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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![We are excited to announce our upcoming WEBS 2026 Event Series:]()
We are excited to announce our upcoming WEBS 2026 Event Series: "Producers of the Bay"! We are starting the series off in February with a virtual presentation on eelgrass, a flowering marine plant that acts as a nursery for the young fish and invertebrates that form the base of our local food web. During this virtual presentation, Dr. Tony D'Andrea will discuss efforts by ODFW's Shellfish & Estuarine Assessment of Coastal Oregon (SEACOR) to monitor local eelgrass health, including recently completed surveys of neighboring Tillamook Bay. We’ll be sharing more information about March and April events as we get closer, but for now, mark your calendars for a virtual presentation on seaweed and green crabs on March 18th, and a phytoplankton field day on April 12th! Go to https://www.netartsbaywebs.org/events to register!Button -
![Our Programs Coordinator, Carol, looks back on a nature journaling workshop she completed last year—and the ways it changed how she reads the landscape:
One of my first professional development workshops with WEBS was Science with a Side of Art, hosted by Oregon Natural Resources Education Program at Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center. It was a beautiful day in a beautiful place, learning from science writer and illustrator ML Herring.
Some pearls of wisdom that have stayed with me:
“You haven’t seen the world until you’ve tried to describe it.”
Look at a tree and ask: what is the bigger story?
Learn to see the difference between a wild forest and an industrial forest.
As we walked Yakona Preserve, ML showed us how history is written into the landscape. Many of the long, straight trees we passed had been cut down during 1918–1919 for airplane production. In an industrial forest, she reminded us, it’s wise to look weird.]()
Our Programs Coordinator, Carol, looks back on a nature journaling workshop she completed last year—and the ways it changed how she reads the landscape: One of my first professional development workshops with WEBS was Science with a Side of Art, hosted by Oregon Natural Resources Education Program at Yakona Nature Preserve & Learning Center. It was a beautiful day in a beautiful place, learning from science writer and illustrator ML Herring. Some pearls of wisdom that have stayed with me: “You haven’t seen the world until you’ve tried to describe it.” Look at a tree and ask: what is the bigger story? Learn to see the difference between a wild forest and an industrial forest. As we walked Yakona Preserve, ML showed us how history is written into the landscape. Many of the long, straight trees we passed had been cut down during 1918–1919 for airplane production. In an industrial forest, she reminded us, it’s wise to look weird.Button -
![We love when tidepooling with us sparks curiosity—leading to artwork and learning more about the amazing creatures of the intertidal zone. ?
Thank you, Emmet, for sharing your sea anemone artwork and facts with us!
Have you or your young explorer been inspired by our local ecosystem? We’d love to feature your nature-inspired art. Email carol@netartsbaywebs.org to share!]()
We love when tidepooling with us sparks curiosity—leading to artwork and learning more about the amazing creatures of the intertidal zone. 💙 Thank you, Emmet, for sharing your sea anemone artwork and facts with us! Have you or your young explorer been inspired by our local ecosystem? We’d love to feature your nature-inspired art. Email carol@netartsbaywebs.org to share!Button -
![Taylor's Seahare (Phyllaplysia taylori) has a short life span, with those hatched in fall having an average lifespan of seven to eight months and those in summer having an average lifespan of three to five months. Research suggests that Taylor's seahares is an annual animal, but the time and site that they die is still unknown. Some suggest they die after mating; others believe they will return to the deep sea. Additionally, they reproduce multiple times a year even though they have a relatively reliable food source, which differs from those that reproduce only once a year. Swipe to see the babies we found during an eelgrass exploration day!]()
Taylor's Seahare (Phyllaplysia taylori) has a short life span, with those hatched in fall having an average lifespan of seven to eight months and those in summer having an average lifespan of three to five months. Research suggests that Taylor's seahares is an annual animal, but the time and site that they die is still unknown. Some suggest they die after mating; others believe they will return to the deep sea. Additionally, they reproduce multiple times a year even though they have a relatively reliable food source, which differs from those that reproduce only once a year. Swipe to see the babies we found during an eelgrass exploration day!Button -
![TOMORROW!! FREE events hosted by Cape Meares Community Association! Marleen Munden and Jeff Gilbert from OREM will be there, among others. A big shout-out to OVERT for their support of this event.
The same event is offered over two days:
January 24 (Saturday, 10-12): Oceanside Community Club
January 25 (Sunday, 10-12): Barbara Bennett (Cape Meares) Community Center
A ZOOM option is available. Email capemearesca@gmail.com for the link.]()
TOMORROW!! FREE events hosted by Cape Meares Community Association! Marleen Munden and Jeff Gilbert from OREM will be there, among others. A big shout-out to OVERT for their support of this event. The same event is offered over two days: January 24 (Saturday, 10-12): Oceanside Community Club January 25 (Sunday, 10-12): Barbara Bennett (Cape Meares) Community Center A ZOOM option is available. Email capemearesca@gmail.com for the link.Button
