The trees behind the tags
COASSTers have now been surveying with the wooden tags for a few years, and we wanted to share an interesting update that answers the common question: what is the source of wood for your tags?
View ArticleWelcome Allie!
This summer, COASST welcomed a new Participant Coordinator to the team: Allie Brown! Allie and her new pup Fin, who is always a help in the COASST office. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Allie...
View ArticleHPAI in the Pacific Northwest
Updated September 29, 2023 Beginning in mid-July, COASST received reports from partners at WDFW of unusual numbers of dead Caspian Terns on a colony at Rat Island, WA (near Fort Flagler). Testing...
View ArticleDon’t let too many birds ‘wreck’ your survey!
How to modify beached bird surveys for a wreck event
View ArticleLand Birds, Ahoy!
In May 2023 COASST received an unusual set of reports from one of our partners. Land birds – more specifically passerines, or perching birds – had washed up on Oregon beaches in large numbers.
View ArticleHoliday Card 2023
Season’s Greetings COASSTers! Oh my goodness! COASST is a quarter century old. Who knew what we’d accomplish when Julia, first COASST employee Todd Hass and 12 pilot testers started on this...
View ArticleMarine Mammal Project Announcement
In partnership with Dr. Jaime Snyder at UW’s Information School, we are drawing up plans for a beached marine mammal guide. That’s right – a new COASST guide is in development! This project will take...
View ArticleCassin’s Wreck Update: Jan 2024
Updated February 9th, 2024 Beginning in early January 2024, Cassin’s Auklets (CAAU) began washing ashore in Oregon and Washington in unexpected numbers.
View ArticleGraduate Student Position at COASST
During Summer 2024, COASST and the iSchool would like to hire a student as a Graduate Research Assistant.
View ArticleInterviews with COASSTers
In January 2024 we announced a new project at COASST – developing a user friendly beached marine mammal guide to match our beached bird guides. (You can read more about the project here!) In Phase...
View ArticleHoliday Letter 2022
This year we breathed a small sigh of relief as the COVID pandemic eased enough for us to return to all of your communities in person.
View ArticleTeaching collection: on the road
The marine bird teaching collection travels with COASST staff to training workshops and presentations, but our birds also sometimes go on a quick vacation with a partner.
View ArticleProtected: Tarballs and oil and birds – oh my!
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
View ArticleKit Innovations by COASSTers
Once COASST kits hit the beach with a COASSTing team, they get even better. COASSTers add to the kits with their own customizations.
View ArticleCOASSTal Internship
This month, The Talking Raven (the official newsletter of the Quileute Tribe) featured an article about the 2024-2025 COASST internship program for high school students on the outer coast. This...
View ArticleHiring: COASST Science Coordinator
Link to application through UW: https://uwhires.admin.washington.edu/eng/candidates/default.cfm?szCategory=jobprofile&szOrderID=240126&szCandidateID=0&szSearchWords=&szReturnToSearch=1...
View ArticleTrouble with Tags
COASSTers who have been with us for ~4 years will remember our transition from plastic zip ties to wooden tags for our beached bird survey program. The wooden tags have served COASSTers well since we...
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