Oregon Surfrider News

Oregon Surfrider News and Updates

New Newsletter for January 2003!

This newsletter update has some brief descriptions of volunteer tasks, and also a calendar of events for the next few months. This was the same piece that was mailed out as part of our year end mailer with our trifold. It was quite well recieved, and we have gotten $780 in donations since the mailing!

Newletter available HERE.

Thanks for all of your hard work!!! aloha,
David L. Revell Coastal Campaigns Coordinator
Surfrider Foundation Oregon
bigwvdave@hotmail.com, 541-994-3225

Meeting Minutes from January 13th Portland Meeting

The minutes from our last meeting including some really exciting stuff we are working on with OMSI around their next omnimax film.

Minutes available HERE.

Lovelove
tina

Portland Meeting, January 13th

We're having another Portland Surfrider meeting at the Lucky Lab in SE Portland, Monday night, January 13th at 7:30pm. Directions are HERE. It should be short, productive, and most of all, rewarding.

Thanks
Mark Mead

Bend General Interest Meeting, January 23

There will be a general interest meeting in Bend on Thursday, January 23 at Pine Mountain Sports, 133 SW Century Dr # 100.

Mark Mead

Portland Organizing Committee, December 9th

Portland Surfrider meeting at the Lucky Lab in SE Portland, Monday night,December 9th at 7:30. Directions are at http://www.luckylab.com/lab_trans.html.

Mark Mead

Oregon may create Marine Reserve - Daily Astorian

Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has lent his support to a long-term plan for creating a system of marine reserves in the states ocean waters. In a letter to the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council, which has studied marine reserves since July 2000 and made a recommendation to the governor in August, Kitzhaber said, Oregonians overwhelmingly support marine conservation and are vitally interested in protecting important marine habitats and resources along our coast.

Full story available from the Daily Astorian website, or locally cached HERE.

Beachhead defense - Eugene Register-Guard

A nice piece on Oregon beaches, both threats and gems. We got some coverage in the article on water quality. Check it out.

Full story available from the Eugene Register-Guard website, or locally cached HERE.

Surfrider Foundation Night at the Movies, November 8th

Newport Visual Art Center
777 NW Beach Drive Nye Beach, Newport
7:00 PM
Suggested donation $5 includes raffle

Surfrider Foundation - Oregon Central Coast Chapter

On November 8th, the Oregon Chapter of Surfrider Foundation will be hosting a Night at the Movies at the Visual Art Center in Nye Beach Newport. Surfrider will be showing two videos, Dogtown and Z Boyz, and Drive Thru during the evening and giving away raffle prizes from coastal community sponsors. Raffle proceeds will go toward Surfrider educational and ocean water quality testing materials.

Surfrider Foundation volunters will be discussing some of the projects they are working on, including beach access, water quality testing and a Special Ocean Places campaign. Show starts at 7pm. Come out and learn how you can get involved in your local community to conserve and enhance our ocean.

The Surfrider Foundation is a non-profit environmental group [501c(3)] dedicated to the protection and enhancement of the world’s oceans, waves, and beaches for all people through conservation, activism, research, and education resources and recreational opportunities. Thanks for doing such a great job with the website!

Aloha,
Dave (bigwvdave@hotmail.com)

Central Coast Organizing Committee Meeting, November 7th

The next Central Coast Organizing Committee meeting will be held Thursday November 7th at McMenemins Lighthouse Brew Pub in Lincoln City, 7:30-9pm.

For more info, contact Dave Revell (bigwvdave@hotmail.com).

Portland Organizing Committee, October 14th

Portland Surfrider meeting at the Lucky Lab in SE Portland, Monday night, October 14th at 7:30. Directions are at http://www.luckylab.com/lab_trans.html.

This meeting will be a diversion from the norm and very important. I urge everybody willing to get involved to attend.

Mark Mead

Open Letter from Surfrider to the City of Westport

The following letter was sent to the City of Westport, WA regarding Surfrider's comments on the Half Moon Bay Master Plan Development. The comments focus on:

View the letter by clicking here.

Surfrider in Action: OPAC Report

On August 16 the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council approved a report and recommendation to the Governor on marine reserves. That report and recommendation is posted on the OPAC website at http://oregonocean.org.

A couple of notable 11th hour amendments to the recommendation included: some language that ensures that after a 3-5 year process to set up some reserves; language that requires water quality testing as a part of marine reserves research and monitoring (a Surfrider Foundation proposed amendment and the only amendment to pass unanimously!); a state park amendment that enables Parks to establish some reserves adjacent to state parks (connecting headlands, rocky intertidal areas, sub tidal reefs, and offshore rocks).

SOLV Fall Beach Cleanup

The next SOLV beach cleanup is Saturday, September 28th.

Surfrider will coordinate a meeting place and time for members to join the cleanup effort as a group. More info to come...

General information about the SOLV Fall Beach cleanup is at: http://www.solv.org/volBeachFall.shtml

More Surfrider and Coastal Issues in the News

Another story related to the water quality issues in Newport. This one is directly related to some of the septic issues that we discussed with Oregon Health Division at the BEACH Act (ocean water quality) meeting on Monday:

http://www.newportnewstimes.com/nt_news/general/nt_news-13.html#TopOfPage

This article just came out in the Tillamook Headlight Herald. Oregon Shores had a spit hike on Bayocean Spit and we discussed some of the potential threats present, past, and in the future, as well as some potential remedies. This place without a doubt is a special place. Remote and beautiful! I highly recommend a hike out there. Special Thanks to Paul Komar for his book from which I got most of my info!

http://www.tillamookheadlightherald.com/pages/Weekly%20pages/bayocean.html

Lincoln City Meeting, June 23rd

The next Central Coast meeting is August 15th, 7:30pm at McMennimans Brew Pub in Lincoln City.

Portland Organizing Committee, August 19th

The next Oregon Surfrider Portland Organizing Committee meeting will be held in Hilsdale at Salvador Molly's (MAP ) on Monday, August 19th at 7:30 PM.

Adopt A Highway Cleanup September 14th, 2002

NOTE: This event has been rescheduled and will no longer take place on August 24th!

Hi folks, It's that time again. Time for another clean up of our adopted section of Highway 101 north of Newport. This time we are going to have a pot luck BBQ afterwards! Here's the plan:

We will meet at the Moolack Beach parking area on Saturday, September 14th@ 11 AM. Note this is 1 hour earlier than past clean ups. Bring your gloves and appropriate clothing. The clean up should take a couple hours.

BBQ will be at my place after the cleanup. We will provide the coals, a fair bit of salmon and salad. You should bring something to drink and a dish to share. Best to bring things that won't need too much prep like munchies, bread, desert, thing that just need to warmed up, or thrown on the grill, etc.

Contact Greg (greg.krutz@hmsc.orst.edu) for more information.

Portland Organizing Committee, June 22nd

The next Oregon Surfrider Portland Organizing Committee meeting will be held at Salvador Molly's (MAP ) on Monday, June 22nd at 7:30 PM.

Newport News Times Reports on Oregon Water Quality

Check out the Newport newspaper's report on local water quality tests:

http://www.newportnewstimes.com/nt_news/general/nt_news-18.html#TopOfPage

"The water quality of the Pacific Ocean off Lincoln County, in terms of the presence of e. coli and fecal coliform bacteria, has varied greatly in the past three years, according to Phil Barbour, a research assistant at Oregon State University and a volunteer with the Surfriders Foundation.
Barbour and P.J. Colson have been testing the water off the central coast each month for nearly three years. In many instances, they found no contamination at all. In other cases, they found fairly high levels. They have found that the two worst areas are Newport's Nye Beach, "right below the sewer plant," and Otter Rock, "near the stairs," Barbour said. Each area has shown occasional high levels of both bacteria. The other four areas tested regularly - the Otter Rock tidepools below the Inn at Otter Crest, Agate Beach against Yaquina Head, South Beach, and Johns Point, just north of Moolack Shores, have consistently shown low levels of the two bacteria..."

Surfrider Presents: Marine Protected Areas, July 25

Surfrider Foundation, Oregon Chapter will be conducting a presentation on Marine Protected Areas at the Patagonia Portland Store, Thursday, July 25 at 7:00 - 8:30 PM. Patagonia Portland is located at 907 N.W. Irving St. Suite 100 Portland, OR 97207 Phone: (503) 525-2552.

Please come out and support Surfrider and learn how you can help implement beach-protecting legislation in Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.

Lincoln City Meeting, June 23rd

Hi Everyone,
I wanted to invite you to the next chapter meeting this Sunday 1-3pm at my house in Roads End in Lincoln City. There are several very important issues to go over including beach access at Coronado Shores, our Blue Water Task Force, gearing up our membership drive, and finally planning the next 6 to 12 months of events.
 
This is really an exciting time in Surfrider Oregon, we are finally moving forward on some of our campaigns and we need your help to get them off the ground and running. The visioning session will be a great time for old timers and newcomers to help guide where we are going in the next year.
 
To get to my house, go to the north end of Lincoln City, and turn onto Logan Rd off of Highway 101. Take Logan about 1.5 miles past Roads End State Park. My house is on the corner of 71st and Logan on the mountain side of the road. address is 7036 NE Logan Rd #3. Upstairs first door, with the tiki torches.
 
Hope that you are all doing well. I look forward to seeing you all this weekend. If you need directions, get lost, don't hesitate to call. 503-577-4515 cell or 541-994-3225 home.
 
For our mother ocean!
 
aloha
dave

 

Portland Organizing Committee, June 3rd

The next Oregon Surfrider Portland Organizing Committee meeting will be held at Salvador Molly's (MAP ) on Monday, June 3rd at 7:00 PM.

Southern Oregon Organizing Meeting, April 27th

When: Saturday, April 27th, 2002, 5-7pm
Where: Soakers Coffee Shop, Gold Beach, 29844 Ellensburg Ave.

Surfrider Foundation has been trying to increase our membership and expand our chapter campaigns on the south coast for a while. With some help from some local surfers, we are finally getting started! Come out and find out more about Surfrider Foundation and the projects that we are working on, such as water quality testing, marine protected areas, and public access All members of the public are welcome, please come and show your support for our Mother Ocean!

If you have any questions or comments, please contact me.

Aloha,
Dave Revell
Surfrider Foundation - Oregon Chapter
Coastal Campaign Coordinator
541-994-3225 or 503-577-4515 (cell)
bigwvdave@hotmail.com

Adopt A Highway Cleanup April 27th, 2002

Time for another clean up! As you may know the Oregon State Chapter Surfrider Foundation and the Coastal Hang Glider Pilots have joined forces over the last year to adopt a section of Coast Highway 101. The section we have adopted is a 2.1-mile stretch just north of Newport stretching from milepost 134.9 to 137. It includes Mooloch Beach; one of the great beach breaks in the area, and the hang gliding launch area at Carmel Knoll. We will meet at the Moolack Beach parking area at noon on Saturday, April 27th. We will have a short safety meeting, and then get started with the cleanup. You should be ready (fed, watered, bathroom stopped, dressed appropriately, with gloves) when you get there. Contact Greg (greg.krutz@hmsc.orst.edu) or myself for more information.

Thank you for your support and dedication. Oregon Surfrider has come a long way in the last few years and it is due to all of the volunteers and supporters that have given their time to help keep Oregon beautiful. It is up to us, the keepers of the coast, to make sure that future generations are able to enjoy all of the beauty that Oregon has to offer. If you have any questions regarding any of these events, please feel free to call or email me. I look forward to seeing you all soon.

For the ocean,
Billy Jack Hagerman Chairman,
Oregon Chapter Surfrider Foundation
oregonsurfrider@hotmail.com
503-357-1111

Portland Organizing Committee Movie Night, April 25th

On April 25th, the Portland Organizing Committee will be showing two films to help raise money for the Blue Water Task Force and the Special Places Campaign. The movie night will take place at the Hollywood Theatre in Portland. The movies showing are 1998's best video of the year, "The Show" and the classic 1974 film "The Forgotten Island of Santosha."

Tickets are available with no convenience charge at the following locations:

Tickets also available at all Safeway FASTIXX Ticket Centers. To charge by phone call 503-224-TIXX or visit www.fastixx.com. FASTIXX tickets subject to a convenience charge of $1 per ticket at selected Safeway stores, or $2 per ticket and $2 per order over the phone or internet.

"I never forgot the Forgotten Island of Santosha. How could I? It changed my life. It changed all of our lives. As a film, It established an indelible image of pilgrimage and perfection that to this day dominates the sport. As art, it introduced what has endured as surfing's most potent icon of escapism" Sam George-Surfers Journal Vol. #8, Number 4

For the ocean,
Billy Jack Hagerman Chairman,
Oregon Chapter Surfrider Foundation
oregonsurfrider@hotmail.com
503-357-1111

Executive Council Meeting, April 13th, Lincoln City

The next Oregon Surfrider Executive Council Meeting will be held April 13th, 2002, 2-4pm, in Lincoln City. Anyone wishing to attend should contact Dave Revell at bigwvdave@hotmail.com for further details. This meeting is open to the public.

Oregon Special Places Campaign

Take Action!

Help protect Oregon's special coastal and ocean places. Urge Governor Kitzhaber and the OPAC to take action to protect, enhance and restore Oregon's coasts and ocean.

Follow the link below to fax a letter to the Governor automatically via the web:

http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/or_special

Click here for more info on the Oregon Surfrider Special Places Campaign.

Portland Organizing Committee, April 1st

The next Oregon Surfrider Portland Organizing Committee meeting will be held at Salvador Molly's (MAP ) on Monday, April 1st at 7:30 PM.

Executive Council Meeting, April 13th, Lincoln City

The next Oregon Surfrider Executive Council Meeting meeting will be held April 13th, 2002, 2-4pm, in Lincoln City. Anyone wishing to attend should contact Dave Revell at bigwvdave@hotmail.com for further details.

Central Coast Organizing Committee Meeting, March 21st

Fellow keepers of the coast,

The next Central Coast Organizing Committee meeting will be held Thursday March 21st at the McMenamins Lighthouse Brew Pub in Lincoln City.

David Revell

Pacific Northwest Surfrider Chapters Training Conference

Hi everyone,

I just wanted to take a second to thank all of those who came and participated in the conference. Especially those of you who had 5+ hour drives. Great commitment! It was a great weekend and I'm sure we all learned alot.

Thanks to Mark Rauscher and Kevin Ranker from National for coming to PC and working with us. I was so stoked to see the number of chapters represented this year.

By next year we should have a few more official chapters in Tofino, Portland and Lincoln city. It is amazing to see how quickly we are growing. I think that conferences like this last weekend's are important in our growth as volunteers and chapters as a whole. Thanks for sitting in doors most of the day while the sun was shining. You all demonstrated great will power. I hope to see you all again real soon. Keep up the great work.

Sincerely,
Billy Jack Hagerman Chairman, Oregon State Chapter

 

Portland Organizing Committee Meeting, March 11th

Fellow keepers of the coast,

The next Oregon Surfrider Portland Organizing Committee meeting will be held at Salvador Molly's (MAP ) on Monday, March 11th at 7:30 PM. We will be reviewing the annual goals established at the recent Pacific Northwest Regional Conference, an upcoming Portland-area surf movie night, ocean water testing opportunities, and other upcoming fun and beneficial activities. I hope you all can make it.

For the ocean,
~Markus

Pacific Northwest Surfrider Training Conference, Pacific City, OR

This year's Pacific Northwest Surfrider Training Conference will be held in Pacific City, OR on March 2nd-3rd, 2002. Here is the preliminary schedule:

For more information contact Tina @ tiamotina@cs.com

Central Coast Meeting, Lincoln City, February 7th

We are having a meeting this Thursday Night in Lincoln City from 7:30pm to 9:00pm at McMenamin's Brew Pub near Roads End.

McMenamin's Lighthouse Bew Pub is located at 4157 N. Hwy. 101, Suite 117, Lincoln City.

Hope to see you there!
Aloha
Dave Revell

Portland Organizing Committee Meeting, February 6th

Fellow keepers of the coast,

The next Oregon Surfrider Portland Organizing Committee meeting will be held at Salvador Molly's (map) on Wednesday, Feb. 6th at 7:00 PM.

We will be announcing final plans for the upcoming Pacific Northwest Regional Conference to be held in Oregon this year, new PDX Organizing Committee positions, and other upcoming fun and beneficial activities. I hope you all can make it.

For the ocean,
~Markus

Cold Water Classic in Westport, WA, Febrary 16-17

Entry fees: Shortboard $50, Longboard $35.
Entry fee includes membership/renewal to Surfrider Foundation.
Benefits Washington Chapter Surfrider Foundation.
Celebrity judges rumored to include: Gerry Lopez, Drew Kampion, Dan Callahan, The Wookie, Billy Jack of the Family Stone, and MORE!
Divisions: Longboard, shortboard, mens, womens, and menehune.

For more information or for an entry form please contact the Old Surf Guy Rob @ oldsurfguy@hotmail.com.

Lincoln City Night at the Movies, Friday, January 25th

Oregon Surfrider Foundation presents A Night at the Movies.

Two surf movies, raffle ticket, and information about chapter projects: Blue Water Task Force and Special Places Campaign.

This movie event will take place Friday, January 25th, 7pm - 10pm at the Lincoln City Community Center at 2150 NE Oar Street (MAP).

Videos shown include September Sessions and The Seedling. A $3 donation is suggested for the movies and raffle.

Raffle items supplied by our generous sponsors: Oregon Surf Shop, Pepsi, Tuel Surfboards, Ocean Pulse, Russo Surfboards, Rogue Brewery, Safari Town Surf Shop, Figaro's Pizza, and McMMenamin's Bew Pubs.

Aloha and mahalo
Dave Revell (bigwvdave@hotmail.com)

January 19th Highway Cleanup

The Oregon Surfrider Foundation and the Coastal Hang Glider Pilots have joined forces to adopt a section of Coast Highway 101. The section we have adopted is a 2.1 mile stretch just north of Newport stretching from mile post 134.9 to 137. It includes Mooloch Beach, one of the great beach breaks in the area, and the hang gliding launch area at Carmel Knoll.

Our next clean up of Highway 101 will be on Saturday, January 19th. This will be our fourth clean up. We will first go watch a safety video, then get started. Clean up should take a couple hours. Don't forget to bring your own gloves.

UPDATE: We will meet at the Moolack Beach parking area (MAP) at noon on Saturday, Jan 19. We will have a short safety meeting, then get started with the cleanup. You should be ready (fed, watered, bathroom stopped, dressed appropriately, with gloves) when you get there.

[Email Greg if you you are interested in pitching in or have questions, or email or call Bill Hagerman at 503-357-1111.]

Thanks,
Greg (greg.krutz@hmsc.orst.edu)

January 10 Lincoln City Meeting Announcement

Happy New Year Fellow Ocean Lovers!

We are having a meeting this Thursday Night in Lincoln City from 7:30pm to 9:00pm at McMenamin's Brew Pub near Roads End. We will be planning the upcoming movie/educational night and talking about plans for the upcoming year!

McMenamin's Lighthouse Bew Pub is located at 4157 N. Hwy. 101, Suite 117, Lincoln City.

Hope to see you there!
Aloha
Dave Revell

Upcoming January 2002 Meetings

The following meetings are coming up in January:

Other upcoming events of interest:

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