Hello there, coast-lovers!

Thank you for visiting our website! You could not have picked a better time. We have recently merged our chapter of The Coastal Society with OSU's American Fisheries Society (AFS) and The Wildlife Society's (TWS) student chapters.

Don't worry though; TCS is still very much alive and active. We recently held elections and I am very pleased to introduce the new leadership team:

Chelsea Duke (President of TCS/AFS/TWS student chapters)
Ciera Edison (Vice President of TCS, Board Member of AFS/TWS)
Ashley Yarbrough (Secretary of TCS, Board Member of AFS/TWS)
David Hessler (Treasurer of TCS, Board Member of AFS/TWS).

We also have an OSU intern taking over the coordination of our Boiler Bay monitoring efforts! This means more trips more often, and at lower tides - We just saw a juvenile Pacific Giant Octopus in the tidepools just last week!

I could not be more pleased to be passing the torch to these 5 talented students, and friends. They have a lot of awesome plans for our chapter, so be on the lookout for their contact information, and future posts about activities.

For a post-script I would like to thank everyone who ever participated in our events, or even just contacted me to find out what we're about. It has been a very rewarding experience to found OSU's chapter of TCS, and I cannot thank my officers enough for helping bring these plans to fruition.

I wish you all the best,

Matt Damiano (Founder, and former President of TCS)