The last of the series of lowest tides of the year occur each morning this weekend. The lowest low tides start Thursday, Aug. 1 with a minus tide of […]
Last lowest tides of the year occur each morning this weekend
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Environment
First six months of 2019 is one of driest, but rain last week helps Yachats’ water system
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Yachats experienced its third driest June in the last 10 years and so far this year has received five inches less than its average six-month rainfall. But […]
Lowest tides of year return just in time for July 4 holiday visitors
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Just in time for thousands of Fourth of July visitors, the lowest tides of the year return Wednesday, July 3 through Friday, July 5. And to make exploring even better, […]
Job Corps closures, transition to private contractors leaves 200 Angell students and staff in limbo
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Mikell Sumerau fought with the U.S. Army in Kuwait and Iraq and during his time with the Army National Guard was deployed to every state on the […]
Cape Perpetua staff and volunteers kick off a summer full of activities
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A summer of outdoor activity at Cape Perpetua kicks off Saturday, June 1, with a National Trails Day event. It is the first of three months of activities scheduled by […]
State and volunteers nurture native plant nurseries for coast restoration efforts
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By ELAINE WATKINS/YachatsNews.com When one of Oregon’s state parks needs seashore bluegrass to restore a beach near Astoria, it contacts Celeste Lebo. When native thistle needs to be planted to […]
See those sea lion rafts offshore? Here’s an expert’s explanation – and more
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Jim Rice gets lots of questions about seals and sea lions. Most inquiries are about their health or when adult or offspring come ashore. Rice is the […]
Central coast’s only elk habitat area has special meaning for ODFW
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com The pasture stretches for a mile, bordered on the south side by the Yachats River. In the middle are meandering bush-lined ditches filled with water for frogs […]
Yachats conservation group puts riverside property pursuit on hold
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com A local conservation group organizing an effort to buy 30 acres of undeveloped land along the Yachats River is putting the effort on hold and dropping a […]
Yachats group looking high and low to help pay for Amanda Trail suspension bridge
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By QUINTON SMITH/YachatsNews.com Joanne Kittel has a bridge she wants you to help buy. But it’s not any old bridge. Kittel and the group she helps lead, View the Future, […]