COASTAL FUTURES: Building Resilient Connections Between Ecology & Community in Rockaway Beach, Saturday, January 18, 2025, at Noon

North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) invites you to St. Mary by the Sea for a presentation by Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) students from the University of Oregon (UO) on Saturday January 18th at Noon. Their research, Coastal Futures, focuses on climate change adaptation strategies for coastal communities in Oregon and is led by Ignacio López Busón, a UO Assistant Professor of Climate Change Resilience.

For the past three months, the students have visited and analyzed Rockaway Beach, meeting with local stakeholders to understand the values and challenges of our local community, including coastal erosion, sea level rise, deforestation, drinking water quality, and urban development. This presentation will showcase their research on sustainable coastal practices and explore paths for long-term resilience.

All community members are encouraged to attend to learn more about coastal sustainability issues and engage in a discussion about planning for a more environmentally and socially resilient future.

Free to attend. Bread from Wolf Moon Bakery and soup from Manzanita Wild will be served.

Saturday, January 18 at Noon (doors open at 11:30 AM)

St Mary by the Sea Catholic Church, 275 S Pacific St, Rockaway Beach, OR 97136

Join us online if you can’t come! https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94779163801

This first-year UO MLA project is an ongoing teaching and research effort led by Ignacio López Busón and his students: Inanna Hencke, Jessie Crown, Lucy Gonzalez, Leo Frampton and Justin Mouledous. It is supported by the 2024 Sustainability Fellows Program (SFP), an initiative coordinated by Sarah Stoeckl (UO Office of Sustainability) and funded as part of the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute, that supports faculty to do community-engaged teaching and research.

As a matter of necessity and regardless of land ownership, NCCWP demands no more logging and no more pesticide spraying within our drinking-watersheds. Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have. Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds.