By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT – Core samples taken from a stand of old growth Douglas-fir trees in an area just south of Newport show reduced growth following the […]
Environment
OSU trustees OK $5 million to rebuild critical portions of aging seawater system at Hatfield Marine Science Center
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com NEWPORT — The 50,000 people who visit the Hatfield Marine Science Center annually are introduced to all kinds of cutting-edge research, which touches on everything from […]
Despite water worries, improved forecast for fall Chinook returning to coastal rivers means higher limits for first time in two years
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com An improved forecast for returns of fall Chinook to central coast streams means that daily and season bag limits are increasing for the first time in […]
NOAA announces return of “dead zone” off the Oregon coast, but occurring much earlier than normal this year
By BRADLEY PARKS/Oregon Public Broadcasting Low oxygen levels measured off the coast of Oregon and Washington are raising fears of large “dead zones” that could wipe out crabs and […]
Tidepool “ambassador” program aims to give visitors and locals a peek into the mysteries of the ocean shore at low tide
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Jamie Kish has a quick word for anyone who glances at an Oregon coast tidepool at low tide and comes away thinking nothing much is going […]
Seismic survey ship returns to port after six weeks searching for data on the Cascadia fault zone off Oregon and the West Coast
TOM BANSE/Oregon Public Broadcasting NEWPORT — Earthquake researchers are eager to dig into a trove of new data about the offshore Cascadia fault zone. When Cascadia ruptures, it can […]
Drought emergency declaration this week for Lincoln County may be only the start of a long, dry summer on central coast
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Lincoln County’s declaration of a drought emergency this week is only the first step on a path likely to result in everything from requests for voluntary […]
Oregon Court of Appeals upholds judge’s decision that invalidated 2017 Lincoln County aerial spraying ban
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com The Oregon Court of Appeals has upheld a lower-court ruling that invalidated an initiative banning aerial spraying of pesticides in Lincoln County. The ruling this week came […]
Weyerhaeuser geologists fear massive Fall Creek landslide will “unravel” as ODFW research center downstream waits and adjusts
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com If it was any other landslide in a remote section Oregon’s Coast Range, there would not be much concern. Some private or Forest Service logging roads […]
Even in coastal mountain ranges, climate change is slowly affecting forest communities as snowpack recedes and everything dries out
By GILLIAN FLACCUS/The Associated Press OTIS — Wildfire smoke was thick when Tye and Melynda Small went to bed on Labor Day, but they weren’t too concerned. After all, […]