By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews Tumbling down from the highest mountain in the Coast Range to the edge of the Pacific Ocean is the Siuslaw National Forest – a verdant landscape […]
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Pacific coast gray whales have gotten 13% shorter in the past 20-30 years, Oregon State study finds
By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service Gray whales that spend their summers feeding in the shallow waters off the Pacific Northwest coast have undergone a significant decline in body length […]
New Cascadia subduction zone research says worst of potential earthquakes could be north of Oregon
By NIKK OGASA/Science News The most destructive Cascadian earthquakes are likely to slam offshore of Washington state and Vancouver Island and not necessarily the Oregon coast, new data reveal. […]
A wandering wolverine is back on the coast — and caught (then released) in a trap on the beach
By KAREN RICHARDS/KLCC News There was yet another wolverine encounter on the Oregon coast late last week – and this time visiting the beach where it was caught in […]
May’s rain was a bit above average, but month gave us a rare sky show and ushered in big storm Sunday
Rainfall in May was slightly above average in the Yachats area – but the first days of June saw a doozy of a rainstorm. The Sunday storm dropped 2.26 […]
OSU and two California universities will research potential impacts of offshore wind energy projects
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle Three West Coast universities located near future offshore wind energy sites are joining forces to undertake research and to help inform the public about […]
Oregon agencies close much of coast to shellfish harvesting because of paralytic poisonings
By APRIL ERHLICH/Oregon Public Broadcasting Oregon officials closed many sections of the Oregon coast to some types of shellfish harvesting Friday after an unprecedented outbreak of paralytic shellfish poisoning, […]
Oregon agency schedules one online, four community sessions for comments on offshore wind proposals
The Department of Land Conservation and Development is hosting a series of community meetings along the Oregon coast to share information and hear comments on a proposal by the […]
Sea urchins devouring kelp beds off Oregon coast have indirect, negative impact on local gray whales, OSU study finds
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service NEWPORT — A boom in the purple sea urchin population off the southern Oregon coast appears to have had an indirect and negative impact […]
A new hybrid non-native beach grass is spreading fast and hampering efforts to restore ocean dunes
By LAUREN ELLENBECKER/Columbia Insight Over a century ago, settlers altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two non-native grass species. Now, a new hybrid grass species is […]