Stay Home, Shred Later

We love surfing just as much as anyone - but we ask that you stay at home, honor beach closures, and avoid travel and crowded public spaces. Let's all work together, so that we can get back in the water as soon as possible.

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Our Chapter is focusing on "keeping it clean upstream." We host a number of events to help protect our oceans, waters, and beaches.

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The Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation’s work is focused keeping it clean upstream through our programs including Ocean Friendly Restaurants, Green Streets, #DitchTheStrawPDX, Hold On To Your Butt programs and our Blue Water Task Force water quality monitoring program facilitated by the Surfrider North Coast Chapter. Chapter meetings are currently virtual for the health and safety of everyone. We are working on new and fun ways to keep our members engaged and informed, so please check our events page/calendar for updates.

Portland Chapter Executive Committee

Nancy Nordman – Chair

Gina Avalos – Vice Chair

Sarah Mayer – Volunteer Coordinator

Tyler Nelson – Treasurer

Ashley Gauvin – Secretary

Chanel Hason – Communications Guru

Ariana Marquis – Green Streets Coordinator

Jessica Gilligan – OFR Lead & Sponsorships

Marianne Monnin – Hold On To Your Butts

Monthly Events

To find our full list of events, click here. Surfrider is extending the suspension of all Surfrider Foundation chapter and club planned public activities, events and meetings through June 1 2020 or until further notice.

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Your support will help the Surfrider Foundation gets us one step closer to our vision of protecting 100% of our coasts. And it's a sound investment - for every $1.00 you give to the Surfrider Foundation 87 cents will go directly to support our coasts.

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Today's Coastal Factoid

Floating wetlands and the future of lake water quality

"In the future, the safety of the water that some Ohioans drink or swim in may depend – at least in part – on some unusual objects floating on the Milliron Research Wetlands at The Ohio State University at Mansfield... The experiment, which uses three cells that each contains six artificial floating islands (AFIs), assesses the nutrient removal efficiency of these floating structures. Chen’s goal is to eventually implement the floating wetlands as a low-cost, environmentally friendly and effective remediation/prevention treatment for nutrient pollution in lakes, wetlands and streams in Ohio and elsewhere. Nutrient pollution in bodies of water is one of the most widespread and costly environmental problems in the United States and worldwide." - Excerpt from Ohio State University

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Congrats!

The Surfrider Foundation National Headquarters acknowledges the outstanding work of our chapter and club networks on an annual basis through the Chapter Achievement and Recognition Awards Program. Chapters are awarded in one of the following categories: volunteer outreach, program, innovation and leadership. Our chapter was selected as an award winner out of 170+ chapters and clubs in the following category.