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See the latest wildlife, volunteer events, tidepool discoveries, and community happenings around Otter Rock Marine Reserve.
There’s a new way to show your connection to this special place. We’re excited to offer T-shirts, mugs, and more featuring original artwork created for Friends of Otter Rock by local artist Rena Ekmanis. Whether you’re looking for something to wear on your next trip to the coast, carry your stuff in, drink your morning coffee from, or gift to someone who loves Otter Rock, your purchase will make a difference!
100% of the profits from every purchase through Bonfire directly support Friends of Otter Rock’s seasonal interpretive programs and year-round outreach activities. That means your purchase helps us continue bringing marine science, coastal education, and stewardship to our community and visitors.
We hope you find something you love. And we hope you’ll wear it, use it, gift it, and help us spread the word!
At just 1.2 square miles, Otter Rock Marine Reserve is the smallest of five designated sites along the Oregon Coast where no fishing, no wildlife removal, and no ocean development are allowed.
This mini yet mighty marine reserve provides a unique and nutrient-rich habitat in which an amazing mosaic of wildlife thrives.
Take a tour with us and hear how Otter Rock Marine Reserve contributes a wealth of value to scientific research, the economy, and conservation efforts.
See the latest wildlife, volunteer events, tidepool discoveries, and community happenings around Otter Rock Marine Reserve.
Friends of Otter Rock Marine Reserve recognizes the lands of Otter Rock as part of the ancestral homelands of the Yaqo’n or Yaquina people who lived between Cape Foulweather and Beaver Creek since time immemorial. The neighbors to the north, the Tillamook peoples, named a rock formation off the coast of Devil’s Punchbowl State Natural Area as əs·hí·higəl ʃə́·nʃis (us-HII-hi-gul SHUN-shis).
Translated to English as Otter Rock, this formation is the namesake of the present-day marine reserve. Our organization commits to respecting each tribe’s history, cultural contributions, and living descendants, including those of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians, in our work of promoting coastal conservation. We recognize the loss of cultural and ecological richness through colonization and overexploitation, and work in support of the indigenous people who continue to steward these coastal lands today.
