In conversations I’ve had with people in the past week, it’s been hard to find someone who wasn’t following the news around the young humpback whale that washed ashore near Yachats. It’s…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
Seven Capes Bird Alliance Offers Your Data Is for the Birds Webinar Series: Giving Back to Birds by Contributing Observations to eBird Dec. 3rd
OIOpublisher Do you want to become a community scientist? Seven Capes Bird Alliance invites you to attend the last session in our fall webinar series, Your Data Is for the Birds, all…
OREGON DEPT. OF FISH & WILDLIFE: Free fishing days Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, Nov. 28 & 29
(SALEM, OR)- Get outdoors with friends and family and enjoy free fishing, crabbing and clamming on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 28 and 29. Statewide free fishing days are a great chance to…
OREGON DEPT. OF FORESTRY: SOUTH FORK FOREST CAMP CREW CLEANS UP LARGE ILLEGAL DUMP SITE IN TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST
(Tillamook State Forest)—An unusually large illegal dump site in the Tillamook State Forest has been cleaned up thanks to the work of adults in custody (AICs) from South Fork Forest Camp (SFFC)….
NOAA: Preliminary Necropsy Results for Yachats Whale Released Nov. 19, 2025
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…
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…