OIOpublisher SALEM, Ore.—The long Labor Day Weekend is the last big outdoor vacation for many Oregonians. Although nothing is typical in 2020, the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department encourages everyone to follow…
Category: Environment
Coast Guard urges safe boating during holiday weekend
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard urges boaters across the Pacific Northwest to use extra caution while on the water this Labor Day weekend. Labor Day weekend marks the unofficial end of…
Campaign to Restore Access to the Doris Davis Trail: Tale of a “Community” Trail on Private Property – GoFundMe to Support Securing Public Use of Trail
(Manzanita, Ore.), September 1, 2020 – Classic Ridge Trail Access Campaign (TAC), a group of volunteers from the 200 plus home owners of the Classic Ridge and surrounding neighborhoods of Manzanita are…
HIGH FIRE DANGER TO TRIGGER TEMPORARY ROAD CLOSURES IN TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST; Labor Day weekend is a risky time for human-caused fires
With high fire danger levels in the Tillamook State Forest, several forest roads off of Highway 26 and Highway 6 will be temporarily closed to drive-in access, and likely other roads could…
EARLY SEPTEMBER HEAT WAVE SIGNALS RENEWED FIRE DANGER; ALL ZONES AT HIGH FIRE DANGER BEGINS THURSDAY, SEPT. 3
With the continued dry weather and fuels conditions, we will be going to IFPL Level 3 in weather zones NW2 and NW3, and to IFPL 2 in NW1, starting at 1:00 a.m. Thursday,…
HUNTER KILLED BY ELK – TILLAMOOK COUNTY
On Saturday, August 29, 2020 Mark David (66) from Hillsboro was archery hunting on private property in the area of Trask Road E in Tillamook. David wounded a 5X5 bull elk but…
Tierra Del Mar Volunteers Organize “Beach Watch” Campaign
By Edmund Ruttledge Volunteers in Tierra Del Mar have started a “beach watch” campaign to document illegal overnight camping on the beach, reckless driving and vehicles entering an area where no vehicles…
Anglers: Two additional days added to Columbia River Subarea recreational Pacific halibut fishery
SALEM, Ore – Anglers now have two more days to fish the Columbia River Subarea all-depth recreational Pacific halibut fishery. The fishery currently is open each Thursday and Sunday through September 30…
ODFW hosts virtual public meeting on commercial nearshore fishery Sept. 9th
NEWPORT, Ore. – ODFW will discuss the commercial nearshore black and blue rockfish fisheries during a virtual public meeting Wednesday, September 9. The meeting runs 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Geared primarily…
Sars-CoV-2 virus detected in the sewage at Nehalem Bay Wastewater Treatment Plant
Nehalem Bay Wastewater NBWA – Your local sanitary sewer district – 08/28/2020 The results are in for August, week ending 8/11/2020 and 8/19/2020. The report for the second week of August shows…