Tillamook Bay Watershed Council Meeting Tuesday Sept 30, all are welcome. Stop by to learn more about what projects and events are upcoming! Feel free to join our council meeting from 6:00…
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Celebrate National Estuaries Week with Tillamook Estuaries Partnership – Submit Photos, Win Prizes!
OIOpublisher Celebrate National #EstuariesWeek with us! Starting today September 1st, until September 20 at midnight Tillamook Estuaries Partnership will be accepting photos from a Tillamook County Estuary or Watershed for the following categories: Play, Views,…
ORCAS IN TILLAMOOK BAY – 4/25/25 – VIDEO
The text came in about 1:30pm from Pioneer photographer/videographer Don Backman, “Orcas in Tillamook Bay” … I texted back, photos/video or it didn’t happen. He texted back, “I don’t have my camera…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: Let’s Keep Tillamook Bay Healthy
By Scott Gordon, Friends of Tillamook Bay Reporter Mateusz Perkowski recently published a story in the Capital Press about the Northwest Environmental Defense Center and Northwest Guides and Anglers Association having filed…
Commercial Dungeness crab season opening delay from Cape Falcon to Washington border continues (PHOTOS OF GARIBALDI CRAB FLEET BY DON BACKMAN)
NEWPORT, Ore. – The Oregon ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery is delayed until at least Jan. 15 from Cape Falcon to the Washington border. A third round of preseason testing in Long…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: PROTECTING TILLAMOOK BAY FROM LARGE-SCALE OYSTER HARVESTING
Native eelgrass beds serve a critical role in healthy estuary ecosystems here in the Pacific Northwest. This aquatic plant provides nursery and refuge functions for several fish and shellfish species, including threatened…
PROTECTING TILLAMOOK BAY FROM LARGE-SCALE OYSTER HARVESTING
Native eelgrass beds serve a critical role in healthy estuary ecosystems here in the Pacific Northwest. This aquatic plant provides nursery and refuge functions for several fish and shellfish species, including threatened…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: Protecting Salmon Smolt from the Threats of Mechanical Oyster Farming
By Scott Gordon for Friends of Tillamook Bay As thousands of us get excited and gear up for the height of the fall salmon season, we should take a moment to question:…
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: Enjoy Your Oyster While Protecting Where It Comes From
While enjoying the rich taste of the ocean when we savor a fresh local oyster, it is interesting to delve into the symbiotic relationship between what you are eating and the estuary from whence…
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS: Tillamook South Jetty Construction Update
By Matthew Craig, P.E. Project Manager for Tillamook South Jetty Repairs, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District There are two segments of the jetty that are being repaired; 1) a section…