Letters - Page 10

To the editor: A juvenile coho salmon leapt out of the water in front of us just minutes after we finished removing a dike upstream from Toledo – the first wild fish to ride the afternoon tide to the marsh we were restoring along the Yaquina River. It was an incredible sight. Not often in the restoration world, do we

To the editor: My husband and I live between Waldport and Newport in the woods behind the gorgeous vacation community of Seal Rock. South Beaver Creek Road is a well-kept local secret, about five miles of small farms, country homes, and so much beautiful scenery and wildlife. It is our two acres of heaven.  We were so fortunate to find

To the editor: What is wrong with the Lincoln County planners who oppose the concept of providing safe and inexpensive housing options in a remote location for people who are trying to make a living in the hospitality industry in Yachats? The Drift Inn and its associated properties and businesses are an essential component of the lifeblood of Yachats. For the

To the editor: More than 1,700 people have signed a petition opposing Oregon Department of Forestry approval of aerial application of herbicides on private forest lands adjacent to South Beaver Creek and its tributaries. Thanks to laws written by chemical industry interests, this spraying may be legal but it is by no means appropriate or safe.  Herbicides, like homicides and all

To the editor: In 2017 the citizens of Lincoln County voted to support Measure 21-177 to ban aerial spraying of pesticides. However, after a 29-month ban, the measure was pre-empted by the courts and corporate interests. Now there are plans to begin pesticide spraying in Beaver Creek. Residents of Seal Rock and Beaver Creek are panicking for multiple reasons. The

To the editor: Glyphosate (sold commercially as RoundUp, an organophosphate pesticide) is part of a chemical cocktail a private forest owner is planning to aerial spray over 473 acres of Beaver Creek forested wetland north of Waldport in the near future. The landowner and the Oregon Department of Forestry, who issues the permit to spray, might consider the following: Beaver

To the editor: ODOT has long refused to acknowledge and remedy a dangerous U.S. Highway 101 road hazard just south of Seal Rock, a few miles north of me, seeming to view that hazard not as a cause for concern but rather as an opportunity for cynical humor called “Darwin’s tree.” The hazard is a long, sweeping, unmarked curve, speed

To the editor: This letter is a copy of one I sent to the Yachats city council in support of fast-tracked construction of the boardwalk and viewing deck (known as the Bay Boardwalk), to be sited facing the beautiful Yachats Bay along Ocean View Drive. My involvement with this project began as an Oregon Parks and Recreation Department employee and

To the editor: I have not been a fan of Newport mayor Dean Sawyer for a while. Previously I was collecting signatures door to door and at the Newport Farmers Market to recall the mayor. Many of the people with whom I spoke about the facts known at the time told me that they’d like to sign but were afraid

To the editor: I am writing to encourage all Lincoln County leaders, decision makers, and residents to support joining an increasing number of municipalities in switching from traditional fireworks to a drone show.  The benefits are as many as they are obvious.  Drone shows don’t cause noise trauma to people with PTSD, children or animals; they don’t use toxic materials;