(OREGON COAST, Oregon)β Oregon State Parks will host Winter Whale Watch Week on the Oregon Coast Friday, Dec. 27 throughΒ Tuesday, Dec. 31. Trained Oregon State Park volunteers will be stationed at 15…
Category: Environment
FRIENDS OF TILLAMOOK BAY: PROTECTING TILLAMOOK BAY FROM LARGE-SCALE OYSTER HARVESTING
Native eelgrass beds serve a critical role in healthy estuary ecosystems here in the Pacific Northwest. This aquatic plant provides nursery and refuge functions for several fish and shellfish species, including threatened…
Coast Like a Local This Winter: Winter Beach Safety Tips
Last weekβs tsunami warning on the South Coast was an important reminder for all of us: the Oregon Coast is as beautiful as it is unpredictable. This weekend we will also see…
Oregon Fish & Wildlife Commission adopts 2025 groundfish regulations – Season Opens with Four Fish Limit, Increases to Five Fish in July
SALEM, Ore.βThe Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted 2025 recreational and commercial groundfish regulations at their meeting today, December 13, 2024 in Salem that continues a five-fish recreational bag limit during the…
Commercial Dungeness crab season begins Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon to California border
Dungeness crab can be on holiday dinner plates. NEWPORT, Ore. β Oregonβs commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens Dec. 16 from Cape Falcon (Oswald State Park) to the California border the Oregon Department…
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection: SAVE OUR WETLANDS!Β Β SUPPORT THE APPEAL! Attend Wednesday, December 11Β Rockaway Beach City Council Meeting
Please attend the upcoming City Council meeting, Wednesday December 11th at 6 pm where council members will vote on whether or not to support the appeal filed by Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition…
FreeΒ fishingΒ days in OregonΒ FridayΒ andΒ SaturdayΒ afterΒ Thanksgiving, Nov. 29-30
(SALEM, Ore.)βMakeΒ fishingΒ part of yourΒ ThanksgivingΒ weekend plans with friends and family. Everyone can fish, clam and crab forΒ freeΒ in Oregon onΒ FridayΒ andΒ Saturday, Nov. 29-30, 2024. NoΒ fishing/shellfish licenses or tags (including a Combined Angling Tag, Columbia River…
Commercial DungenessΒ crabΒ seasonΒ delayed until at least Dec. 16
Newport, Ore. β Oregonβs commercial DungenessΒ crabΒ seasonΒ isΒ delayedΒ coastwide until at least Dec. 16, Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife announcedΒ today. Pre-seasonΒ testing shows Dungeness crabs are too low in meat yield in some ocean areas…
SEASIDE AQUARIUM: It’s Turtle Stranding Season … Olive Ridley Comes Ashore in Gearhart Monday Nov. 18
Early Monday evening, November 18th, we (Seaside Aquarium) got a report of a live sea turtle on Gearhart Beach in Oregon. Staff quickly geared up and were able to pick up the…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION: SAVE OUR WETLANDS!Β SUPPORT THE APPEAL! πππ ππππππππ ππππππ – NOV. 16 & NOV. 20
ππππππππ, ππππππππ ππππ‘ ππ ππππ: Join North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection for this Community Meeting which is open to all. This will be our monthly public get-together. The main focus of…