NEWPORT -- One of Pacific Seafood’s five processing plants on the Newport bayfront has been fined by the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality for exceeding its permitted levels of waste discharged into Yaquina Bay. The DEQ levied … [Read more...] about DEQ fines Pacific Seafood plant for violating permit; company will appeal
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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 whale. Speaking to reporters Thursday in a South Beach marine storage … [Read more...] about Skeleton of massive blue whale hits the road to Canada for final restoration before going on display in Newport
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 … [Read more...] about It’s snowy plover nesting season on the Oregon coast as threatened shorebirds rebound with help of beach restrictions
OSU hauls blue whale bones out of Yaquina Bay after three years of “cleaning”
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU NEWPORT – After more than three years at the bottom of Yaquina Bay, the skeleton of a 78-foot blue whale has been put on dry land so it can be preserved and prepared for a public display. With the help of a team of … [Read more...] about OSU hauls blue whale bones out of Yaquina Bay after three years of “cleaning”