For the first time since the 2014-15 season, the ocean commercial Dungeness crab fishery opens as scheduled Dec. 1 along the Oregon coast. Commercial crab vessels can set gear Nov. 28 (the…
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ELK SEASON: Shots by Don Backman
Photos by Don Backman The first season of elk hunting comes to a close today. Don Backman got out and about and did some shooting with his camera of a herd full…
OSP IS SEEKING PUBLIC ASSISTANCE TO IDENTIFY THE PERSON(S) RESPONSIBLE FOR SHOOTING A COW ELK TESTAMENT CREEK ROAD -TILLAMOOK COUNTY
On November 15, 2021, an OSP Fish & Wildlife Trooper received a report of a cow elk that was found dead in a wooded area near Testament Creek Road off Bald Mountain Road in…
OSP FISH & WILDLIFE TROOPERS GET ASSISTANCE FROM THE PUBLIC TO STOP A POACHER- CLATSOP COUNTY
News Release from Oregon State Police It often takes public assistance to catch a criminal. On October 11, 2021, a large Black-tail buck was reported injured in the reporting party’s yard within…
Wildlife Center of the North Coast Annual Founder’s Event – Online Auction Opens Oct. 10th; Tickets to event Oct. 17th available now
Astoria, OR, October 1, 2021 – Please join your local Wildlife Center for their 2021 virtual Founder’s Event. This annual fundraiser helps raise critical funds needed to keep the Wildlife Center’s doors…
Salmonberry Trail virtual meeting set for October 15
The Salmonberry Trail Intergovernmental Agency (STIA) will meet virtually to discuss the proposed Salmonberry Trail corridor October 15th from 9 to 11 am. On the agenda: Salmonberry Trail Foundation work plan Planning…
Big Creek opens early (Oct. 1) for fishing due to large hatchery coho run
ASTORIA, Ore.—Big Creek (lower Columbia River tributary east of Astoria) will open to fishing more than two weeks early to allow anglers to access an expected large hatchery coho salmon run and…
Razor clamming reopens Oct. 1 on Clatsop beaches; Entire Oregon Coast to be open for razor clamming
(Monday, September 27, 2021, Astoria, Ore) – Following the annual conservation closure, Clatsop beaches reopen to razor clamming October 1 with good news: domoic acid levels are below the closure threshold and razor…
Back Country Hunters/Anglers (BHA) removes a mountain of garbage from Eckloff Road, helping to address major cause of landowners closing forest access to hunters and fishermen
Story & Photos by Don Backman (some photos provided) “We hauled out 127 bags of garbage,” Sara McClendon, local resident and the Northwest Region Director for the Oregon chapter of Back Country…
Bud’s Community Fitness Trail cross country meet September 21, 2021 at Tillamook Junior High School
Photos by Don Backman The junior high cross country teams took to Bud’s Fitness Trail at Tillamook Junior High on Tuesday September 21st. The kids were having a lot of fun. There…
