Ochre sea stars and sea anemones cling to rocks at low tide on Oregon’s South Coast.
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Science & Environment

Saving Oregon’s rocky coast: Checking in on the sea stars

By Kate Kaye (Jefferson Public Radio)
Cape Blanco, Ore. Feb. 23, 2021 1:30 p.m. Updated: March 9, 2021 9:53 p.m.

In this special series for Jefferson Public Radio, reporter Kate Kaye takes us to Oregon’s rocky shores — visiting with volunteers monitoring black oystercatchers, researchers surveying gray whales and kelp, a South Coast ecotour guide, a North Coast crabber and more — to illuminate the challenges affecting rocky intertidal habitats, how new policy proposals seek to address them and what they could mean for Oregonians.

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