The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the State of Oregon, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, and fishery representatives met today via conference call and have taken the following in-season management…
Category: Environment
One-Year Reprieve for Oregon Salmon Fisheries – BPA Extends Funding for SAFE Hatcheries
Alongside Oregon’s fishing communities, state pressed BPA to reconsider decision that put 7 million salmon and Oregon fishing communities at risk Great news on Friday September 4, 2026 from Oregon Dept. of…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Siletz Bay health advisory issued Sept. 3
High bacteria levels prompt OHA recommendation to avoid water contact (PORTLAND, OR) — Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is issuing a public health advisory today for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters…
OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY: Oceanside Beach health advisory issued Sept. 2
High bacteria levels prompt OHA recommendation to avoid water contact (PORTLAND, OR) —Oregon Health Authority (OHA) is issuing a public health advisory today for unsafe levels of fecal bacteria in ocean waters…
LOWER NEHALEM COMMUNITY TRUST: After Nearly a Century, Tidal Waters Will Return to 9 Acres of Nehalem Estuary Wetland
(Tillamook County, OR)– Restoration work has just begun in the Nehalem estuary, reconnecting nine acres of wetland north of Wheeler to natural tidal influence for the first time in nearly a century….
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE/OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: NORTH OF CAPE FALCON RECREATIONAL OCEAN SALMON ACTION NOTICE 8/31/26 – ADDITIONAL SALMON FISHING DAYS ADDED SEPT. 4-8
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the States of Oregon and Washington, and fishery representatives met today August 31, 2026, via conference call and…
OREGON DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (DEQ): Oregon Recycling Modernization Act Upheld as Constitutional
This week, August 28, 2026, the United States District Court for the District of Oregon ruled that Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act is constitutional, allowing the state to continue implementing…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Mussel harvest closure Cape Blanco to CA coast
(SALEM, OR) – Mussel harvesting is now closed from Cape Blanco to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announced today. Recent…
SEASIDE AQUARIUM & WILDLIFE CENTER OF THE NORTH COAST: It’s Jumpling Season! Common Murre Wash Ashore on Local Beaches
EDITOR’S NOTE: A quick scroll through social media this morning finds multiple posts about all the dead birds washing ashore from Gearhart to Netarts and on down the coast. Oregon Dept. of…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION PRESENTS: The North Coast Temperate Rainforest Isn’t Disappearing – It’s Gone
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection (NCCWP) is sponsoring a presentation of aerial photographs by Richard Felley entitled: The North Coast Temperate Rainforest Isn’t Disappearing — It’s Gone Tuesday, August 25,…
