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Netarts Bay WEBS School Programs uses the Netarts Bay area as a learning lab where students paddle, hike, tour, and take part in tide-pool explorations, kayak events, and clamming events. Students can join activities such as Eelgrass Discovery Day, NOAA Marine Debris Monitoring at Happy Camp Beach, and community science projects that monitor Snowy Plovers, Black Oystercatchers, Cormorants, and green crabs in Netarts Bay. The program also connects some events with food, such as clam ceviche prepared by Chef Derek from Bay City Kitchen.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
Netarts Bay WEBS School Programs offers place-based school programs for students ranging from pre-K through sixth grade, including Forest, Sea, and Me (Pre-k), Hermit Crabs and Habitats (Kindergarten), Cape to Cape / Fish and Habitat (1st Grade), Day at the Bay (2nd Grade), Biomes (3rd Grade), Coastal Geology & Energy (4th Grade), Cells to Ecosystems/Shellfish & Anthropology (5th Grade), and Alternative Energy (6th Grade). Field trip programs are provided for kindergarten through 6th grade students across the county, and field trips and classroom curricula start in kindergarten and continue through high school. WEBS offers over 40 free community events throughout the year and collaborates with local education organizations while aiming to build a learning community between Cape Meares and Cape Lookout.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS works closely with Tillamook School District #9’s Natural Resources Program and partners with Tillamook School District to provide these field trip programs. WEBS has been working closely with researchers and students at PSU to design a community science project to monitor green crabs in Netarts Bay, and community science projects also include monitoring birds and marine debris. WEBS partnered with Juntos during the summer, and families joined WEBS, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, and ODFW to step into the bay, learn about eelgrass monitoring, and discover critters that depend on eelgrass.
These programs started in the Tillamook School District in 2005, and Clair Thomas was hired by the district in 2005 as Natural Resources Coordinator and now serves in an advisory role to the program. Clair grew the program into a nationally recognized award-winning program. Amy Schmid was hired in 2019 to take over the program, and Carol Parks serves as programs coordinator.
Bel the Belted Kingfisher is the bilingual spokesperson for a video series aligned with WEBS-sponsored school programs. These videos with Bel explore bays, watersheds, estuaries, geology, and biomes of Netarts Bay and the surrounding area, and the video resources are designed to help youth learn about Netarts Bay but are used for learners of all ages.
Last updated December 29, 2025.
• Ages: 4–12 years old
Netarts Bay WEBS School Programs offers place-based school programs for students ranging from pre-K through sixth grade, including Forest, Sea, and Me (Pre-k), Hermit Crabs and Habitats (Kindergarten), Cape to Cape / Fish and Habitat (1st Grade), Day at the Bay (2nd Grade), Biomes (3rd Grade), Coastal Geology & Energy (4th Grade), Cells to Ecosystems/Shellfish & Anthropology (5th Grade), and Alternative Energy (6th Grade). Field trip programs are provided for kindergarten through 6th grade students across the county, and field trips and classroom curricula start in kindergarten and continue through high school. WEBS offers over 40 free community events throughout the year and collaborates with local education organizations while aiming to build a learning community between Cape Meares and Cape Lookout.
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS works closely with Tillamook School District #9’s Natural Resources Program and partners with Tillamook School District to provide these field trip programs. WEBS has been working closely with researchers and students at PSU to design a community science project to monitor green crabs in Netarts Bay, and community science projects also include monitoring birds and marine debris. WEBS partnered with Juntos during the summer, and families joined WEBS, Tillamook Estuaries Partnership, and ODFW to step into the bay, learn about eelgrass monitoring, and discover critters that depend on eelgrass.
These programs started in the Tillamook School District in 2005, and Clair Thomas was hired by the district in 2005 as Natural Resources Coordinator and now serves in an advisory role to the program. Clair grew the program into a nationally recognized award-winning program. Amy Schmid was hired in 2019 to take over the program, and Carol Parks serves as programs coordinator.
Bel the Belted Kingfisher is the bilingual spokesperson for a video series aligned with WEBS-sponsored school programs. These videos with Bel explore bays, watersheds, estuaries, geology, and biomes of Netarts Bay and the surrounding area, and the video resources are designed to help youth learn about Netarts Bay but are used for learners of all ages.
Last updated December 29, 2025.
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