Our mission is the protection and preservation of rocky shore intertidal life, nesting and migrating sea birds, and marine mammals that inhabit Devil’s Punch Bowl State Natural Area, Otter Rock Marine Gardens, Otter Rock Marine Reserve, and the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge.
Please join us in welcoming board member Margaret Treadwell and communications coordinator Erin Webber. Learn more about them here.
This paid, part-time seasonal internship is ideal for a college student pursuing coursework in a marine science or ocean-related field. Gain resume-building experience supervising high school students in the field. Share your passion for stewardship and marine science with visitors from around the world! Applications due March 26. Learn more.
This paid internship is a great opportunity for high school students to share their passion for the ocean, marine wildlife, and conservation with visitors from around the world! Free training provided. Applications due March 13th for best consideration. Learn more.
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.
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.