Grant's Getaways: South Slough National Estuariane Reserve
A short drive from Coos Bay is a pristine corner of the Oregon coast known as the South Slough Estuarine Research Reserve (ERR), a sanctuary that encompasses diverse habitats of forests, riparian habitat and tidelands that have been federally protected since 1974.
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South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve (SSNERR) is a 4,770-acre (19 km2) National Estuarine Research Reserve located on Coos Bay Estuary, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its headquarters are in Charleston.
Established in 1974, it was the first reserve in the United States created in response to the federal Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972.
The South Slough Interpretive Center features exhibits and a film about the flora, fauna, and ecology of the South Slough Estuary and its cultural history. Programs include bird watching, tidepool explorations, nature walks, lectures and films. Maps and brochures are available, and there is also a gift shop.
Southern Oregon Coast
Hwy. 101-OR Great Sand Dunes to Crescent City, and the Redwood Forests!As usual we were boon docking in our T@b 400 Boondock light. Notes are as if you are traveling south, though we really zigged and zagged up and down the coast. We humbly know this is not complete! MP =mile post, and some may be close, most are exact +Links…
MP 190.0 Florence, OR-
Note-Chuck’N’Jo-Florence has a calendar of cool things all year. EX-May is annual Rhododendron Festival. July is Old fashion 4th of July. Fall is OR coast Champion Weiner Dog Race, and end of Nov. -Holiday and late Jan. Winter Festival. Don’t do what we did. We got in a hurry driving though in the early morning hours. Go slow!
MP 190.5 Florence, OR Siuslaw Pioneer Museum-
MP 190.6 Florence Old Town-
MP 190.6 Florence Boardwalk Market-
MP 198-+ MP 200.8 ++The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area-largest expanse of coastal dunes in North America, and among the largest in the world. There are beautiful swimming beaches. Tip- Lots of parking during the daytime in the “ATV staging area”. On the beach side note your path number. For miles it is sand dunes that all look alike. Unique!
MP 190.9 Siuslaw River-
MP 191 Florence old town –turn right after crossing the bridge.Places to eat while viewing the Siuslaw River
MP 193.4 Jessie Honeyman Memorial State Park-
MP 192-Oregon Dunes National Rec Area.Lg coastal dunes in N. America.
MP 200-Oregon Dunes Overlook-Short walk to a viewing area where you can see the ocean and dunes as far as the eye can see. Rec Pass Required $5-.
Dunes City- ,
MP 209.4 Gardiner-
MP 211.2 Reedsport-
MP 211.2 –MP 211.5 Umpqua River/Discovery Center, interactive learning, take Hwy 38 and follow the signs 5 miles to Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area. -
MP 215.5 Winchester Bay, Salmon Harbor-
MP 215.6 Umpqua River Lighthouse-Beautiful, easy parking, gift shop, museum, guided tours -
MP 222.0-Lakeside-
MP 220.5 Douglas/Coos County, OR-
MP 221.5-William M. Tugman State Park, on beautiful Eel Lake
MP 234.5-McCullough Memorial Bridge-built 1936-is heading N. out of North Bend.
MP 235.0-North Bend-
MP 236.5-Coos Bay-the largest harbor and only international port on the OR coast.
Side trip-Charleston, OR-Nautical, small - , The Oregon Tour Route-Charleston to Bandon Tour Route.
Oregon Institute of Marine Biology-
MP 8.7 Seven Devils road. To South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve-
Oregon Route 540-OK, 3 stars-
MP 12.8 Cape Argon State Park- has fascinating vegetation. We only did a drive though as it was vary windy. Caution on the speedbumps. Some are not painted or marked, and there are a lot of them.Watchable Wildlife.-
MP 12.3-Cape Arago Lighthouse-
Partial mile post list.
Snow-Forest Interactions in a Changing World
Southwestern Oregon Community College’s popular Geology Lecture Series continues with Dr. Anne Nolin, speaking about “Snow-Forest Interactions in a Changing World” at 7 p.m., Saturday, March 3, 2018 at the Hales Center for Performing Arts.
Dr. Anne Nolin is a Professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University where she leads the Mountain Hydroclimatology Research Group. Her research focuses on the interactions of climate with mountain snowpacks and glaciers. Funded by NASA, National Science Foundation, and US Geological Survey she has published on “at risk” snow and melting glaciers from Alaska to the Andes, and helped pioneer new ways of mapping snow and glaciers from space. Dr. Nolin received her Ph.D. degree in Geography from the University of California Santa Barbara. She worked as a Research Scientist at the University of Colorado, spending several field seasons on the Greenland ice sheet prior to joining the faculty at Oregon State University. She is a member of the NASA Science Team for the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument and has won two NASA group achievement awards. She has served as an Expert Reviewer for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC AR4), and Associate Editor for Water Resources Research, The Cryosphere, and the Journal of Hydrometeorology.
Join us in the lobby before and after Dr. Nolin’s talk to discuss our south coast links to water, forests and the climate with representatives from the following groups starting at 6:30 pm: the Coquille Tribe; the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians; South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and Coos Watershed Association.
Bykes for Tykes annual toy run
Bykes for Tykes loaded up 150 bicycles and other toys for their annual toy run Sunday afternoon. Over 100 motorcycles and vehicles loaded with toys paraded through Coos Bay and North Bend before delivering the gifts to the Salvation Army to be distributed for Christmas.
The Nature of Oregon Master Naturalists, share their love of the land
A Land of Flowers on a Latitude of Deserts
This webinar gives an overview of the preliminary results from the project La Florida: A Land of Flowers on a Latitude of Deserts. This webinar is a part of the Climate Change and Management Webinar series that is a partnership between the USGS National Climate Change and Wildlife Science Center and the FWS National Conservation Training Center.
Dr. Brian LAPOINTE and Marie TARNOWSKI 02 12 14 : IRL as Bioreactor
Delivery of land-based nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) to continental shelf waters is controlled by estuaries, which function as natural bioreactors that process the nutrients en route to the coastal ocean. Urbanization on the watersheds of the Indian River Lagoon (IRL) have increased its nutrient inputs and eutrophication over the past six decades, recently reaching a tipping point where excessive macroalgae (seaweeds) and phytoplankton super blooms caused widespread seagrass loss.
Research utilizing stable nitrogen isotopes in 2011 and 2012 identified sewage as a primary source of nitrogen supporting these harmful algal blooms in the IRL. Although the point-sources (outfalls) of sewage inputs to the IRL were largely eliminated in the 1990s through the Indian River Lagoon Act, non-point source (diffuse) sewage inputs have continued to increase. This lecture will describe how widespread use of septic tanks results in diffuse nutrient enrichment of groundwaters and surface waters of tidal creeks and canals that flow into the IRL, fueling harmful algal blooms and seagrass loss in this estuary of national significance.
Palo Alto, California | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
00:01:19 1 History
00:12:16 2 Geography
00:14:26 2.1 Water
00:15:11 2.2 Environmental features
00:15:41 2.3 Climate
00:18:11 3 Local government
00:19:14 4 Politics
00:20:06 5 Demographics
00:20:14 5.1 2010
00:24:08 5.2 2000
00:26:56 6 Housing
00:28:44 7 Economy
00:30:03 7.1 Top employers
00:30:18 8 Utilities
00:34:45 9 Fire and police departments
00:36:15 10 Education
00:36:23 10.1 Post-secondary schooling
00:36:39 10.2 Public schools
00:37:54 10.3 Private schools
00:39:51 10.4 Weekend schools
00:40:21 11 Libraries
00:41:18 12 Media
00:42:47 13 Transportation
00:42:56 13.1 Roads
00:43:38 13.2 Air
00:44:20 13.3 Rail
00:45:06 13.4 Bus
00:46:04 13.5 Cycling
00:47:51 13.6 Walking
00:48:34 14 Sister cities
00:50:11 15 Notable buildings and other points of interest
00:50:22 15.1 Historical buildings and architecture
00:51:20 15.2 Nature and hiking
00:51:47 15.3 Museums, art, and entertainment
00:52:23 15.4 Schools
00:52:40 16 Notable people
00:52:49 17 Litigation
00:52:58 17.1 Class-action lawsuit against battery makers
00:53:55 18 See also
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Palo Alto () is a charter city located in the northwest corner of Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. Palo Alto means tall stick in Spanish; the city is named after a coastal redwood tree called El Palo Alto.
The city was established by Leland Stanford Sr. when he founded Stanford University, following the death of his son, Leland Stanford Jr. Palo Alto includes portions of Stanford University and shares its borders with East Palo Alto, Mountain View, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Stanford, Portola Valley, and Menlo Park. As of the 2010 census, the city's total resident population is 64,403. Palo Alto is one of the five most expensive cities in the United States to live in and its residents are among the highest educated in the country.Palo Alto is headquarters to a number of high-technology companies, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Space Systems/Loral, VMware, Tesla, Ford Research and Innovation Center, PARC, IDEO, Skype, Palantir Technologies, Houzz, and Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center. Palo Alto has also served as an incubator and as headquarters to several other prominent high-technology companies such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Logitech, Intuit, Pinterest, and PayPal.