NEWPORT – After two years of going online because of the pandemic, Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center will host its annual science fair and open house from […]
Environment
First major sighting this spring of killer whales in Yaquina Bay thrills photographers, tourists and orca researcher
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Jaklyn Larsen wasn’t planning to go for a run Monday, but that’s just what happened when the Florence-based professional photographer got word that a family of […]
Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
By KENNETH LIPP/YachatsNews Newport will soon be the home of one of the largest animals to ever roam the Earth — a near-complete skeleton of a 70-foot long blue […]
It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
By ZACH URNESS/Salem Statesman Journal Oregon’s cutest shorebird has made a big rally over the past two decades, from the verge of extinction to expanding its range. Western snowy […]
Fish & Wildlife Commission bans use of lighted boats in rapidly growing market squid fishery off Oregon coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The Oregon Fish and Wildlife Commission, citing concerns over sustainability, voted unanimously Friday to prohibit independently operated light boats to help catch market squid off the […]
Alarmed about impacts to fisheries, West Coast council asks feds to start over on Oregon wind energy studies
BY DANA TIMS/YachatsNews An influential group charged with helping manage West Coast fisheries is asking the federal government to completely start over with plans for floating offshore wind energy development. […]
Dwindling Chinook stocks forces ODFW to cancel commercial and some recreational salmon fishing along much of the Oregon coast
By ALANNA MADDON/Courthouse News Service An extremely low “abundance” of California Chinook salmon stocks and projected low spawning escapements has led to the cancellation of the upcoming commercial and recreational […]
Can disappearing sea stars be treated and saved? Staff at Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport believe they have found a solution
By DINO GRANDOI/The Washington Post NEWPORT — In an old industrial warehouse, Tiffany Rudek leans into a chest-high tank. Using a laminated card, she gently pries a red-speckled sea star […]
UO, OSU researchers say endangered sunflower sea stars can help protect West Coast kelp forests from voracious urchins
By UO Communications/OSU News Service Your average sunflower sea star can munch through almost five purple sea urchins in a week, and they don’t seem to be picky about […]
Bad weather forces postponement of Tuesday afternoon meeting on future of county park along the Alsea River
A meeting scheduled Tuesday afternoon to discuss the future of Lincoln County’s Don Lindly Park in Tidewater has been postponed for two weeks. County parks and the Oregon State Marine […]