Story & Photos by Don Backman There’s a grouse nest right there,” Jon Hansen, BHA member from Bend, pointed out, gesturing toward the trees next to the trail. “There was a little…
Category: Environment
Merkley, Wyden Champion Critical Projects for Oregon Communities in Federal Funding Bills; Nearly $4 Million Coming to Tillamook County Projects
Washington, D.C. – Oregon’s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden announced July 29, 2022 they secured funding for essential community projects across Oregon in the Fiscal Year 2023 Senate Appropriations bills. A total of 111 Oregon community-initiated…
Heart of Cartm Celebrates One Year in Wheeler
August 1st, 2022 marks a full year of operating The Refindery, a creative reuse store, in downtown Wheeler. The Heart of Cartm, a nonprofit 501c3 formerly known as CARTM, operator of Manzanita Transfer Station and The Refindery, has fully transformed the…
Climate Change on the Oregon Coast (3-part series)
By Cara Mico Humans are adaptable and extreme weather is part of life on Earth, but the average climate has shifted so drastically in the last century that our infrastructure and behaviors…
Guadalupe Fur Seal Receives Care at Oregon Coast Aquarium
Newport, Oregon — An injured Guadalupe fur seal is on the road to recovery thanks to the collaborative efforts of the Oregon Coast Aquarium (OCAq), the Marine Mammal Stranding Network (MMSN), and SeaLife Response, Rehabilitation,…
Fish and Wildlife Service Completes Sea Otter Study, Outlines Next Steps
PORTLAND, Oregon – Under a directive from Congress, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service evaluated the feasibility of reintroducing sea otters to their historical range along the West Coast of the contiguous United…
Review of Kayak Tillamook County – Netarts Bay Clamming Excursion
By The Ardent Gourmet Joe Gallo, aka Crazy Joe Gallo, a mobster of course, was shot to death at Umberto’s Clam House in Little Italy, NY in 1972. His poor family bought…
Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS Dollar for Dollar Matching Gift Challenge June 15 – September 15, 2022
The Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS (Watershed, Estuary, Beach and Sea) is excited to kick off this summer with our first-ever Matching Gift Challenge! The Charles Becker Foundation has generously offered to…
AIR QUALITY ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR THE WILLAMETTE AND LOWER COLUMBIA RIVER VALLEYS UNTIL 9 PM PDT SATURDAY
Southwest Clean Air Agency Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Lane Regional Air Protection Agency Relayed by National Weather Service Portland OR 1157 AM PDT Tue Jul 26 2022 Lower Columbia-Greater Portland Metro…
It’s Spray Season: A Free Educational Event on Zoom
Join North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection’s Upcoming Meeting We are excited to announce a free educational event (hosted on Zoom) which will feature a talk by Deke Gundersen, Ph.D. a toxicologist…