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 […]
Environment
Millions of herring make annual return to Yaquina Bay creating spectacular frenzy for sea lions, birds and fishermen
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. […]
It’s nesting season for endangered snowy plovers, so be careful on certain areas of the beach
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Western snowy plovers have made a strong comeback in recent years from the early 1990s, when there were so few that the breed ended up with […]
Recent move to NOAA leads to sudden layoff of Newport staffer working to make agency more efficient, nimble
By LIZZY ACKER/The Oregonian/OregonLive When Cristen Don got word she had been laid off from her job at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Northwest Fisheries Science Center in Newport […]
250 students show off their wind/wave/solar energy devices at Hatfield Marine contest
By CHERYL ROMANO/YachatsNews What does renewable energy look like? Over 250 school students showed off their best guesses in team projects Tuesday at the Oregon Coast Renewable Energy Challenge. […]
ODFW commission takes action to hammer kelp-eating sea urchins in three coastal test areas
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Just a few administrative details need to be worked out before kelp-killing purple sea urchins start getting hammered off the Oregon coast. And, no, this is […]
Juvenile salmon along Oregon coast encountering more competition from increasing numbers of sablefish
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Pacific salmon, long an economic and cultural mainstay of life along the Oregon coast, are facing significant competition from an increasingly popular fish that is flourishing […]
Four months at sea helps NOAA scientists gather “most thorough” data yet on marine mammals
By NOAA News Service NOAA Fisheries scientists have completed a four-month, 5,000 mile survey of marine mammals and seabirds off the West Coast and collecting a trove of some […]
Agency sets Feb. 11 meeting to discuss how Northwest plan will affect Siuslaw National Forest
By GARRET JAROS/YachatsNews The U.S. Forest Service has scheduled a series of public meetings across Oregon, Washington and northern California – including one in Corvallis — to discuss proposed […]
2024 rainfall on central Oregon coast one of the highest in years — and more dramatic just inland
By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews Bob Williams has been measuring the rain for decades, starting when he lived in Napa, Calif. and continuing after moving farther south to Carlsbad. “I started […]