Coos Watershed Association

06/02/2026

Full disclosure: this is more photos than we planned to share. But there are just so many good ones!!! Thank you to everyone who made the 10th annual Coos Watershed Mayfly Festival so very special.

06/02/2026

Very exciting news! If she'd just kept going a little further once she reached Brookings, she'd have ended up in our watershed! Curry Watersheds Partnership, we have condor envy!

A 2-year-old female condor named B9 traveled 80 miles through southern Oregon during a four-day journey in May, marking a historic milestone for the critically endangered species managed by the Yurok Tribe.

05/21/2026

Coos Watershed Hiring-Palooza!

We have multiple seasonal positions open for a variety of backgrounds, interests, and experience levels! While the positions are all quite distinct, they do all have something in common: spending a lot of time outside tromping all over the watershed while conducting activities that directly improve watershed health.

Seasonal Monitoring Technician - summer position, open until filled
Road Survey Crew Member - one-to-two year position, open until filled
Seasonal Seed Crew Lead & Members - apply by June 2, 5pm

Also, final reminder that our Summer Youth Crew application deadline is May 26 by 5pm.

Read about all of these on our website: https://cooswatershed.org/work-with-us/

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

THANK YOU to everyone who came out to our 10th annual Coos Watershed Mayfly Festival!! What a wonderful time we had celebrating and learning with all of you. Thank you for being a community that supports science, stewardship, one-on-one connections, and exposing the younger generation to the things that really matter.

If you came to the festival, PLEASE TAKE OUR SUPER SHORT SURVEY for a chance to win CoosWA merch! Deadline: June 8. We will draw names on June 9.

https://forms.gle/DZocPvLNqySNeiqB8

Lastly, if you got any photos during the day, tag us or send them to [email protected]!

05/15/2026

If you come to the 10th annual Coos Watershed Mayfly Festival tomorrow, make sure you pick up a watershed passport at one of the welcome booths! We have one for kids and one for adults this year. Visit a booth, collect a stamp, and when you collect enough stamps, visit the CoosWA booth to receive two free raffle tickets for some cool gifts from some really great local businesses, like So It Goes Coffeehouse, 7 Devils Brewing Co, and Coos Head Food Co-Op! Enter for a chance to win either the adult or kids' basket.

Tomorrow, Mingus Park, 11-3. Turn in passports by 2:40; raffle drawing at 3.

05/15/2026

What a beautiful description of the 10th annual Coos Watershed Mayfly Festival!! Thank you Mayor Benetti. We couldn’t have said it better ourselves. You can do all our PR now 🙂
Coos Bay - City Government

05/15/2026

Mayfly merch alert! This year we have tie-dye tote bags (hand dyed by local volunteers), toddler/youth shirts, unisex and women's short-sleeve and long-sleeve, and CoosWA hoodies, shirts, and hats. All of the Mayfly shirts are either bamboo or organic cotton, so you know they're watershed-friendly! All proceeds support future Mayfly Festivals.! Come get your swag at the 10th annual Coos Watershed Mayfly Festival between 11-3 at Mingus Park, Saturday May 16!

05/14/2026

Huge thanks to Jason and Bonnie Cromwell for making us our first-ever mayfly quilt, with a bonus Coho life cycle added in as well, since Coho and mayflies depend on each other so much. We can't really express enough gratitude for these projects from the heart. But we will treasure it. Come see it in person on Saturday, 11-3 at Mingus Park. The photo doesn't do it justice!