The Lower Nehalem Watershed Council invites our members, partners and the community to join us on March 8th for this exciting Speaker Series presentation by Dr. Scott Heppell, Associate Professor of Fisheries…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
2018 Tillamook Bay Cleanup Planned for St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th
OIOpublisher The Tillamook Bay Watershed Council will host its biennial Tillamook Bay Clean-up on St. Patrick’s Day, Saturday, March 17th. The community is invited to volunteer for this important event, joining private…
Give Seeds a Chance: Seed Exchange and MORE Sunday, March 4 at White Clover Grange
This year the organizers have added MORE than seeds to this fifth annual exchange. Admission to the event is free. Join local food producers and gardeners from 1-4 pm at The White…
Coast Guard monitors multi-day transit of vessel after explosion
PORTLAND, Ore. — Coast Guard personnel are monitoring a 653-foot bulk carrier, with 21 crew members aboard, 120 miles west of the Columbia River entrance after main diesel engine components malfunctioned onboard…
NATIVE PLANTS SUBJECT OF GREAT SPEAKER March 10 at Tillamook County Pioneer Museum
Ginny Maffitt will be presenting a hands-on program featuring native plants of Oregon’s northwest coast at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum, 2106 Second Street, Tillamook, at 1:00 PM on Saturday, March 10,…
28 accidents reported since crab season began off Oregon, Washington
PORTLAND, Ore. — Since the commercial Dungeness crab season began on January 15th, Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland marine investigators have responded to 28 marine accidents involving commercial fishing vessels, with…
Tillamook County Master Gardener Pruning Day
The Tillamook County Master Gardeners are dedicated to volunteer service in our community and “give” hundreds of hours per year to improve and support Tillamook County. The Tillamook County Master Gardeners are…
Tillamook Estuaries Partnership 2017 Year in Review Feb. 22
Habitat Restoration, Water Quality Monitoring, a Native Plant Nursery, the Explore Nature series of events, Bounty on the Bay – Would you like to learn more about these programs and projects of…
Tree Removal at Nehalem Bay State Park Airstrip for Safety Improvements
Safety improvement work at the Nehalem Bay airstrip inside Nehalem Bay State Park began January 30. The project involves removing underbrush along both sides of the 2350-foot airstrip, and clearing out about…
Local Author Victoria Stoppiello reading for 11th year at Astoria’s Fisher Poets Gathering Feb. 23 & 24
Second printing of “This Side of Sand Island: Reflections on Fish, Finns and Finding out about Family on the Lower Columbia” will be available at Astoria’s Fisher Poets Gathering, and directly from…