The 2023 crab season has had partial openings with southern waters opening December 16th; and the northern waters opened on December 31st. Pioneer videographer/photographer Don Backman caught these images of the Garibaldi…
Category: Environment
OREGON STATE PARKS – First Day Hikes 2024
See a list of parks hosting hikes on Jan. 1 below with links to more information – parks in Tillamook County providing hikes include Nehalem Bay and Sitka Sedge, also nearby Fort…
OHA, DEQ announce Oregon beaches to be monitored for bacteria in 2024/2025; Seven Beaches in Tillamook County – Short Sand, Manzanita, Rockaway, Twin Rocks, Oceanside, Cape Kiwanda, Neskowin
PORTLAND, Ore. — The Oregon Beach Monitoring Program (OBMP) has finalized a list of beaches to be monitored for unsafe levels of bacteria during the 2024 and 2025 monitoring seasons. The list was created based on…
OSP FISH AND WILDLIFE ASKING FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE — VANDALISM OF GATE, TILLAMOOK COUNTY
TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Ore. 27 Dec. 2023 – The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is seeking public assistance in locating the person(s) responsible for vandalizing an Oregon Hunters Association (OHA) walk-in-only gate in…
WINTER WHALE WATCH WEEK RETURNS TO OREGON COAST DEC. 27-31
OREGON COAST, Oregon—Oregon State Parks will once again host Winter Whale Watch Week at 15 sites along the Oregon Coast Wednesday, Dec. 27 to Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023. Every year thousands of gray whales migrate south through…
Cape Foulweather to Cape Falcon opens Dec. 31 to commercial Dungeness crab fishing
NEWPORT, Ore. – Beginning Dec. 31, Cape Foulweather (just south of Depoe Bay) to Cape Falcon (Oswald State Park) opens to commercial Dungeness crab fishing. Pre-season testing shows crab meat yield remains…
December 2023 King Tides – Video by Don Backman
Here’s recent video from the King Tides this past week – by Don Backman.
Oregon Department of Forestry Recreation Team is looking for camp hosts in Tillamook, Clatsop, Santiam Forests in 2024
The Oregon Department of Forestry Recreation Team is looking for volunteer camp hosts to support operations at 8 remarkable campgrounds in the Tillamook, Clatsop, and Santiam State Forests for the 2024 season….
Stranded Turtle Catches Flight To California
NEWPORT, Oregon — On Nov. 19, OCAq staff responded to reports of a stranded turtle at Beachside State Recreational Site near Waldport, Ore . Staff transported the animal to OCAq for immediate…
WANTED: Volunteer Photographers! Photograph King Tides This Winter – King Tides Dec. 13-15
The second series of king tides, the highest high tides of the year, will happen from December 13-15, 2023. If you are on Oregon’s coast, you are invited to take photos of these high-water events. The Oregon King Tides Photo…
