Coastal Planning

Coastal Planning

Oregon's coast, with its rugged headlands and shifting beaches, along with its susceptibility to natural hazards and its endangered habitats, offers many land use planning challenges.

Articles & Stories

Photo credit: Randy Baumhover, Shore Acres State Park, Oregon (2014) The term “biophysical”...
Photo Credit: Pat Kight, Oregon Sea Grant (2012)People receive many benefits from coastal and...
  The Oregon Coastal and Oceans...
Photo Credit: NOAA, Marine Debris Program (2014) Marine pollution can originate from land,...
Photo Credit: Tiffany Woods, Oregon Sea Grant (2016) Coastlines are...

Maps and Tools

The Mid-Coast Water Report aggregates water data for a selected area of interest. The report... more

Data Collections

Quality controlled, fine-resolution climate data from 1895 to present gathered by the PRISM... more

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