Native eelgrass beds serve a critical role in healthy estuary ecosystems here in the Pacific Northwest. This aquatic plant provides nursery and refuge functions for several fish and shellfish species, including threatened…
Category: Nature & Outdoors
Coast Like a Local This Winter: Winter Beach Safety Tips
Last week’s tsunami warning on the South Coast was an important reminder for all of us: the Oregon Coast is as beautiful as it is unpredictable. This weekend we will also see…
North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection: SAVE OUR WETLANDS! SUPPORT THE APPEAL! Attend Wednesday, December 11 Rockaway Beach City Council Meeting
Please attend the upcoming City Council meeting, Wednesday December 11th at 6 pm where council members will vote on whether or not to support the appeal filed by Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition…
SEASIDE AQUARIUM: It’s Turtle Stranding Season … Olive Ridley Comes Ashore in Gearhart Monday Nov. 18
Early Monday evening, November 18th, we (Seaside Aquarium) got a report of a live sea turtle on Gearhart Beach in Oregon. Staff quickly geared up and were able to pick up the…
NORTH COAST COMMUNITIES FOR WATERSHED PROTECTION: SAVE OUR WETLANDS! SUPPORT THE APPEAL! 𝐓𝐖𝐎 𝐔𝐏𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 – NOV. 16 & NOV. 20
𝐒𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐃𝐀𝐘, 𝐍𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐄𝐑 𝟏𝟔𝐭𝐡 𝐀𝐓 𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍: Join North Coast Communities for Watershed Protection for this Community Meeting which is open to all. This will be our monthly public get-together. The main focus of…
SEASIDE AQUARIUM: Why are there so many jellyfish washing up on beaches?
By Seaside Aquarium Large jellyfish have been washing ashore causing a lot of people to ask why? The answer is simple yet complicated. This simple answer is that this happens every year…
TILLAMOOK COUNTY WELLNESS: HUCKLEBERRIES AND ETHNOBOTANY AT WHALEN ISLAND, SUNDAY SEPT. 29TH
Join Tillamook County Wellness this Sunday, September 29th at 10am on Whalen Island for Part 4 of Four Seasons of Foraging! Local native plant expert, Asa Skinner, from Tillamook Estuaries Partnership will…
Reading The Rocks Of Netarts Bay: A Time Traveling Adventure! Sunday, September 29th
From lava flows to ancient fossils to modern environmental crises, explore the North Coast’s fantastic geologic landscape! “Working on the bay or walking on the beach, I often marvel at how they…
Great Opportunities to Give Back – SOLVE Beach Cleanup Sat. Sept. 21st & Cape Lookout Stewardship Day Sun. Sept. 22
This is a friendly reminder: If you have been looking for a chance to give back and make a difference, here are two great opportunities. Join Friends of Netarts Bay for the SOLVE…
OREGON STATE PARKS: FULL OR PARTIAL CLOSURES AT SEVERAL PARKS FOR CONSTRUCTION STARTING IN SEPTEMBER; NEHALEM BAY STATE PARK FULL CLOSURE STARTS NOV. 1ST
EDITOR’S NOTE: This impacts several state parks in our area. Watch for more details about the closures and what’s happening at Nehalem Bay State Park. SALEM, Oregon— Several Oregon State Parks will close or partially close…
