(March 17, 2023-Newport, Ore.) – Oregon’s Marine Reserves Program plans to return to the ports of Garibaldi and Port Orford this spring and fall in the latest installment of this unique way…
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Tillamook Coast Visitors Association Establishes Two Scholarships
OIOpublisher Tillamook Coast Visitors Association has established two annual scholarships at Tillamook Bay Community College. Named the Tillamook Coast Outdoor Program Scholarship, each award is $1,000 and available now to students enrolling…
Subject mortally wounds at least four elk after shooting into herd near Nehalem in January
(March 16, 2023-TILLAMOOK, Ore.) — A subject shooting into a herd of elk near Nehalem killed one and mortally wounded at least three others in January, while illegally shooting from a road,…
TILLAMOOK FOREST CENTER RE-OPENS TO PUBLIC MARCH 17
Tillamook State Forest, Ore. – The Tillamook Forest Center is re-opening to the public starting March 17, offering opportunities to connect with and learn about Oregon’s fascinating state forests. Located in the…
RESPECT NESTING AREAS TO PROTECT THREATENED SNOWY PLOVER MARCH 15 – SEPT. 15
Corvallis, OR – The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and federal U.S. Forest Service remind visitors to the Oregon coast that it is plover nesting season — visitors can help recovery efforts for the threatened…
Oregon ocean salmon fisheries affected by California’s low forecasted returns; More on Spring Ocean Salmon Fishing Closures; Input Requested from Fishermen
(March 14, 2023- NEWPORT, Ore) – With severely low forecasted returns of California chinook salmon (Sacramento and Klamath River), both California and Oregon ocean chinook commercial and recreational fisheries are impacted. Coho…
2023 Garibaldi Crab Races – Day #1 – Video & Photos March 11
There was a line at the door, and all the races filled quickly at the annual Garibaldi Crab Races at the Old Mill Convention Center. The action was “fast and furious” with…
COMMERCIAL & RECREATIONAL OCEAN SALMON ACTION NOTICE: Commercial & Recreational Ocean Salmon Fishery March 15 through May 15 Season Canceled in Ocean Water off Oregon
March 9, 2023 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC), the State of Oregon, and the State of California met today, March 9, 2023…
IT’S CRAB RACING TIME IN GARIBALDI – THIS WEEKEND – MARCH 11 & 12
The 36th Annual Garibaldi Crab Races are this weekend every second full weekend in March, you can join the Garibaldi Lions Club for two days of crab racing! The 2023 dates are…
World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series: Transient Killer Whales of the Outer Coast of Oregon & California, March 8th
Who: Friends of Haystack Rock & the Cannon Beach Library What: World of Haystack Rock Library Lecture Series 2022-2023 When: Wednesday, March 8th, 2023 at 7:00 p.m. (These are recurring lectures with different speakers…