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Ted S. Warren/APUnusually high mortality for gray whales along the coast has researchers concerned for the recovering species. -
Joshua A. Bickel/APPresident Donald Trump's proposal would defund the 11-region Integrated Ocean Observing System — cutting off the buoys, drones and radar that feed Oregon, Washington state and other coasts the real-time wave, wind and current data vital for safe shipping, tsunami routes and storm forecasts.
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Last year, Oregon’s seafood industry got a much-needed boost from the federal government. But it continues to struggle and still needs help. -
No Democrats are running which means the primary winner will represent the district in Salem for the next four years. -
The Oregon Coast Initiative is looking to keep more seafood local and help local entrepreneurs build seafood processing operations. -
Floating offshore wind turbines will soon be built off the Southern Oregon Coast. But offshore wind is still a new concept on the West Coast, and it’s been a contentious process. -
Machine learning algorithms are helping researchers detect the calls of marbled murrelets among millions of hours of audio recordings collected from Oregon and Washington forests. -
The Biden administration announced Tuesday it’s preparing to accept proposals for the area. This is the first step in a multiyear process before any wind developer could begin construction. -
During the summer of 2021, half of coastal waters from northern California to the Canadian border had oxygen levels too low to support marine life. -
A growing number of tribes in Oregon and California are coming out in opposition to federal offshore wind projects. Some tribes don’t believe there’s been enough research into the impacts on the environment. -
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 Oregon Coast. -
A Nehalem Bay nonprofit hosts an emergency food cooking contest with a twist in an effort to bring more awareness around natural disaster preparedness. -
The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management announced Tuesday two final floating offshore wind energy areas off the coast of Coos Bay and Brookings. -
South Coast residents are attempting to study offshore wind projects on their own. Some are calling for a pause in development as a federal agency fails to convey its message.
