By LYNNE TERRY/Oregon Capital Chronicle Three of Oregon’s congressional members are pushing the federal government to extend the comment period on two proposed wind power projects off the southern […]
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Wandering Pacific gray whale first seen off Florida coast in December now spotted in New England
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews A Pacific gray whale spotted off the coast of Miami in December has apparently made its way north to Massachusetts, where it continues generating headlines and […]
Researchers refine ocean oxygen sensors so they can enlist Oregon’s crab fleet to track changing conditions
By MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU News Service Oregon State University researchers are helping to refine the design and expanded use of oxygen monitoring sensors that can be deployed in crab or […]
Yes, you are right — it was very wet again in February in the Yachats area. And then it snowed March 1
Well, March might be remembered for starting with snow on ocean beaches, but February will be noted for just being wet. Very wet. Coupled with a record-wet January, lots […]
New OSU study says fish exposed to some pesticides — even briefly — can display adverse effects
By MOLLY ROSBACH/OSU News Service NEWPORT — Fish exposed to some pesticides at extremely low concentrations for a brief period of time can demonstrate lasting behavioral changes, with the […]
Despite attempts to control invasive green crabs in Oregon’s coastal waters, researchers say “they are here to stay”
By JULE GILFILLAN/Oregon Public Broadcasting On a summer day nearly two years ago, a team of researchers from Portland State University made their way upriver from chilly, salty Siletz […]
OSU researcher wonders if gray whale off Florida coast was just lost or a sign it’s “exploring” the Atlantic
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews The first few springtime sightings of gray whales in the Atlantic Ocean between 2010 and 2021 left many marine researchers scratching their heads. They wondered why […]
Yes, there was that ice storm in January, but it was the rain that set local records to start the year
By YachatsNews Punxsutawney Phil’s prediction – even though he’s in Pennsylvania — that spring weather could be arriving soon should bring a sigh of relief to the central Oregon […]
Canadian company specializing in dinosaurs prepares massive blue whale skeleton for final migration to Newport
By DANA TIMS/YachatsNews Discovery nearly a decade ago of a dead blue whale on the southern Oregon coast drew flocks of sightseers and scientists, all curious to gape at […]
Forest Service taking out vegetation, moving sand to create 50 acres of plover habitat south of Florence
FLORENCE — The western snowy plover, a small shorebird on the government’s list of threatened species, is regaining 50 acres of open sand habitat eight miles south of Florence. […]