By Leeauna Perry, Youth Program Coordinator, Sitka Center for Art and Ecology OTIS, OR – August 13, 2021 – Beginning in early July nearly 110 Pre-K through 8th grade students engaged in…
Category: Environment
FUN FACTS ABOUT NEHALEM BAY
OIOpublisher (Tillamook County, OR ) – Tillamook Estuaries Partnership (TEP) is raising awareness about our local bays as we approach National Estuaries Week, September 18-25. Each week, a different estuary will be…
Buoy 10 fishery closed to Chinook salmon retention starting Friday, Aug. 27
CLACKAMAS, Ore.—Chinook salmon retention on the Columbia River from the Buoy 10 line upstream to the Tongue Point/Rocky Point line will close effective Friday, Aug. 27. State fishery managers from Oregon and Washington made the…
OUTBACK WITH BACKMAN: Navigating the Back Country
EDITOR’S NOTE: As more and more folks are venturing into the great outback, here’s an article to bookmark. Hiking enthusiast Don Backman reviews the top hiking apps and navigation tools, as well…
Tillamook County Sheriff Office Deputies, Search & Rescue Assist Separated Hikers Friday, Saturday Aug.20-21
Tillamook County Sheriff Office Deputies and Search and Rescue (SAR) Team members were called out Friday night August 20th at 9:00 pm for a report of two lost hikers in the area…
Most of Oregon under air quality advisory due to wildfire smoke and ozone through Monday Aug. 16
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, Southwest Clean Air Agency and Lane Regional Air Protection Agency issued and extended air quality advisories Friday for many parts of Oregon due to smoke from fires in…
MOTOR VEHICLES, CAMPFIRES BANNED ON EASTERN PORTION OF TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST DUE TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER
FOREST GROVE, Ore. — With fire danger rising across northwest Oregon, use of motorized vehicles and all campfires will be prohibited on the eastern portion of the Tillamook State Forest and state…
Tillamook County Emergency Management Alert: Excessive Heat Warning Wednesday to 10:00PM Saturday
Tuesday August 10th, 2021 :: 12:58 p.m. PDT * WHAT…Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures up to 100 expected. * WHERE…In Washington, I-5 Corridor in Cowlitz County. In Oregon, Coast Range of Northwest…
OREGON STATE POLICE IS REQUESTING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE IN ELK POACHING CASE- YAMHILL COUNTY
The OSP Fish & Wildlife Division is asking for public assistance to identify the person(s) responsible for the unlawful take of two cow elk in Yamhill County. On July 31, 2021, a Trooper…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: Disc Golf – Fun for Everyone
By Ariel Slifka, AmeriCorps VISTA at Tillamook County Community Health Center It’s amazing how a little sunshine can brighten our mood – and when living on the Oregon coast, we know not…