Rockaway Beach, OR  Saturday, January 18, 2025, at 12:00 PM.  North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) invites you to St. Mary by the Sea for a presentation by Master of Landscape Architecture (MLA) students from the University of Oregon (UO). Their research, Coastal Futures, focuses on climate change adaptation strategies for coastal communities in Oregon and is led by Ignacio López Busón, a UO Assistant Professor of Climate Change Resilience. 
For the past three months, the students have visited and analyzed Rockaway Beach, meeting with local stakeholders to understand the values and challenges of our local community, including coastal erosion, sea level rise, deforestation, drinking water quality, and urban development. This presentation will showcase their research on sustainable coastal practices and explore paths for long-term resilience. 

This first-year UO MLA project is an ongoing teaching and research effort led by Ignacio López Busón and his students: Inanna Hencke, Jessie Crown, Lucy Gonzalez, Leo Frampton and Justin Mouledous. It is supported by the 2024 Sustainability Fellows Program (SFP), an initiative coordinated by Sarah Stoeckl (UO Office of Sustainability) and funded as part of the Pacific Northwest Just Futures Institute, that supports faculty to do community-engaged teaching and research. 

As a matter of necessity and regardless of land ownership, NCCWP demands no more logging and no more pesticide spraying within our drinking-watersheds.  Safe drinking water and clean air are part of the public trust that we all are entitled to have.  Please help North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection safeguard and restore our drinking watersheds. 
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Family time with great food specials!