By Lincoln Chronicle The Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife has embarked on a campaign this spring to encourage people to leave young wild animals alone and to remind […]
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – JoAnn Barton is careful not to step on the small orange bodies of rough-skinned newts as she hikes through Yakona Nature Preserve. She […]
NEWPORT – A harbor seal pup rescued in British Columbia two years ago and is now blind because it had its eyes removed due to infection has joined the […]
By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle The Oregon Marine Board voted unanimously Thursday to accept a petition to ban motorized boats on much of the Siletz River and proceed to rulemaking […]
By STEVE LUNDEBERG/OSU News Service Oregon State University scientists have identified a novel species of bacteria from Yaquina Bay in Newport that acts as electrical wiring, potentially ushering in […]
By QUINTON SMITH/Lincoln Chronicle Fishermen, boaters, and environmentalists are battling over a request by the Siletz Tribe to ban boat motors on a vast stretch of the Siletz River […]
By SHAYLA ESCUDERO/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – At the start of her lecture, environmental scientist and marine ecologist Jane Lubchenco projected a map onto a screen at Hatfield Marine Science […]
By ALEX BAUMHARDT/Oregon Capital Chronicle For the seventh time in less than a decade, Oregon’s commercial fishermen, governor and congressional delegation are asking for federal aid to soften the […]
By GARRET JAROS/Lincoln Chronicle NEWPORT – Four Bureau of Land Management employees fired suddenly and without notice at Yaquina Head last month have been offered their jobs back. Three […]
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews NEWPORT — One of nature’s epic shows visited Newport this past week as millions of Pacific herring made their annual stop in Yaquina Bay to spawn. […]
