Say No to Single-Use Plastic Straws

Our main focus this year is to decrease the abundance of single-use plastic straws in Portland. Learn how you can participate our #DitchTheStrawPDX campaign, either as a business or individual.

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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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About Us

The Portland Chapter of the Surfrider Foundation’s work is focused keeping it clean upstream through our programs including #DitchTheStrawPDX, Ocean Friendly Restaurants, Green Streets, Hold On To Your Butt programs and our Blue Water Task Force water quality monitoring program out on the north coast. Chapter meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month beginning at 7:00 PM. The meetings are open to the public and family friendly.

Portland Chapter Executive Committee

Chanel Hason – Chair & Communications

Ashley Duplanty – Vice Chair

Shelley Searle – Volunteer Coordinator

Britt Olsen – Treasurer

Sarah Mayer – Secretary

Jesse Jones – Blue Water Task Force Coordinator

Nancy Nordman – Ditch the Straw Coordinator

Phil Schlieder -Sponsorships Coordinator / OFR Lead

Monthly Events

To find our full list of events, click here. For now, we thought you’d like to see what’s happening for the next two months up front and center.

October 2 – Green Streets Cleanup – Peninsula Park 6:30pm

October 6 – Oswald West Action Day – Oswald West State Park 10am

October 9 – Chapter Meeting – Century (Bar) 7pm

October 25 – Green Streets Cleanup Halloween Edition – Hopworks Urban Brewery 6:30pm

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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

Shells Dissolve in Acidic Waters, Risk to Shellfish Industry

“Ocean acidification is a clear threat to marine life, acting as a stressor for many marine animals. Here we found that the ability of the triton shells to produce and maintain their shells was hindered by ocean acidification, with the corrosive seawater making them smoother, thinner, and less dense. The extensive dissolution of their shells has profound consequences for calcified animals into the future as it is not something they can biologically control, suggesting that some calcified species might be unable to adapt to the acidified seawater if carbon dioxide emissions continue to rise unchecked.” - Quote by Dr Ben Harvey in an article from University of Plymouth.

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