CANNON BEACH, Ore. — A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted two women off of a rock after they became stranded by the rising tide at the Hug Point State Recreation Site north of Cannon…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
15th Annual Alder Creek Farm Harvest Festival
The harvest of the season at Alder Creek – apple cider pressing, music by Rhythm Method, garden tours, farmers market vendors and more …. community fun. For more information, go to nehalemtrust.org. …
Tillamook Oddfellows host Annual Pumpkin Patch Thursday and Friday, October 5 & 6
Here are photos from Day #1 – Oct. 5th. The kids rotate through different stations, each with its own lesson. Tillamook YMCA, Tillamook Oddfellows, Smokey the Bear, Oregon State Police, Tillamook…
15th Annual Harvest Festival Saturday, October 7 at Alder Creek Farm, Nehalem
Come to Alder Creek Farm from noon to 4 pm for an afternoon of live music from Rhythm Method, farm and garden tours, the last farmers’ market of the season, cider pressing,…
Fire season is still in effect on all ODF-protected lands – Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017
Although September ended cool and rainy, October is starting out sunny and dry. It’s a good reminder that fire season is still in effect on all lands protected by ODF. Twenty-one new fires…
Nature bats last
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a north coast freelance writer and long-time weather watcher. You can reach her at anthonyvictoria1@gmail.com. Gaia is pissed! That’s the thought that runs through my mind…
Oregon Dept. of Fish & Wildlife – Highlights of this Week’s Recreation Report 9/27/17
Deer rifle opener this Saturday – Deadline for deer, bear, cougar tag Friday Oregon’s biggest hunting season, rifle deer, opens this Saturday, Sept. 30 statewide. Remember to get your deer tag, and…
Katrina and Cassandra
By Victoria Stoppiello Victoria Stoppiello is a free lance writer and used information from the Common Dreams News Center website in preparing this essay, which was first published in September, 2005 in…
Oregon Department of Forestry Fire Update – Friday, Sept. 22, 2017
Oregon’s fire preparedness level is lowered from the highest level after a record 40-day run In recognition of decreasing fire activity and more fire resources being freed up, fire officials at the…
FIRST THE GREEN FENCE, NOW THE NATIONAL SWORD – Accepted Recyclable Materials to Change
Remember four years ago when the Chinese “Green Fence” was put up? It was a virtual wall constructed to prevent mixed and contaminated recyclable materials from entering China. For many years, China…
