The Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council (OPAC), in accordance with its duties authorized in ORS 196.448 through ORS 196.453, has initiated a review of the Oregon Territorial Sea Plan (TSP) with the intention of recommending amendments to Part Three: The Rocky Habitat Management Strategy. OPAC will submit any recommendations for amending the TSP to the Land Conservation and Development Commission (LCDC), which is responsible for adopting amendments to the TSP through a rule-making process.

OPAC has established a Territorial Sea Plan Work Group (TSPWG) as a technical advisory committee to conduct the review and to draft amendment recommendations for its consideration. The Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) will assist OPAC as required under ORS 196.435, and will administer the TSPWG meetings.

The Territorial Sea Plan (TSP) Working Group was originally chartered at the May 22, 2008 OPAC meeting, and reestablished at the December 3rd, 2015 meeting. The Working Group was charged with developing a set of recommendations for updates to the Territorial Sea Plan, which will be specifically focused on making recommendations regarding updates to the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy. The Working Group restarted work on this task in January of 2018.

Working Group Chair: Charlie Plybon

Phase 3 Working Group Members - Work ongoing; view affiliations and contacts here

Andy Lanier, Charlie Plybon (chair), Andrea Celentano, Dave Fox, Dave Lacey, Dick Vander Schaaf, Kerry Carlin Morgan, Kris Wall, Laurel Hillmann, Scott McMullen, Shawn Stephensen, Tom Calvanese, Walter Chuck. [Tribal Government, Harvest/Consumptive Use, and Local Government seats currently unfilled]

Phase 2 Working Group Members - Work completed; view affiliations and contacts here

Phase 1 Working Group Members - Work completed; document view affiliations and contacts here (192 KB)

Chris Castelli, Laurel Hillmann, David Fox, Andy Lanier, Kris Wall, Scott McMullen, Loren Goddard, Walter Chuck, Tom Calvanese, Kerry Carlin-Morgan, Dave Lacy, Dick Vander Schaaf, Melissa Keyser, Michael O'Leary [Commercial Fishing & Tribal interest seats unfilled]

Phase 3 Rocky Habitat Working Group

Working Group Openings

Phase 3 of this update process requires a working group consisting of representatives of different coastal user groups. If you are interested and qualified to fill one of the following interest seats please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.:

Tribal Governments
Harvest Interests
Local Governments

Phase 3 Working Group Expectations

Represent your interest group in Working Group discussions while respectfully working to balance the diverse resource use viewpoints within the Rocky Habitat Management Strategy.
Attend and participate in meetings (to meet as necessary; in-person and remote options will be available)
The Working Group is slated to complete this phase in September of 2021.

Contact Information

Charlie Plybon is Chair of the Rocky Habitat Working Group. He may be contacted by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone at (541) 961-8143.
Michael Moses is the Rocky Shores Coordinator at DLCD staffing the effort, and may be contacted by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone at (503) 934-0623.
Andy Lanier is the DLCD agency representative on the Working Group and may be contacted by email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by telephone at (503) 934-0072.

Working Group Meetings

UPCOMING Meetings - TSP Rocky Habitat Working Group (Phase 3)

The Territorial Sea Plan Working Group meetings are announced and documented on the Events Calendar, the OPAC homepage, and the top right of this page under "OPAC Events".

TSP Working Group Meeting - November 9, 2020, 1:00 - 5:00 pm - REMOTE ONLY (see agenda or calendar for web connection details)