| Thu Nov 8 2012 -- Ancient Coastal Resident to Be Focus of Annual Meeting |   Pacific lamprey. Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The event will take place Nov. 8 in the Kraft Room of the Tryon Creek State Park Nature Center (11321 S.W. Terwilliger Blvd.), beginning at 6 p.m.
The members’ meeting, which will conclude the evening, is held to conduct a bit of official business, including board elections, and discuss the organization’s work during the previous year and plans for the year to come.
Prior to the formal meeting we will feature a talk on an obscure denizen of the coastal environment. Jeffrey Jolley, supervisory fish biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will speak on "Pacific Lamprey Folklore and Fact: Conserving a Poorly-Understood Northwest Fish.” The talk is co-sponsored by the Tryon Creek Watershed Council.
Pacific lamprey (often mistakenly called “eels”—California’s Eel River should really be the Lamprey River) are important, but largely missing, components of coastal ecosystems (and those throughout the Columbia and Willamette basins). They are really a member of an ancient line of jawless fishes, and have a bad reputation in some circles for parasitizing other fish. While little seen in coastal rivers these days, lamprey were once found in abundance essentially throughout the range of salmon and steelhead (and are also anadromous), and were prized by the native tribes of the region.
Only members can vote during the short official meeting, but all are welcome to attend the talk and stay to learn more about Oregon Shores. Please invite along anyone who might be interested in coastal ecology and conservation. Light refreshments will be available.
For more information, contact Corrina Chase, (541) 921-7394, or via email.
 Contact: Phillip Johnson, Executive Director, (503) 754-9303, or EMAIL
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