Check out this new video about Oregon State University students who visited the Klamath River & helped conduct research that Oregon Sea Grant is funding. The $870,000 project focuses on studying water quality & understanding perspectives of people who use the river. youtube.com/watch?v=iMm9CL…

Families were happy as a clam at our mollusk-themed home-school day this week. They learned to identify bivalves, observed our octopus & learned about its anatomy, got crafty with squid & paint, & explored the exhibits at our Visitor Center OSU Hatfield. bit.ly/2sFhFFu

Oregon Sea Grant & Oregon State Extension Service seek to hire a specialist to coordinate forums & educational programs to address coastal communities' concerns & needs about the development of floating offshore wind turbines. Apply at bit.ly/3F0vekC by Nov. 6 for full consideration.

Oregon Sea Grant invites recent & current students at Oregon colleges to present their marine-related research or art at our #StateOfTheCoast conference on Nov. 4 OSU Hatfield. Submit abstracts (bit.ly/45d5I6p) & art (bit.ly/46E9IxB) by Oct. 16.

Oregon Sea Grant is a partner on this study. today.oregonstate.edu/news/osu-led-p…

Registration has opened for Oregon Sea Grant's annual #StateOfTheCoast conference, which will take place Nov. 4 OSU Hatfield in Newport. Register at bit.ly/2lVukAF. See you there!

We're accepting applications for at least 4 natural resource policy fellowships. Deadline is Nov. 6. The fellowships, which pay up to $48K for a year, are open to current & recent grad students in the US. Preference given to applicants from Oregon schools. bit.ly/2MC8grA

Do you like sharing gee-whiz science with kids? Is sloshing around in waders your idea of fun? If so, we have the job for you. We're seeking a full-time educator for our K-12 marine ed program OSU Hatfield. For full consideration, apply by Nov. 14 at bit.ly/47c7dTE.

The next time you go to the Hatfield Visitor Center - LOOK UP! The Visitor Center is home to 6 fully articulated marine mammal skeletons - many assembled by our talented volunteers. Learn more about these creatures & how they found their way to Hatfield.seagrant.oregonstate.edu/.../marine-mam…...

Interested in learning about kelp forests & the animals that live in them? Check out this new website: bullkelp.info. The illustrations, text & photos take you on a journey from Alaska to California. The section on Oregon was funded by Oregon Sea Grant.

Registration is full for our #StateOfTheCoast conference Nov. 4 but the keynote at 9:15 will be livestreamed at live.oregonstate.edu. Emmy-winning Darryl Thomas, a dance professor Western Oregon University, will talk about how art can convey science, & there will be a performance.

Happy World Jellyfish Day! Check out facts & photos of these gelatinous creatures in this compilation by The Oregonian: bit.ly/3Ss9TZd. The illustrated jellies you see here & some of the facts about them are from a field guide that Oregon Sea Grant funded.

Students in our recent career day visited OSU Hatfield & learned about research on farming sea urchins & seaweed.

Families in our homeschool day this week explored our Visitor Center OSU Hatfield. They steered a simulated research ship through a virtual Yaquina Bay, touched sea urchins in the indoor tide pool & learned about topography in the interactive sandbox.

👏Congrats to Tracy Crews on being named the associate director of education for Oregon Sea Grant. She now leads our Visitor Center OSU Hatfield, the Oregon Coast STEM hub & our K-12 marine education program. She has been managing the latter since 2008. bit.ly/40yFhXR

Want to know how Dungeness crabs are caught? Check out this new video we collaborated on with Action Works Photography. We premiered this at the reception of our #StateOfTheCoast conference. youtu.be/RzPYNl1t_lg?si…

You've probably eaten pink shrimp on salad. But do you know how they're harvested? Learn how in this new video we collaborated on with Action Works Photography. We premiered this video at the reception of our #StateOfTheCoast conference. youtu.be/SSfz7glU87U?si…

What objects connect you to the Oregon coast? Find out what 16 Oregon coast residents & visitors said in these audio slideshows: bit.ly/3SJiKG2. We created these as a participatory art project that was inspired by a storytelling project & exhibition series Portland Art Museum.

If you missed our #StateOfTheCoast conference OSU Hatfield this month, check out this Flickr album with photos from the annual event. flic.kr/s/aHBqjB47Qc

Attention boaters! It's Portland Boat Show weekend at the Portland Expo Center. Swing by the Oregon State Marine Board booth in D-Hall and connect with our Clean Vessel Act Coordinator, Connie Sullivan, about how to keep sewage out of the waterways! pdxboatshow.com