We rolled out of our sleeping bags at 5 a.m. and stumbled down to the Cape Perpetua camp ground parking lot with the hopes of hearing and seeing Marbled Murrelets, as they flew from their mature tree nests and resting areas to the ocean to get food for their young. The lively songs of Varied and Swainson thrushes greeted
Paul Engelmeyer, TWC Coastal Land Steward speaks about the importance of protecting and preserving our coastal estuaries for the future of Oregon. Listen to the great interview! Preserving Natures Beauty
Each year as a Wetlands & Wellies auction item, Paul Engelmeyer and Esther Lev offer a tour of TWC’s central coast preserves. The tour is an all-day adventure, touring TWC properties and restoration projects, meeting with land owners, and sharing stories and food with TWC’s coastal partners. This year our eight intrepid attendees embraced the rainy weather
Alsea Bay is an important place for many reasons, incredible habitat for shorebirds, Coho and Chinook salmon, crab, eagles and sometimes brown pelicans seen diving for a meal. It is also a place that collects garbage after big storm events. This is not something anyone would celebrate. However, it means that we have a short
November 2015 As the rains have reluctantly reached the Oregon coast planting of trees and shrubs along the newly re-meandered Matson Creek main-stem and north fork mark the culmination of fisheries and wetland restoration activities at the Wetland Conservancy’s Coos County property that began in 2004. This third and final phase