(May 15, 2024 -CLACKAMAS, Ore.)—Following an in-season update of the expected upriver spring Chinook return, fishery managers from Oregon and Washington added 10 additional fishing days for recreational spring Chinook downstream of…
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National Safe Boating Week Tips & Free Vessel Inspections; US Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 63, Station Tillamook Safe Boating Course in Garibaldi, May 18th
OIOpublisher U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 63, Station Tillamook Bay will be presenting a Boat America Course. All Oregon boaters who operate a motorboat with over 10 horsepower(hp) are required to take…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Preserving Tillamook Bay – Why We Must Act Against Destructive Aquaculture Practices
Have you ever been out on Tillamook Bay and seen clumps of long thin green grass moving along with the tide? Have you walked on Cape Meares Spit beach and seen miles…
Reproductive success improves after a single generation in the wild for descendants of some hatchery-origin Chinook salmon
By Michelle Klampe, Oregon State University (April 16, 2024-NEWPORT, Ore.) – Researchers who created “family trees” for nearly 10,000 fish found that first-generation, wild-born descendants of hatchery-origin Chinook salmon in an Oregon…
Tillamook County Creamery Association Announces Annual Co-op Stewardship Report Progress
New Report Shares Updates and Successes Along the Co-op’s Stewardship Journey (TILLAMOOK, Ore., April 17, 2024) — Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), a Certified B Corporation® (B Corp), issued its 2023 Stewardship Report on…
$7 million available in Oregon ocean commercial salmon fishery disaster funds
SALEM, Ore. – A total of $7,050,722 is available to Oregon to address poor performance of Oregon’s ocean commercial salmon fisheries for 2018, 2019, and 2020. This includes impacts to commercial fishermen, processors, and…
“Rooted Together” Forest Storytellling & Celebration Thursday, May 2nd at Pine Grove Community House, Manzanita
Join us on Thursday May 2nd at the Pine Grove Community House in Manzanita from 6-8:30 pm for “Rooted Together,” an event to kindle more connection and community around the conservation of…
Rockaway Beach Removes “No Access” Signs from Beach Access with Temporary Legislative Action on Recreational Immunity Issue
By Bill Hassell Today, April 23, 2024, at the Rockaway Beach Wayside, Counselor Mary McGinnis, Public Works Superintendent Dan Emerson and Planning Commission President Bill Hassell carry away the No Access sign…
SOLVE’s Oregon Spring Cleanup: More than 100 Volunteer Opportunities are Open for Registration
(Portland, Ore.)– The Oregon Spring Cleanup, presented by Portland General Electric, kicks off this Saturday. From April 13 to April 22, more than 100 volunteer opportunities are open for registration in celebration of Earth Day. Families,…
Harbor Seal Pupping Season along the Oregon and Washington Coast (VIDEO)
Photographs or video by TiffanyBoothe/SeasideAquarium The first reports of harbor seal pups on the beach have started coming in. Oregon and Washington typically see harbor seals born throughout spring and into late summer, while…