Education • Stewardship • Sustainability
Welcome to WEBS
Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, & Sea (WEBS)
Working to sustain the area from Cape Lookout to Cape Meares through education and stewardship.
Attend an upcoming Community or Stewardship Event!
WEBS offers over 40 free community events throughout the year. Join us for a paddle, hike, tour, and more!
Explore our School Programs with Bel, the Belted Kingfisher.
WEBS offers place-based school programs for students ranging from pre-K through sixth grade.
Learn about local flora and fauna.
Explore our companion website, Netarts Bay Today, to learn more about Netarts natural history and local species.
What is
WEBS?
Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea (you can call us WEBS for short) is the brainchild of the late Jim Mundell, longtime Netarts resident and community leader. Jim dreamed of an organization that would raise awareness, provide learning opportunities, and encourage stewardship of the natural and cultural resources of the Netarts Bay area. WEBS continues his dream to sustain the Netarts Bay area through education and stewardship.
WEBS strives to:
● Use the Netarts Bay area as a learning lab and environmental model for watersheds, estuaries, beaches and seas.
● Build a “learning community” between Cape Meares and Cape Lookout that encourages people to become lifelong learners about the area and engage in stewardship of its rich natural and cultural history.
● Build partnerships with other organizations and people that will increase community pride in this special place and contribute to the vitality of the area.
● Collaborate with local education organizations.
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![Thank you to Dr. Tony D’Andrea for sharing his eelgrass research with us! Here are some takeaways from his presentation (from Feb.25, 2026):
• While eelgrass is decreasing globally, and some nearby bays in California and Oregon have seen up to 95% loss of eelgrass, the distribution of eelgrass in both Netarts and Tillamooks Bays has stayed remarkably stable, and even grown a bit, in recent decades!
• Z. japonica (non-native eelgrass) has expanded into the intertidal zone in Netarts, but both native and non-native eelgrass support recreationally important shellfish.
• ODFW conducts estuarine habitat surveys in bays along the Oregon coast, visiting each bay every 10 years. They recently finished surveys in Tillamook Bay, and will be back in Netarts in 2027.
Want to watch the full talk? Watch it now on our YouTube channel (link in bio)]()
Thank you to Dr. Tony D’Andrea for sharing his eelgrass research with us! Here are some takeaways from his presentation (from Feb.25, 2026): • While eelgrass is decreasing globally, and some nearby bays in California and Oregon have seen up to 95% loss of eelgrass, the distribution of eelgrass in both Netarts and Tillamooks Bays has stayed remarkably stable, and even grown a bit, in recent decades! • Z. japonica (non-native eelgrass) has expanded into the intertidal zone in Netarts, but both native and non-native eelgrass support recreationally important shellfish. • ODFW conducts estuarine habitat surveys in bays along the Oregon coast, visiting each bay every 10 years. They recently finished surveys in Tillamook Bay, and will be back in Netarts in 2027. Want to watch the full talk? Watch it now on our YouTube channel (link in bio)Button -
![Our amazing STEAM coach volunteer brought his own underwater camera to share with students during the fishing station in the fish and habitats program?Lots of curious crabs came up to the camera and we also saw this cool hermit crab!]()
Our amazing STEAM coach volunteer brought his own underwater camera to share with students during the fishing station in the fish and habitats program💙Lots of curious crabs came up to the camera and we also saw this cool hermit crab!Button -
![Meet the Nanaimo Dorid! ?✨
? Acanthodoris nanaimoensis
? Alaska to California
? Family: Onchidorididae
? Native species
This fuzzy-looking sea slug (a type of dorid nudibranch) is a small but eye-catching resident of our coastal waters. It’s often recognized by its brown-to-red tipped rhinophores and yellow-tipped, cone-shaped papillae that give it a soft, “furry” appearance. While its body is usually white, older individuals can take on a gray tone.
Fun fact: This species is named after the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada ??
Video by: @naomitravis06]()
Meet the Nanaimo Dorid! 🌊✨ 🐌 Acanthodoris nanaimoensis 📍 Alaska to California 🧬 Family: Onchidorididae 🌿 Native species This fuzzy-looking sea slug (a type of dorid nudibranch) is a small but eye-catching resident of our coastal waters. It’s often recognized by its brown-to-red tipped rhinophores and yellow-tipped, cone-shaped papillae that give it a soft, “furry” appearance. While its body is usually white, older individuals can take on a gray tone. Fun fact: This species is named after the city of Nanaimo in British Columbia, Canada 🇨🇦 Video by: @naomitravis06Button -
![We love getting mail! ❤️ Thank you Miss Green’s class for the lovely letter! Check out some of the moments we shared together at this year’s Fish and Habitat’s program at the Garibaldi Boathouse.]()
We love getting mail! ❤️ Thank you Miss Green’s class for the lovely letter! Check out some of the moments we shared together at this year’s Fish and Habitat’s program at the Garibaldi Boathouse.Button -
![We love when our programs come full circle!
During a recent field day with the Nestucca high school Tourism and Hospitality class, students explored Netarts Bay and collected green crabs after learning about their negative environmental impact…
We donated our catch to our upcoming guest speaker, Dr. Siew Sun Wong, who will be teaching us about the culinary potential of green crabs—turning an ecological challenge into a creative opportunity!
Join us this Wednesday on zoom from 6:30-7:30pm to learn more! Go to netartsbaywebs.org/events to register!]()
We love when our programs come full circle! During a recent field day with the Nestucca high school Tourism and Hospitality class, students explored Netarts Bay and collected green crabs after learning about their negative environmental impact… We donated our catch to our upcoming guest speaker, Dr. Siew Sun Wong, who will be teaching us about the culinary potential of green crabs—turning an ecological challenge into a creative opportunity! Join us this Wednesday on zoom from 6:30-7:30pm to learn more! Go to netartsbaywebs.org/events to register!Button
