The Pike Road Fire has not expanded its footprint in Tillamook County since Friday morning, September 11th and now is 100% contained. The fire started about 10:50 pm on Monday, September 7th…
Tule Mat Class Sept. 19 with Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS: Learn about the many traditional uses of tule and how it is collected and transformed by local Native Americans
OIOpublisher Netarts, Oregon – Friends of Netarts Bay WEBS welcomes Brian Krehbiel, member of the Grand Ronde and owner of Agency Creek Expressions, LLC, for a presentation and workshop on tule and…
Drew’s Reviews: SO ABOUT TENET… Covid and Theaters
By Andrew Jenck After numerous delays, Tenet is finally out in theaters; the first major release during the pandemic and currently showing. Tenet is my most anticipated film of this year, Nolan…
ODF Fire Report: Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020 – Oregon Activity Summary
We are closely monitoring 12 major fires in Oregon, down from 17 yesterday (see table below for details). Fires are removed from the list when they are 100% lined and fire managers…
OHA’s Weekly Report Shows Declining Case Count Trend; Oregon Joins Pilot Project for Tracing App
The OHA Weekly Report showed that new cases in Oregon have continued to decline as 1,294 cases were recorded from Sept. 7-13 —down 12% from last week’s tally of 1,477. In that…
How to help during the wildfires; Paid leave available for COVID-19 quaratine; Wastewater monitoring project
Life is stressful for people in Oregon right now with COVID-19. We’ve adapted our lives to cope with the disease, and now we are faced with wildfires and dangerous smoke as well….
New Moon In Virgo: Dark night of the soul
By Madame Dana Zia The Moon disappears from our skies completely on September 17th at 4am PT. Not that this is anything new for the West Coast where we’ve been hunkered down…
Oregon men caught setting stolen crab traps in a protected marine reserve await trial; Garibaldi fisherman Bob Browning assists, using TIP line
NEWPORT, Ore.—Two men caught setting stolen crab traps in Cape Falcon Marine Reserve of the North Oregon coast await trial following a joint effort of citizen reporting and solid detective work. Bob…
Wildfire and its impact on fish and wildlife
Most of the wildlife in Oregon evolved with wildfire. And even though fires are intensifying, they are nothing new to Oregon’s wild animals. There are also no documented cases of fires that…
NORTHWEST OREGON AREA FIRE UPDATE FOR 9-15-2020
News Release from Oregon Dept. of Forestry Posted on FlashAlert: September 15th, 2020 5:53 PM Forest Grove, Ore. – Firefighters continue to work towards containing a number of fires burning across the…