{"id":2554,"date":"2013-07-31T15:33:44","date_gmt":"2013-07-31T22:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/?p=2554"},"modified":"2013-08-01T08:24:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T15:24:55","slug":"boating-access-advocates-to-convene-in-portland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/2013\/07\/31\/boating-access-advocates-to-convene-in-portland\/","title":{"rendered":"Boating access advocates to convene in Portland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/files\/2013\/07\/DSC_8975-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2556\" style=\"margin: 5px\" title=\"Marina, Coos Bay (photo by Pat Kight\/Oregon Sea Grant)\" alt=\"Marina, Coos Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/files\/2013\/07\/DSC_8975-sm-201x300.jpg\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2013\/07\/DSC_8975-sm-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2013\/07\/DSC_8975-sm-400x597.jpg 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/181\/files\/2013\/07\/DSC_8975-sm.jpg 536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>PORTLAND &#8211; &#8220;New Dimensions in Boating Access,&#8221; the national conference of the States Organization for Boating Access, comes to Portland Sept. 30-Oct. 3, bringing speakers and workshops on topics ranging from reducing conflicts between public boating access and commercialk shipping to the implications of sea level rise on recreational boating.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sobaus.org\/conference\/conference9.html\">Registration is open now<\/a>, at a significant discount for those who register by Aug. 30.<\/p>\n<p>SOBA is a nonprofit organization that advocates for recreational boating; its membership is drawn from state and territorial agencies, boating groups, consulting firms and boating-related businesses. The annual conference brings members together to discuss issues related to recreational boating access, technology, and environmental\/legislative issues.<\/p>\n<p>Among the speakers at this year&#8217;s conference are Oregon Sea Grant Extension specialists Sam Chan, discussing invasive species; Megan Kleibacker, talking about Oregon&#8217;s implementation of the Clean Vessel Act; and Jamie Doyle, with updates on the National Working Waterfronts Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND &#8211; &#8220;New Dimensions in Boating Access,&#8221; the national conference of the States Organization for Boating Access, comes to Portland Sept. 30-Oct. 3, bringing speakers and workshops on topics ranging from reducing conflicts between public boating access and commercialk shipping &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/2013\/07\/31\/boating-access-advocates-to-convene-in-portland\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":208,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2315,1223989,1223976,1223977,1511,2316],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-conferences","category-extension","category-oregon-sea-grant","category-people","category-water-quality-conservation","category-waterfronts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p64BdL-Fc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/208"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2554"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2559,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2554\/revisions\/2559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}