2003

Oregon Beach Monitoring Program
The program is run by The Department of Environmental Toxicology Section Beach Monitoring Program and The Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The Beach Monitoring Program is an EPA grant funded program that is designed to help states monitor the water quality along their coasts and estuaries. Tests are run on coastal waters to determine whether or not there are any pollutants present. Click Here for the data collected in 2002, the preseason 2003 and all 2003 data. Coos Bay Chapter tests identical beaches as DHS/DEQ. Coos Bay Chapter posts DEQ's testing results on Surfrider's Blue Water Task Force web site as well. Surfrider tests at different days, and at different locations at the beaches as does DEQ.

Friends of Grays Harbor
Check out the follow link to Friends of Grays Harbor's web site and click on "they are your beaches, naturally." The organization has worked with Surfrider for a number of years in southwest Washington on coastal issues and the slide show they've put together is excellent! It shows several shots of Half Moon Bay, Westport, WA over the years and the problems with the "solutions" the city and Army Corps have put forward so far. Go to: http://www.fogh.org

Give the Gift of Surfrider
Give the gift of a Surfrider Foundation Membership. It's only $25, lasts an entire year (much longer than that tie he'll wear once), and will save you a trip to the mall. Click here for more information.

Upqua Lighthouse Access
Ownership issues for Salmon Harbor and Winchester Bay are being reviewed and reworked in a new Master Plan. Click here for more information and information about how to submit your written comments.

Water Quality Testing in the News
Surfrider's water quality testing efforts in Oregon have received a lot of press lately. Click here to read the latest story published in the Eugene Register-Guard.

Water Testing Comments Submitted
Surfrider has provided the Department of Humans Services with recommendations to strengthen their ocean water quality testing program. Click here to read more.

Paddle for Clean Water with Chris Swain
Surfrider Foundation - Oregon Chapter is paddling a portion of the Columbia River with Chris Swain. Chris is swimming all 1,243 miles of the Columbia River from the headwaters to the Pacific to raise awareness of the threats facing the river. Click here to read more

Pew Oceans Commission Releases Final Report
"The independent Pew Oceans Commission calls for immediate reform of U.S. ocean laws and policies to restore ocean wildlife, protect ocean ecosystems, and preserve the ecological, economic, and social benefits the oceans provide." Click here to read more.

DHS Water Quality Public Meeting Wednesday, June 25th
The Oregon Department of Human Services will host a public meeting regarding their proposed ocean water testing program on Wednesday, June 25th between 6:00 and 8:00 PM at the Portland State Building, 800 NE Oregon St. in Portland. Click here to read more.

Water Quality Testing in the News
Surfrider's water quality testing efforts in Oregon have received a lot of press lately. See these stories published in the Newport News-Times and Eugene Register-Guard. Click here to read more.

Water Quality Action Alert
You can change the locations and the frequency of the state tests, and you can change how and where the state posts these test results. Please make your voice heard. Click here to read more.

Help Stop Attacks on our Urban Growth Boundaries
HB2689 allows urban levels of industrial, commercial, or residential development, as well as hotels and motels, in so-called "rural development zones" outside urban growth boundaries. This could potentially affect relatively natural areas on our rural coastline as well! Click here to read more.

Seafood Watch -- Choices for Healthy Oceans
The Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Card can help you choose seafood that's good for you and good for the oceans. Download the Seafood Watch card and print it out to keep with your shopping list. This card and many other articles and links are available on the Consumer's Guide to Sustainable Seafood page.