Tillamook County has been lighting it up! Thanks to everyone who sent us your addresses and photos! The link to the map is below and since our roads have thawed out and things are warming up, if you want to get out for a drive and check out all the holiday lights, we’ve got the locations. And be sure to…
Category: Tillamook Bay
Tanner Mautner Receives Coast Guard Award, Alertness Helped Save Two Kayakers on Tillamook Bay
By Laura Swanson With all of outdoor recreational activities, there are plenty of things that can go wrong. We are always encouraged by first responders and law enforcement that if you “see something, say something.” In this case, it was when you hear something … The Mautner family live in Barview near the North Jetty and overlooking Tillamook Bay. On…
U.S. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay — We Appreciate You! Garibaldi Celebrates with Coast Guard Appreciation Day August 4th
Story, Photos & Video by Don Backman With a cry from the crowd, the ball went into play and the mighty Coast Guard charge wallowed into the fire department’s line of defenders. Players on both sides bounced off each other’s bubbles and went rolling on the ground. The crowd laughed and cheered. The Bubble Ball game was on! Encased in…
Merkley, Wyden Champion Critical Projects for Oregon Communities in Federal Funding Bills; Nearly $4 Million Coming to Tillamook County Projects
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced July 29, 2022 they secured funding for essential community projects across Oregon in the Fiscal Year 2023 Senate Appropriations bills. A total of 111 Oregon community-initiated projects were included in the FY23 federal funding bills that will help meet critical needs in every corner of the state, including investing in wildfire and drought resiliency, affordable housing,…
Coast Guard to hold Town Hall June 1st in Garibaldi to Report on Coastal Reign Tragedy Investigation
Thirteenth Coast Guard District staff members from Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay are scheduled to host a Town Hall at Garibaldi City Hall Wednesday, June 1 at 6 pm to discuss the results of a Report of Investigation into the commercial fishing vessel Coastal Reign capsizing and loss of life. Two crewmembers aboard the Coastal Reign lost their lives when…
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife (ODFW) researching shellfish in Tillamook Bay
Residents and visitors to Tillamook Bay will see ODFW biologists on the sand and in the bay through October conducting new surveys of bay clams and estuary habitat. The biologists are with ODFW’s SEACOR (Shellfish and Estuarine Assessment of Coastal Oregon) program. SEACOR periodically surveys bay clam populations and estuary habitat in all of Oregon’s major coastal bays. This year, the…
US Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 63 – Tillamook Bay Conducting Courtesy Vessel Safety Checks During National Safe Boating Week, Sat. & Sun. May 21-22
Garibaldi, Oregon (May 2022) – USCG Auxiliary, FL 63 is proud to sponsor Courtesy Vessel Safety Checks to help promote National Safe Boating Week, May 21-27, the official launch of the 2022 Safe boating Campaign. This yearlong campaign promotes the value of voluntary, consistent life jacket wear by recreational boaters. Qualified Vessel Examiners from Flotilla 63 will be at the…
Coast Guard tows, fines boater after crossing restricted bar in Garibaldi
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard fined a recreational boater last Thursday for crossing the restricted Tillamook Bay bar in March in Garibaldi. On March 31, 2022, at approximately 11:30 a.m., a 23-foot recreation vessel approached the Tillamook Bar with three people onboard. Coast Guard Station Tillamook Bay’s bar watch tower radioed the vessel as it approached the closed…
TILLAMOOK ESTUARIES PARTNERSHIP – Celebrate the Bounty of the Bays – National Estuary Week Sept. 18-25 – Send us your Estuary Moments
By Laura Swanson Everything Estuary … Neal Lemery’s poem was inspiration for the idea that we all experience Estuary Moments – we are so lucky to live here and get to see the many moods of the many bays and waterways. Share them with Pioneer readers during National Estuary Week! Tillamook County truly is the “Bounty of the Bays” with…
CELEBRATE THE BOUNTY OF TILLAMOOK COUNTY’S BAYS – Free Raffle Ticket Giveaway!
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) is raising awareness about our local bays as we approach National Estuaries Week, September 18-25. Each week, a different estuary will be profiled on social media. Viewers have a chance to win a free raffle ticket which may be used during TEP’s upcoming “Celebrate the Bounty of the Bays” fundraising event. “This social media campaign is a…