By Glenna Gray I like to drive around the Nehalem area and take photos. Sometimes I venture south to Nedonna Beach, sometimes north to Short Sands and beyond. Last week I was…
Category: Environment
Release at Port of Tillamook Bay property continues to be monitored; Test Results Show Tillamook Bay Unaffected & 87% of digestate reclaimed
OIOpublisher UPDATE: (Friday July 26, 2019) A second round of sampling from Tillamook Bay was conducted yesterday morning (7/25), testing for fecal coliform. Results indicate that Tillamook Bay has been unaffected. Also…
Oregon Coast Shows Up for Summer Bioblitzes
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…
Tests Show No Impact on Tillamook Bay from Port of Tillamook Bay Digester Spill; Monitoring to Continue
UPDATE: Additional information about the digester’s automatic shut-off system … In regards to the statement by Regenis, Port Manager Michele Bradley provided this correction: “The POTB not only designed the digester to…
TILLAMOOK DIGESTER SPILL – STATEMENT FROM REGENIS, OPERATOR
Regenis has built, operates, and maintains anaerobic digesters throughout the Western United States. Over the last 15 years, we’ve had a hand in 13 different digester projects in four different states. Our…
Port of Tillamook Bay Digester Liquid Byproduct Spill Contained July 22nd
By Laura Swanson It was early Monday morning, July 22nd when Port of Tillamook employees discovered that the digester, leased from the Port by Tillamook BioGas, a part of BioGas Corp., and…
Oceanside Water Contamination Update: Oceanside Water has identified specific area effected, maps at Post Office and Water Distribution Site
The Oceanside Water District has be able to identify the specific distribution areas impacted or serviced by the water tank of concern. David has posted maps at the Oceanside Post Office and…
Fishing for Energy Marks 10 Years, 4 million Pounds of Marine Debris Converted into Energy; Tour at Port of Garibaldi July 30th
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 Port…
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…