By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Hatchery-raised steelhead have offspring that are good at gaining size under hatchery conditions but don’t survive as well in streams as steelhead whose parents […]
Environment
Coastal intertidal ecosystem is being destabilized by climate change, 10 years of OSU research shows
From Oregon Public Broadcasting and OSU News Service NEWPORT — Climate change is weakening communities of colorful creatures in the rocky intertidal zone on the Oregon Coast. Many Oregonians […]
Benefits of wetlands restoration extend far beyond the scope of initial $11.2 million north coast project, OSU report finds
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A 443-acre tidal wetland habitat restoration project in Tillamook Bay designed to reduce flooding and improve salmon habitat also brought a host […]
2021 was a very wet year where the rain counts most — in the Coast range foothills that feed municipal water supplies
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jim Adler began building his house and metal shop on a steep hillside three miles up the Yachats River 46 years ago and for the last […]
Cape Perpetua Collaborative announces eight weeks of online presentations for its winter speaker’s series
YACHATS – The Cape Perpetua Collaborative has announced eight weeks of online presentations for its winter 2022 speaker’s series. Presentations will include a special focus on ocean acidification, transient […]
Last of winter’s king tides arrive just in time for new year, drawing more and more visitors to watch the crashing waves
The last of the so-called “king tides” of the season hit the Oregon coast Saturday just in time for the new year. In Oregon, king tides occur three months […]
New OSU research website “IndividuWhale” designed to help public understand Oregon’s resident gray whales
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Scarlett is known for the large scar on her back. Equal bears the mark of a boat propeller injury. Roller Skate’s fluke […]
Momentum — with some concerns — builds for federal agencies to try to re-introduce sea otters off the Oregon coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com With few exceptions, sea otters haven’t cavorted in the waters off Oregon’s coast since being hunted to extinction during the maritime fur trade of the late […]
Unusual swarm of more than 90 earthquakes this week off the central Oregon coast occurred in area that is active but not dangerous, experts say
By ALYSSA LUKPAT/The New York Times and LEE J. SIEGEL/YachatsNews.com Just after 5:20 a.m. Tuesday, a 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck off about 250 miles off the central Oregon coast. It […]
NOAA and OSU scientists studying two significant but so far unrelated ocean events — a large, new heat wave and long-lasting hypoxia
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Scientists are tracking two significant but seemingly separate ocean events they say have the potential to play havoc with a number of fish, crab, squid and […]