Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is now accepting applications for the Ben Núñez, Sr. Scholarship opportunity. Up to three $500 scholarships are being offered to graduating high school seniors or Tillamook County residents interested in pursuing a career in oceanography, marine conservation, estuary health, watershed ecology, or a closely related field. Awards are made at the discretion of the WEBS board.This scholarship opportunity is open to any resident or graduate of Tillamook County schools and will be allocated via the Tillamook Education Foundation.

Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS works to build a community of environmental stewards around Netarts Bay watershed and the areas between Cape Meares and Cape Lookout. We use educational events, programs and activities, as well as published research, to enhance knowledge of the important and unique qualities of the Netarts Bay Area. WEBS is committed to supporting local students who care about our natural resources and are looking to start a career in science and conservation. “The Ben Núñez, Sr. Scholarship has helped me focus on what I am passionate about, instead of financial strain, and has given me a steady sense of encouragement no matter how far from Tillamook my goals take me,” says Naomi Travis, 2024 scholarship recipient.

The scholarship, now in its fourth year, is named after long-time board member, Ben Núñez Sr., who passed away in 2022. Núñez served as the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS treasurer for many years and continued to be a strong ambassador for the non-profit upon resigning from the board. His legacy lives on through his generosity and we are delighted to award multiple scholarships in his name.

The application deadline for the 2025 Ben Núñez, Sr. Scholarship 11:59 pm on April 20, 2025.

More information can be found on the Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS website at www.netartsbaywebs.org/scholarships.

Questions about this opportunity can be sent to Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS by emailing info@netartsbaywebs.org

Stay social with Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS online @netartsbaywebs

Every 3rd Staturday at 2 pm play chess at the Garibaldi Branch Library.

Every 3rd Staturday at 2 pm play chess at the Garibaldi Branch Library.

The Family Birth Place at Adventist Health Tillamook offers a free, nurse-led birthing class for Tillamook County mothers and fathers expecting a child in their future. The RSVP-required event will be held in Conference Room ABC on the 3rd floor of the medical center for 4 hours, starting at 1 p.m. The class topics include true labor vs. false labor, vaginal vs. C-section birth, comfort issues for labor, breastfeeding and bottle feeding and what to expect during your stay.

Please call 503-815-2289 to let the Family Birth Place staff know you’re interested in attending.

Tillamook Office of Mediation, the county’s nonprofit conflict resolution center, is pleased to host a no-cost de-escalation workshop.

When things get heated, do you ever wonder about the best way to respond calmly, and in a way that allows for solutions?

If so, we hope you will join us to learn skills to de-escalate situations and avoid unproductive exchanges, especially when emotions run high. Discover your triggers and typical conflict responses, and understand why they often fail in the long run.

Our expert trainer, Tsipora Dimant, will provide you with new tools to transform challenging situations into opportunities for problem-solving.

Please sign up to learn this great life and professional skill, taught by a masterful mediator.

Conflict is inevitable, but we can learn to navigate it wisely.

Registration required.

To reserve your seat for this opportunity, please email, or visit our website for more information.
– info@tillamookmediation.org
– www.tillamookmediation.org

Get help with smartphones, tablets, laptops, and similar in an informal Q&A setting.

Get help with smartphones, tablets, laptops, and similar in an informal Q&A setting.

Cheryl Gill will present on getting started with estate planning at the Pacific City Library. This presentation is for those getting started or wanting to improve what they already have. Everyone will learn something new!

Topics covered are:

What is Estate Planning?

How do you get started?

What are the three things everyone needs to have?

Do you need a will or trust?

How do you avoid probate?

What are the most common mistakes people make?

Cheryl Gill will present on getting started with estate planning at the Tillamook Main Library. This presentation is for those getting started or wanting to improve what they already have. Everyone will learn something new!

Topics covered are:

What is Estate Planning?

How do you get started?

What are the three things everyone needs to have?

Do you need a will or trust?

How do you avoid probate?

What are the most common mistakes people make?

Cracking the code on green crabs; discover how these crabs are impacting local estuarine and marine species.

Join Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea (WEBS) and visiting scientist Dr. Sylvia Yamada at this informative presentation to learn how the green crab range expansion is impacting Netarts Bay.  

These small but voracious crabs disrupt ecosystems by preying on shellfish and tearing up the eelgrass. They were first introduced to the West Coast via San Francisco Bay in the 1980s. They have since spread throughout estuaries and bays in California, Oregon, and Washington; recently reaching as far north as Alaska.  Their high tolerance for a wide range of temperatures and salinity has allowed them to become a global challenge.  

So how concerned should we be?  Marina Dreeben, WEBS Stewardship Coordinator invites you to “join us in-person or virtually to learn about the current status of green crabs in Netarts Bay and the proposed strategies to address their impacts.”  She goes on to say, “Native shellfish, along with countless other species, are under threat due to the presence of green crabs.”

And what can we do about it? Join the conversation as we tackle these questions with expert visiting scientist, Dr. Sylvia Yamada. With degrees from the University of British Columbia and the University of Oregon, she is a leading voice on the green crab invasion in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Yamada has worked in salmon research for Fisheries and Oceans Canada and taught at Woods Hole Marine Biological Lab, Wellesley College, the University of Oregon and Oregon State University. Her research interests include predator-prey interactions, the management of invertebrate fisheries, and the impact of introduced species on native communities. She has been following the green crab range expansion since 1998.

Registration is required. Select in-person or virtual ticket(s) when registering. For virtual tickets, the Zoom link will be shared after registration.

To register and read more about this event, visit www.netartsbaywebs.org/events

Questions or Cancelations? Contact info@netartsbaywebs.org

If you register and your plans change making you unable to attend, please let us know so that we can offer your spot to someone else. We want to ensure that as many people are able to enjoy this event as we have space for.

Consider donating:  

Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is committed to offering high-quality, nature-based events led by experts, while also reducing the financial barrier of outdoor recreation. We do this by offering our events and programs at no cost to participants. 

Your donation helps in supporting the work of our organization. Every little bit helps!  All of our workshops, classes, and events are free. As a non-profit organization, we rely on donations and grants to keep us going, and growing.  

If you would like to donate, please visit our website.

Stay social with Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS online @netartsbaywebs

This free, in-person support group meets the second and fourth Thursday monthly, excluding holidays. It is for adults who are struggling with difficult and unexpected emotions from shock, anger, disbelief, guilt and sadness from grief.

If you or someone you know is struggling with challenging emotions such as shock, anger, disbelief, guilt or sadness due to grief, please consider joining this support program that meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month.

Ari Douglas, a bereavement coordinator, leads this in-person grief support group, which meets twice a month. Ari holds a Master of Divinity and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Work, with 16 years of experience in counseling and providing emotional support.

RSVP and/or questions: Ari Douglas, Bereavement Coordinator, email DouglaA01@ah.org or call 971-258-7792

This free, in-person support group meets the second and fourth Thursday monthly, excluding holidays. It is for adults who are struggling with difficult and unexpected emotions from shock, anger, disbelief, guilt and sadness from grief.

If you or someone you know is struggling with challenging emotions such as shock, anger, disbelief, guilt or sadness due to grief, please consider joining this support program that meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month.

Ari Douglas, a bereavement coordinator, leads this in-person grief support group, which meets twice a month. Ari holds a Master of Divinity and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Work, with 16 years of experience in counseling and providing emotional support.

RSVP and/or questions: Ari Douglas, Bereavement Coordinator, email DouglaA01@ah.org or call 971-258-7792

This free, in-person support group meets the second and fourth Thursday monthly, excluding holidays. It is for adults who are struggling with difficult and unexpected emotions from shock, anger, disbelief, guilt and sadness from grief.

If you or someone you know is struggling with challenging emotions such as shock, anger, disbelief, guilt or sadness due to grief, please consider joining this support program that meets the second and fourth Thursday of each month.

Ari Douglas, a bereavement coordinator, leads this in-person grief support group, which meets twice a month. Ari holds a Master of Divinity and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Social Work, with 16 years of experience in counseling and providing emotional support.

RSVP and/or questions: Ari Douglas, Bereavement Coordinator, email DouglaA01@ah.org or call 971-258-7792

Author talk at the Pacific City branch library on May 20th at 2pm. Join Kay Smith-Blum as she discusses her historical fiction novel, Tangles.

Tangles

A Cold War Love Story Wrapped Inside an Environmental Thriller

A quietly fierce secretary, a brash young scientist,

a small town cloaked in secrecy…and

an entire region under threat

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Join a fun group of knitters at North Tillamook Library in Manzanita on Thursdays from 4pm to 5:30pm.

Netarts/Oceanside Earth Day Cleanup

Celebrate Earth Day on Saturday, April 19th with the Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach, and Sea (WEBS) by joining us in a beach cleanup from Cape Lookout State Park to Cape Meares and Bayocean Spit. 

Winter always brings an influx of marine debris, with storms washing up harmful trash that poses a threat to wildlife and our unique coastal ecosystems. Springtime offers the perfect opportunity for us to unite as a community and restore our beaches. WEBS has been hosting cleanups for decades with SOLVE, an environmental non-profit that evolved from a grassroots initiative into a national model for volunteer environmental stewardship and other local partners. The result of these partnerships makes a positive impact on the health of Netarts Bay and the surrounding areas. “Clean up the beach with friends or family, or expand your community by teaming up with fellow volunteers. Volunteers of all ages will find the beach cleanup fun, educational, and rewarding.” shares Marina Dreeben, WEBS Stewardship Coordinator. “Thanks to the amazing crew at The Schooner Restaurant and Lounge, we will kick off this year’s event with warm drinks and snacks on their deck.”

As you head out to clean up or just explore, it is important to remember that ocean shores can be dangerous. Avoid logs in the water, keep your distance from marine mammals, and never turn your back on the ocean! If you find any hazardous material, please alert a staff member. 

Advanced registration saves time but is not required. To register and read more about this event visit http://www.netartsbaywebs.org/events 

Questions? 

Contact info@netartsbaywebs.org

Consider donating:  

Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is committed to offering high-quality, nature-based events led by experts, while also reducing the financial barrier of outdoor recreation. We do this by offering our events and programs at no cost to participants. 

Your donation helps in supporting the work of our organization. Every little bit helps!  All of our workshops, classes, and events are free. As a non-profit organization, we rely on donations and grants to keep us going, and growing.  

If you would like to donate, please visit our website.

Stay social with Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS online @netartsbaywebs

Interpersonal conflict and disagreement are part of being in relationship with others, but many of us fear conflict. Motivated by many factors, including cultural norms, concern for social consequences, and personal safety, many of us avoid it. What might we learn and how might we grow by making more room for conflict? What skills do we need to responsibly engage in conflict? How can shifting our relationship to conflict offer us new perspectives about ourselves and the groups we belong to? This community conversation is an opportunity to reflect on our relationships to interpersonal conflict outside of where we might most often encounter it, like the heated context of an argument at the dinner table or online. Facilitator Emily Squires will lead a judgement- and jargon-free discussion of what we mean when we say conflict, considering how interpersonal conflict shapes our lives and tools to use when experiencing it.

Many of us know we should talk about what matters at the end of our lives, but we don’t always know where or how to start these conversations. Once people start exploring death and dying, they often realize it’s not so scary to talk about after all. It can be comforting and empowering to know more about your options and consider what would be helpful for those who may be making decisions on your behalf. Who do you want with you when you are dying? What environments feel most comfortable? Do you have a preference for what happens to your body and your possessions after you die? How do you want to be remembered? This conversation provides a space and dedicated time for reflecting and exploring your end-of-life wishes.

Join us on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, from 5:30–7:30 PM at the Tillamook County Library for Preparedness in Action!

​Hosted by the Tillamook Police Department and Tillamook County Emergency Management, this event covers personal preparedness, CERT, and ways to get involved in your community. Whether you’re new to emergency readiness or looking to expand your knowledge, you’ll have the chance to engage with local first responders, ask questions, and learn essential strategies—from understanding local risks to building a Go Bag.

​We look forward to seeing you there!

For more information visit: https://lu.ma/we6louyd

The Nestucca, Neskowin & Sand Lake Watersheds Council in partnership with Pacific City Pelican Brewing Company present the final Science on Tap event of the season. We welcome Samikshya Budhathoki, Master Gardener and Small Farms Extension Specialist with OSU, and Marcille Ansorge, Master Gardener, to educate the community about soil health and how to improve your property. This includes learning how to build a rain garden using native plant species! This event is free and open to the public. We are very excited for this event and hope to see you there!

Depression can happen to anyone. It is one of the most common health problems and affects nearly everyone at some point in their lives, either through personal experience, or someone they know. Join a behavioral health expert to explore some of the causes, risk factors, and the signs and symptoms of depression. You’ll also get information on prevention and coping skills, as well as details on resources available in the community