By Bonnie Henderson, North Coast Land Conservancy If you noticed an unusual number of people on Rockaway Beach on a recent Friday morning, or a crowd at the top of Cape Meares,…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
JUST THINK: Advice for tourists (maybe they’ll listen)
By Victoria Stoppiello Even with tourist season almost over, I still lose my patience with the behavior of some of our visitors. I wish we could have a more mutually beneficial relationship….
Lower Nehalem Community Trust presents: 16th Annual Harvest Festival Alder Creek Farm, Nehalem Sat. Sept. 22nd
The Lower Nehalem Community Trust’s Alder Creek Farm shows off the bounty of the season at the 16th annual Harvest Festival this Saturday, September 22nd from Noon to 4 pm. The Farm…
It’s National Estuaries Week – Sept. 15 – 22!
Now in its 30th year, National Estuaries Week (NEW) is a nationwide celebration of our bays and estuaries and the many benefits they provide to local communities. TEP is joining with local…
Ocean Acidification and Hypoxia Council makes first recommendations to State Legislature
September 14, 2018 SALEM, Ore.— Oregon is among the first places to document the impacts of “ocean acidification”— what happens when human-produced carbon dioxide is absorbed by seawater, resulting in chemical reactions…
“25 Family Adventures on Oregon’s Tillamook Coast” Reading and Signing Event at the Tillamook County Public Library
Starting this coming Saturday, September 15th there will be a number of reading and signing events planned for local author Brian Cameron’s new guidebook entitled “25 Family Adventures on Oregon’s Tillamook Coast.”…
Adventures Without Limits says it all: There are no limits on what we can do!
Families from North Tillamook County joined each other on a misty morning at Nehalem Bay to seek out limitless adventure. Arriving early with some excitement and perhaps even a little fear of…
CAUSE OF DEATH DETERMINED AS COUGAR ATTACK IN CASE OF MISSING HIKER
EDITOR’S NOTE: There are cougars in Tillamook County – and we are sharing this article and information to raise awareness about public safety on our many hiking trails. Please review the information…
Recreational use health advisory issued September 11 for water contact at Twin Rocks Beach
The Oregon Health Authority issued a recreational use health advisory today for higher-than-normal levels of bacteria in ocean waters at Twin Rocks Beach, located in Tillamook County. Water samples indicate higher-than-normal levels…
Recreational use health advisory for water contact at Cannon Beach lifted August 30
Testing shows fecal bacteria levels have subsided. The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) today, August 30th, lifted a recreational use health advisory for contact with marine water at Cannon Beach, located in Clatsop…
