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Protecting the places where land and freshwater meet the Pacific

You could stand at the beach and look west, and it could be 1823. Or 823, for that matter... until you noticed the plastic bottles on the sand, and the motorboats out in the water. Oceans are eternal, but the challenges from humans are more recent.

The Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition is focused on protecting Oregon's beaches and tidelands, and public access to them. The coalition includes the North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection, working to protect water quality further north. We get details of their efforts in a visit with Annie Merrill from the coalition and Nancy Webster from NCCWP.

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The Jefferson Exchange is Jefferson Public Radio's daily news program focused on issues, people and events across Southern Oregon and Northern California. Natalie Golay is the program's senior producer, Charlie Zimmermann is the assistant producer, and Mike Green hosts the show.