Marbled Murrelet Training and Survey

Come help with the 4th annual Marbled Murrelet survey

Location: Cummins, Ten Mile, and Yachats landscape, including the Central Coast Murrelet Important Bird Area, which comprises approximately 80K acres of the Siuslaw National Forest.

When: July 14 - survey training starts at 6:30 PM at the Yachats Commons with Kim Nelson, OSU and Paul Engelmeyer, Coastal IBA Coordinator. Survey site selections and directions (maps) will be distributed at the evening training.

            July 15 - morning survey at upland sites starts at 4:53 - 6:53 AM and nearshore surveys (6 coastal sites) start at 10 - 11 AM. 

Camping available at the numerous campgrounds in the area http://www.fs.fed.us/r6/siuslaw/recreation/tripplanning/newpflor/index.shtml

Yachats accommodations at

http://nwcoast.com/city/hotels.asp?yachats

Please RSVP your participation and if you need more information contact: Paul Engelmeyer, Audubon’s Ten Mile Creek Sanctuary 541-547-4227, Coastal IBA Coordinator,  pengelmeyer@peak.org