By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews YACHATS – Putting a price on a view is no simple thing but one Yachats non-profit is willing to give it a go. And they are not going anywhere as they wait for the price to be right. View the Future has been looking at the ridge view southeast of Yachats […]
Oregon State Parks
Yachats trails leader and advocate for Native American truths wins national award from state parks directors
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews YACHATS — She’s a self-described “country bumpkin” who hates the spotlight. But Joanne Kittel will have to endure heaps of attention at a Lake Tahoe resort this month when the National Association of State Park Directors presents the Yachats resident with its highest individual honor — the President’s Award. […]
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 plovers, which nest in beach sand on the Oregon coast and resemble a palm-sized cotton ball with legs, reached an estimated population of 483 in […]
Dispute between State Parks and Lane County has closed Heceta lighthouse for more than a year
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews.com Each year more than 800,000 people pull off U.S. Highway 101 to visit the Heceta Head Lighthouse state scenic viewpoint 12 miles south of Yachats. Of those, nearly 50,000 make the windy, half-mile uphill hike to the park’s centerpiece, the Heceta Head Lighthouse. What almost no one has done for nearly […]
Yachats, central Oregon coast businesses reap benefit of another strong tourist season
QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com To spend a couple of hours in the Yachats Visitor Center is to glimpse a microcosm of summer tourism here. There’s a surfer dude and his girlfriend cruising the West Coast before returning to their ski resort jobs in Colorado. There are couples from Arizona escaping the blistering summer heat, a group […]
Winter campground hosts say it’s a labor of love
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Russell and Paula Hagfors get a free place to park their trailer, electricity, sewer and garbage service. In the winter they live in a gated community with a wonderful view of the Pacific Ocean just outside their living room. All they have to do is dodge King tides, hunker down during 60 […]