Conservation
The Cape Arago Audubon Society supports a variety of conservation activities.
Aside from the events noted on the right, the Cape Arago Audubon Society has also adopted a mile of state highway 42, between mileposts 2 and 3. We pick up trash there beside the slough 4 times a year, and have removed 245 bags of trash since 2018!
We have also set up dispensers of dog waste bags at several locations around the county, starting back in 2007 at Millicoma Marsh. Woof! Woof!
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Our partners at COASST that survey our beaches for deceased birds are in need of volunteers. If you are interested, they have an on-training coming up. They are hoping to beef up the amount of surveys being done on the Oregon coast (primarily in Southern Oregon!) so they can keep up really stellar data collection, and…
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Several folks including the City of Coos Bay Parks and Recreation folks have been supporting the Millicoma Marsh Trail Improvement Project. You will want to come to the celebration of the reestablishment of the trail set for 10 AM on November 21,2025.
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Our program will be “To California, Brazil, and back: First GPS-tracking of Oregon Vesper Sparrow and Western Purple Martin migration” with Sarah Rockwell of the Klamath Bird Observatory. The program will be at the Coos Bay Library starting at 7 PM with doors opening at 6:30. One of the biggest challenges in identifying ways to…
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On Friday, March 28th we will pick up litter on our adopted mile of hwy 42 south of Coos Bay. Please meet at 10:00 at the memorial pull out near the 3 mile marker and across from the old House of Confusion. As usual, ODOT provides rubber gloves, grabbers, safety vests and garbage bags. We…
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Save the Date! Joe Metzler and Diane Follansbee will be giving a bird box (mostly for swallows and chickadees) making workshop at the Coos Bay Library on Tuesday, February 18th from 6:30 – 8:30 PM. The class size is limited to 20, and it will be shared to members only initially. Please RSVP to dianenighthawk@gmail.com so that…
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We will pick up litter on Tuesday, Dec 10th from 10-12. Meet at the memorial pull out on HWY 42 near the 3 mile marker – it is across from the old House of Confusion. ODOT provides safety vests, gloves, grabbers, and garbage bags. Hope to see lots of you there. Diane Follansbee 541-297-3303.
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We had a small crew on October 17th picking up litter on our adopted highway mile; many of our regulars were out of town. It was a sunny day after an earlier downpour, and Barbara, Marie, Bruce, and Diane collected 10 large bags of garbage in 2 hours. We did not finish all areas because…
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Diane and Bruce Follansbee will lead our group to pick up litter on our adopted highway 42 mile on October 17th – a Thursday. We will begin at 10 AM – meet at the pullout opposite the old House of Confusion. It is at mile 3 on highway 42 south of Coos Bay. ODOT provides…
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The following document summarizes the potential impact of wind energy installations off the Oregon coast.
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Cape Arago Audubon members and friends! Please join us on Tuesday, March 19th at 10 AM to pick up litter on our adopted highway mile on Highway 42. We will meet at the memorial pullout opposite the old House of Confusion near the 3 mile marker. It is just west of the Green Acres turnoff.…
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