OIOpublisher Bay Stewardship Days offer opportunities to give back and work to maintain our natural areas and restore healthy coastal landscapes. Lend a hand clearing weeds and invasive ivy from recent plantings…
Category: Explore Nature
Audubon Bird Walks July 12-13 Lincoln City: Height of Summer – Birds Nesting from Forest to Shore!
LINCOLN CITY, Ore. – Audubon Society of Lincoln City will lead walks in July that explore the varied nesting sites of local birds—from an Osprey nest atop a snag in Nesika Park…
FRIENDS OF NETARTS BAY WEBS – EXPLORE NATURE: TIDEPOOL DISCOVERY DAY SUNDAY, JULY 7TH
What amazing creatures are lurking at the water’s edge? Come out to Oceanside and see! Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS staff and volunteers will be onsite in the tidepools to share about…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Bay clamming reopens statewide, mussels reopen on south coast
(SALEM, Ore. 7/5/24) – Bay clamming is now open statewide and mussel harvest reopens from Coos Bay north jetty to the California border the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department…
Harvest razors now during five-day low tide series before Clatsop beaches close for conservation July 15
(July 5, 2024; ASTORIA, Ore) – A low tide series runs through July 10 on the north coast, giving clammers a last chance to harvest razor clams before the annual conservation closure begins…
OREGON DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE Recreational Shellfish Alert 6/21/24: North Coast Opens for Bay Clam Harvesting, and South Coast Re-Opens for Razor Clam Harvesting
The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announce a new shellfish opening today June 21, 2024. Bay clamming has been re-opened on the north coast. Levels…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE HOSTS JUNE 27 PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS HATCHERY RESILIENCY – Virtual Option Available
EDITOR’S NOTE: Tillamook County has THREE state-operated fish hatcheries that provide vital fish stocks to our “land of many waters.” Please show up and speak up to make sure that our hatcheries…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE – COMMERCIAL TROLL SALMON ACTION NOTICE 6/18/24 – CLOSURE FROM CAPE FALCON TO US/CANADA BORDER
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the State of Oregon, the State of Washington, and fishery representatives met June 18, 2024 via conference call and…
ORCAS IN TILLAMOOK BAY – FATHER’S DAY VISIT, SUNDAY JUNE 16th (Photos & Video)
EDITOR’S NOTE: It’s that time of the year … Orcas sighted in Tillamook Bay (over the last few years, we have regular visits from Orcas during June.) We follow various social media…
Razor clamming reopens on mid and north coast; two bays – Netarts & Tillamook – reopen for commercial oyster harvest; coastwide closures remain for mussel and bay clam harvesting
SALEM, Ore – Razor clamming reopens today from Yachats to the Washington border and commercial oyster harvest reopens in Netarts and Tillamook bays, the Oregon Department of Agriculture and the Oregon Department…