The North Coast Land Conservancy (NCLC) is hosting a hands-on basketry workshop, with fiber artist Donna Crispin of Eugene, that will use the leaves of invasive yellow flag iris as the basket-making material. Cost of the workshop is $60 and includes all materials. Participants should bring a lunch and water as well as kitchen or basketryFind OUT MORE

The North Coast Land Conservancy is holding their inaugural CoastWalk Oregon. The supported walk is part of the conservancy’s 30th anniversary celebration. It will follow the route of the Oregon Coast Trail, beginning at the Columbia River’s south jetty and ending in Cannon Beach (30 miles total, or roughly 10 miles per day). Participants receiveFind OUT MORE

Have the greenest-ever Christmas with a tree from Boneyard Ridge. Buy a Christmas tree from North Coast Land Conservancy in a special one-day sale Dec. 4, and contribute—in multiple ways—to restoration of two habitat reserves on Tillamook Head. NCLC is thinning a stand of young fir trees high on Boneyard Ridge Habitat Reserve to createFind OUT MORE

Join marine ecologist Florence Sullivan for Listening to the Land: Inside Gray Whales. Sullivan will discuss the use of new research techniques to expand what we know about these and other marine mammals: what they eat and how they forage, for example, as well as how ocean noise—natural and human-caused—affects their behavior and overall health.Find OUT MORE

Join assistant project leader of the Salmonid Life Cycle Monitoring Project, Derek Wiley for Listening to the Land: Life in the River at the Seaside Public Library. Derek has spent the past decade researching salmon and steelhead and making estimates about their abundance and survival rates on the northern Oregon coast. He will also provideFind OUT MORE

Join Astoria biologist Deborah Jaques for Listening to the Land: Tracking the Brown Pelican at the Seaside Public Library. Deborah will share information about the birds’ natural history and migration patterns, informed in part by results from a recent electronic tracking study. She will highlight conservation concerns such as the importance of preserving key forageFind OUT MORE

Join Kate Holleran for Listening to the Land: Dam, Beaver! Dam! at the Seaside Public Library. Kate is a senior natural resources scientist at Metro and has implemented several projects to improve the aquatic and forest habitat along Johnson Creek, on Chehalem Ridge, and on other local streams, much to the delight of beavers. She’llFind OUT MORE

Join Gearhart naturalist and photographer Neal Maine for the final Listening to the Land presentation of 2017. During Listening to the Land: Wildlife, the Artist’s Eye, and You, Neal will explore how artists can connect us with the natural world and drive us to protect it. With video, still photographs, poetry and music, he willFind OUT MORE

Pack a picnic and join friends and supporters of North Coast Land Conservancy at Circle Creek Conservation Center in Seaside for the 2017 Summer Picnic at the Barn. If you’ve never been to Circle Creek, it’s a great opportunity to get acquainted with the forest, wetlands, and trails here that are open to the public.Find OUT MORE