* Pictured in the second photo: ❄️Vicky Snow At least, these are the names we go by during our Tidepool Discovery Day programs. Swipe to see photos of the critters our call signs are inspired by. 🌊Chrissy Smith is the Executive Director of WEBS. For the past eight years, Chrissy has been dedicated to WEBS' mission of working to sustain Netarts Bay through education and stewardship. She is a strong advocate for outdoor learning experiences and the power of education to make beneficial changes for our environment. ☀️Rachel Freeman works in a joint position shared with @tillamookestuariespartnership as our Environmental Education Coordinator. The goal of Rachel's role is to expand both organization's capacities to offer environmental education programs to all students in Tillamook County. ✨️Naomi Travis is the first Student Intern that WEBS has ever had, thanks to an opportunity from the @interntillamook program. This summer, she helped countless visitors find their first nudibranchs during our Tidepool Discovery Days, and her enthusiasm for marine invertebrates is contagious. ❄️Vicky Snow is our wonderful Administrative Assistant, who works hard behind the scenes before and after events to make them look like they were a breeze! Vicky's full name already is nature themed, and we love it! 👇👇👇 Now that you know us, we want to get to know you! Comment your nature inspired call sign below or tell us what your favorite tidepool critter is! 👆👆👆 *Technically, the third animal photo of a Big Eyed Skate, not a ray. Great job if you noticed this! #Friendsofnetartsbaywebs #webs #netartsbaywebs #netartsbay #tidepools #Nudibranch #chiton #Skate #Ray #pacificocean #tillamookcounty #netartsbayarea #Oceanside #oceansidetidepools #staffphoto