Residents and visitors in Coos Bay/North Bend are going to find it much easier to get around the region without leaving a CO2 footprint! The World Link published a piece this week about an electric car charging station at the new Coos Bay fire station!
Yes, it is true electric cars are rare and most of us are unable to take advantage of this new technology- but this is a big step in the right direction! With celebrities sporting these eco friendly cars (look at Lance Armstrong who drives a Nissan Leaf)- more and more auto companies are committing themselves to building and selling more electric cars.
The demand for this technology will eventually take hold and it is our hope that more people will benefit from this charging station. These charging stations will also benefit tourism as motorists with electric vehicles from all over Oregon will be able to visit the coast and charge their cars before driving back!
The charging station was included in the design of the Coos Bay Firestation to help the city meet Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification standards
Read More: http://theworldlink.com/news/local/article_8e814d36-c648-5508-bcde-30b1f882709f.html
Join SOLV on March 20 from 10am-1pm for the Great Oregon Beach Cleanup
Each month, we like to spotlight a business or organization that makes North Bend, Coos Bay and Charleston a better community. I felt like this would be the right time to express our gratitude to the volunteers and staff of SOLV, a non-profit organization based in Oregon that brings together volunteers to implement improvement projects throughout the state. SOLV is the acronym for Stop Oregon Litter and Vandalism and the organization focuses primarily on litter cleanup, tree planting, and invasive removal projects.
We are especially grateful for the outstanding work they do to preserve the natural beauty of the Oregon Coast and to protect our precious marine life. SOLV was founded in 1969 by Governor Tom McCall and other community leaders. The first all-volunteer beach cleanup in the nation was held in Oregon in 1984. Since then,the group has removed millions of pounds of trash and debris littered along our coastline.
Volunteers gather twice each year along the Oregon coast from the Washington to California borders to clean up and protect our beaches. On Saturday March 20th, Oregonians are again encouraged to continue this tradition that benefits citizens and wildlife alike.
Please join SOLV Volunteers on March 20, 2010 from 9am – 1pm to clear the Oregon Coast of debris on one of our local beaches:
3/20/2010 Bastendorff Beach Park 2010 Spring Cleanup
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Charleston: Bastendorff Beach Park
Coordinator: Robin Sears 541-297-7089 robin.sears@state.or.us
Site Address: Bastendorff Beach Rd.
Directions: Take Cape Arago Highway South of Coos Bay to Bastendorff Beach Park
3/20/2010- Horsfall Beach 2010 Spring Cleanup 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
North Bend: Horsfall Beach
Coordinator: Robin Sears 541-297-7089 robin.sears@state.or.ua
For more details- visit the SOLV Website.
Twice each year- thousands of visitors come to Oregon Coast with the hopes of catching a rare glimpse of the Gray whales migrating off our coast. Anyone who has been lucky enough to spot one can tell you what a marvelous site it is. These mysterious creatures migrate past the Oregon coast twice a year: just around the winter holiday season (southbound migration) and towards the end of March (northbound migration) though they can still be spotted until late May.
The Whale Watching Spoken Here® program staffs trained volunteers at 26 great whale-watching on the Oregon coast during the peak migration weeks to help visitors spot the migrating whales and learn more about them. The program’s main objectives are to help visitors see and learn about the whales and other marine life along our coast.
Coos Bay, North Bend and Charleston visitors and residents can experience this amazing event at each day at Shore Acres Park during Spring Watch Week, March 20 – 27 from 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
The Whale Watching Spoken Here program also accepts new volunteers each year to be placed at great whale watching sites during Watch Weeks so they can teach others while watching the whales too. If you love whales, consider volunteering for this outstanding organization!
Call 541-888-3732 or visit www.ShoreAcres.net or www.WhaleSpoken.org
Best. Headline. EVER. That was posted on the naturaloregon.org website and on twitter. If that can’t bring a girl back to her blog, then nothing can. Now lets just confess right now, its funny; we all try to be grown ups and pretend we can handle headlines like that, but come on. In my press releases and notices to people I try to be serious, but in the office and among friends, the jokes were flying.
The Booby actually refers to the Brown Booby, a rare bird sighting that occurred on October 29 in Coos Bay; apparently what makes this even more exciting was that the bird doesn’t belong here, its a tropical bird that you’d have to visit the likes of the Galapagos Islands to see.
Now mind you, I personally am not a birdwatcher, not even a little bit. One of the dumbest moments I had was when I sent a photo of a bird to Russ from the Audubon society to try and find out what kind of bird it was, he responded back, you’re joking right? Turns out it was a crow.
But back to the Booby – even a bird-idiot like me can appreciate that over 200 birdwatchers came running this past weekend to try and get a view of this lost little gal. And a press junkie like me loves seeing the numerous stories about Coos Bay. Thanks to some great email alerts from Russ Namitz we were able to post the very first photo taken of a living Brown Booby in Oregon far ahead of any of the traditional media outlets.
And in case you were wondering what my favorite behind the scenes joke was: I forwarded an email from Russ about the Booby alert; a friend responded back: “Are you sure they weren’t referring to you in the Booby sighting email? I could see how you could get confused.”
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