Bioblitzes held all along the Oregon Coast this summer saw a great turnout from both locals and coastal visitors alike. The Bioblitzes, aimed at surveying the organisms at each of Oregon’s five…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
Fishing for Energy Marks 10 Years, 4 million Pounds of Marine Debris Converted into Energy; Tour at Port of Garibaldi July 30th
OIOpublisher 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘥𝘪 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 10𝘵𝘩 𝘈𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘳, 𝘥𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 240,000 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 – Tour July 30th at 10 am, begins at Event Tent The…
Aquarium Rehabilitates and Releases Giant Pacific Octopus Caught as Bycatch
Newport, Oregon— The Oregon Coast Aquarium rehabilitated and released a giant Pacific octopus (Enteroctopus dofleini) that was caught in a crab trap back in March. The 22 lb. female octopus was brought…
Annual Swampathon to tackle invasive plants on the lower Columbia Aug. 10-11
North Coast Land Conservancy’s largest habitat reserve is a globally rare Sitka spruce swamp, inaccessible by foot. So NCLC staff and volunteers are spending the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11 weeding…
Celebrate Tillamook Bay at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum Aug. 3 – Sept. 28
Twenty five years ago, Tillamook Bay was just one of many estuaries in the country. An integral piece of the North Oregon Coast’s economy, a few grassroots volunteers felt Tillamook Bay deserved…
Birdwatching, botanical drawing, and more at Circle Creek in August
A moth safari, a botanical drawing workshop, and other free walks and workshops are scheduled in August at Circle Creek Conservation Center, a nature preserve open to the public at the south…
Botts Marsh: Protected, Forever – LNCT acquires 30 acres of saltwater marsh
It’s OFFICIAL! After nearly 40 years of effort by the community to protect Botts Marsh, located just north of Wheeler in Tillamook County, it has finally come to fruition. On June 24,…
Join the “pull-pile-stomp” finale at Circle Creek July 20th
North Coast Land Conservancy is in the final phase of a three-year assault on the weed known as policeman’s helmet in the Necanicum River watershed. Volunteers are being sought for the grand…
Lower Nehalem Community Trust partners in Connecting Gap on the Oregon Coast Trail
The Oregon Coast Trail (OCT) starts at the mouth of the Columbia River and spans the Oregon coastline to California covering 382 miles and crossing 28 coastal towns including the City of…
Razor clamming closed on Clatsop Beaches July 15-Sept. 30
ASTORIA, Ore.—The annual summer conservation closure for razor clams begins Monday, July 15 and runs through Sept. 30 on Clatsop beaches (from Tillamook Head in Seaside to the mouth of the Columbia…