Coastal News

Lincoln County, Ore. 7 Feb. 24- On Wednesday, February 7, 2024, at 5:50 p.m., Oregon State Police responded to a two-vehicle crash on Hwy 101, near milepost 157, in Lincoln County. The preliminary investigation...

ODFW release - SALEM, Ore.—ODFW staff are recommending that the Fish and Wildlife Commission list Southern Resident orcas as endangered under Oregon’s Endangered Species Act (OESA). The Fish and Wildlife Commis...

BOEM release - In support of the Biden-Harris administration’s goals for deploying 30 gigawatts (GW) of offshore wind energy capacity by 2030 and 15 GW of floating offshore wind energy capacity by 2035, the Bur...

UPDATE 02/13/2024 5:30 PM - GARDINER, Ore. - The body of a Eugene man who went missing after scuba diving in the Umpqua River has been located. On Monday, February 12, 2024, at approximately 8:45 am, 9-1-1 disp...

A necropsy team from the Seaside Aquarium began examination of a Fin Whale Tuesday that washed ashore at Sunset Bay State Park, Feb. 12. The Fin Whale is the second largest whale in the World, following Blue Wh...

ODFW release - Thank you to everyone who provided input via the public meeting, the online survey, phone calls, and e-mails. ODFW staff have used that input to develop our staff recommendations for the 2024 rec...

Pyrosomes. Ever hear the word? Unless you are into marine life along the West Coast, you probably didn’t know much about the finger-long creature that are more often called Sea Pickles or Sea Squirts. They are ...

ODFW release - NEWPORT, Ore – Dr. Sarah Klain, the Oregon Marine Reserves Program’s new human dimensions project leader, has come full circle back to the Oregon coast where she began her career in 2003 intervie...

OCVA release - Study: South Coast trending toward greater reliance on retirees. TILLAMOOK – The South Coast (coastal Douglas, Coos, and Curry counties) economy has become more reliant on retirement and other pu...

The two fault lines that run parallel with the Oregon Coast were active on Friday, Feb. 9. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 2.7-magnitude quake was recorded on the outer fault line west of Port Orford...