OIOpublisher EDITOR’S NOTE: Yesterday May 5th, the Tillamook County Board of Commissioners extended the state of emergency to May 31st to align with neighboring counties, both Lincoln and Clatsop Counties had extended…
Category: Environment
A few inland state parks now ready to offer limited access
SALEM, Ore. – The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) announced a small number of inland state parks will offer limited services starting Wednesday, May 6. Parks returning to limited daytime service:…
Oregon reopens Columbia River salmon/steelhead fishing
CLACKAMAS, Ore. – Recreational salmon and steelhead fishing on the Columbia River will reopen for four days in May under rules adopted May 1st by the Oregon and Washington departments of fish…
A decade-old ritual gets updated for the pandemic
For 10 years, friends and supporters of North Coast Land Conservancy have gathered annually in the Memorial Grove at Circle Creek Conservation Center in Seaside to read aloud the names of all…
ODFW announces updates on Pacific halibut sportfishing season openings
NEWPORT, Ore – Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife fisheries managers announced the following decisions on Pacific halibut sportfishing season openings on Friday April 24th: Columbia River all-depth and nearshore: The opening…
Be on the lookout for nesting birds: Springtime is hatching time
SALEM, Ore. – ODFW biologists have been responding to an increased number of calls about nesting birds. April through July is a critical time for most bird species as they care for…
GRAY WHALE CARCASS AT SAND LAKE BURIED IN SAND BY STATE OFFICIALS
TILLAMOOK, Ore. – A 40-foot Gray whale carcass that washed up Saturday at Sand Lake Recreation Area was buried in the sand yesterday by beach rangers from Oregon Parks and Recreation Department…
CALL TO ACTION: North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection Ask for Statewide Halt to Aerial Pesticide Spraying, Prescribed Burning during COVID-19 Public Health Emergency
Please write, email, or call Governor Kate Brown and ask for an immediate statewide halt to aerial pesticide spraying, and also ask her to initiate a statewide ban on prescribed burning. Concurrently…
Gray Whale Washes Up on Beach Near Sandlake
The Tillamook County Sheriff’s Office reports today April 18th that the camp host at Sandlake Recreation Area discovered that a 40 foot male grey whale washed up on Sandlake overnight. Biologists from…
Coast Guard completes 13-hr overnight tow of fishing vessel offshore Port Orford, Ore.
NORTH BEND, Ore. – A Coast Guard 52-foot Motor Lifeboat crew towed a disabled 68-ton commercial fishing vessel Tuesday morning across the Coos Bay Bar, west of North Bend. Watchstanders at Coast…