BioBlitz at the Beach: Outing to Neahkahnie

n conjunction with our 2025 Beachy Keen BioBlitz, Marine Program Manager Angela Whitlock will lead an outing at Neahkahnie Beach, adjacent to the Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, from 8 to 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 12.

Join us and learn how to identify and record marine wildlife via iNaturalist to help contribute to the 2025 BioBlitz project for Cape Falcon Marine Reserve.

North Coast Land Conservancy’s Marine Reserve Program is hosting its annual monthlong BioBlitz during August. The 2025 Beachy Keen BioBlitz will take place in and around Cape Falcon Marine Reserve, located on the Oregon North Coast, and the adjacent Oswald West State Park.

A bioblitz is a communal effort to identify and record as many distinct species as possible in a designated area and timeframe in order to collect long-term datasets.

Want to participate? The first step is to download the iNaturalist app onto your mobile device and join our project in iNaturalist. Then, any time during the bioblitz, head down to Short Sand Beach, Falcon Cove Beach and Neahkahnie Beach to look for various species and document your observations in the app. Even if you don’t know exactly what something is, don’t worry. Researchers and other users from around the world work to identify all species recorded.

Also check out other Trips & Adventurous Activities in Manzanita.