A large team from multiple organizations convened on Tuesday, November 18 to conduct a necropsy on the young humpback whale that stranded over the weekend near Yachats, Oregon. The necropsy revealed the…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
NOAA Fisheries: Experts Euthanize Oregon Humpback Whale After Unsuccessful Attempt to Free it from Beach
EDITOR’S NOTE: “Scientists, veterinary students and members of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians worked together to disassemble the whale Tuesday. Tribal members performed ceremonies for the whale, and collected some of…
Beached Juvenile Humpback Whale in Yachats
Since Saturday evening, November 15th, many on the Oregon Coast and regionally, have been following the fate of a living beached humpback whale in Yachats, Oregon. Volunteers poured in from throughout the…
LOWER NEHALEM COMMUNITY TRUST & TILLAMOOK ESTUARIES PARTNERSHIP SALMON-SPOTTING WALK NOV. 21
Join LNCT and Beverly Scoggin—a habitat restoration coordinator with Tillamook Estuary Partnership—for a walk to look for spawning salmon on November 21st! We will learn about salmon life cycles, local habitat concerns,…
FRIENDS OF NETARTS BAY WEBS: Winter Wreath-Making Workshop Dec. 7th – Limited Space, Registration Required
Join Friends of Netarts Bay Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea (WEBS) on Sunday, December 7th, for our annual Winter Wreath-Making Workshop. Come embrace the season and leave with your own handcrafted creation using…
Juvenile Humpback Whale Washes Ashore in Neskowin November 4th; Necropsy Performed, Likely Malnourished
EDITOR’S NOTE: With our recent storms, there have been some interesting things wash ashore. A young humpback whale first beached at Neskowin on November 4th, but reports are that the King Tides…
FRIENDS OF NETARTS BAY WEBS: Traditional Ecological Knowledge on the Oregon Coast – part of The Lifeways of the Tillamook Series with Stephanie Craig Nov. 1st at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Saturday, November 1st, Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS is honored to host Stephanie Craig, cultural practitioner and tradition-keeper, basket weaver, consultant, educator, and founder of Kalapuya Weaving and Consulting and Rooted Way at…
LOWER NEHALEM COMMUNITY TRUST CELEBRATES CONSERVATION OF CRITICAL TIDAL WETLAND ON NEHALEM BAY WITH COMMUNITY ON OCT. 28TH
The Lower Nehalem Community Trust (LNCT) is proud to announce the permanent protection of 19.6 acres of forested tidal wetland on the north edge of Nehalem Bay, a major milestone in a decades-long effort to conserve lands…
TILLAMOOK OFF ROAD TRAIL ALLIANCE (TORTA) CELEBRATES COMPLETION OF MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAIL AT LAUNCH PARTY SAT. OCT. 25
You’re Invited! Join us for the official ribbon cutting of TORTA off road trails celebration at the Kiawanda Community Center! Saturday, October 25 2025 at 6:00pm Kiawanda Community Center, 34600 Cape Kiwanda Dr.,…
STATE FORESTS STREAM PROJECTS HELP FISH, IMPROVE WATER QUALITY
The Oregon Department of Forestry (ODF) completed a stream enhancement project on Gales Creek in the Tillamook State Forest this summer to improve stream habitat and water quality. “The goal of this…