EDITOR’S NOTE: I first met Craig Andes in 2014 when he contacted me about doing a story. His home was covered in maps and artifacts and I’ve been following his search ever…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
Coast Emergency Responders Safety Tips for Spring Break – VIDEO
OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: With Spring Break and a steady stream of visitors, the Pioneer has been advocating for beach and trail safety programs for a decade. Here are some great tips and…
SPRING WHALE WATCH WEEK RETURNS IN PERSON FOR SPRING BREAK 2023
OREGON COAST, Oregon—Oregon State Parks will host Spring Whale Watch Week in person along the Oregon Coast Tuesday, March 28 through Sunday, April 2. Every year thousands of gray whales pass through Oregon’s waters in the spring on…
Wolverine sighted along Columbia River near Portland on Monday, March 20th
(March 22, 2023; SALEM, Ore.) – A wolverine was sighted by two people who were fishing on the Columbia River near Portland on the morning of Monday, March 20. Wolverine, rare and…
Rare for this Area, Loggerhead Turtle Found on Manzanita Beach March 18th
A 75-pound sea turtle was found yesterday morning, March 18, 2023, on the south end of Manzanita beach. After receiving photographs of the turtle, it was clear that the turtle had been…
Marine Reserves hook-and-line surveys head to Garibaldi, Port Orford in 2023
(March 17, 2023-Newport, Ore.) – Oregon’s Marine Reserves Program plans to return to the ports of Garibaldi and Port Orford this spring and fall in the latest installment of this unique way…
RESPECT NESTING AREAS TO PROTECT THREATENED SNOWY PLOVER MARCH 15 – SEPT. 15
Corvallis, OR – The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and federal U.S. Forest Service remind visitors to the Oregon coast that it is plover nesting season — visitors can help recovery efforts for the threatened…
Oregon Coast Aquarium Staff Develop Sea Star Wasting Treatment
Newport, Oregon – Oregon Coast Aquarium (OCAq) staff have developed a treatment plan for Sea Star Wasting Syndrome (SSWS), a deadly set of symptoms that have decimated sea star populations. Sea Star Wasting Syndrome caused a mass die…
World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series: Transient Killer Whales of the Outer Coast of Oregon & California, March 8th
Who: Friends of Haystack Rock & the Cannon Beach Library What: World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series 2022-2023 When: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. (These are recurring lectures with different speakers…
CANNON BEACH FIRE DISTRICT – Water Rescue Indian Beach, Cannon Beach 3/5/2023
On March 5, 2023, at approximately 1:44 pm, Cannon Beach Fire District was dispatched to Indian Beach at Ecola State Park for a report of two surfers in the water separated from…