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Birdwatching Pacific golden plover: Another rarity in our midst

This area has been the recipient of numerous rare or very uncommon bird sightings this summer. The latest…

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Birdwatching Fledglings: Free gravy train continues

SOUTH PACIFIC COUNTY — It is August and many of the birds are still nesting. It seems that…

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Birdwatching Baird’s sandpiper: A refuge and Peninsula first-timer

PACIFIC COUNTY — For the first time ever, Baird’s sandpipers have been reported on the Willapa National Wildlife…

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Asian invader imperils native mud shrimp

NEWPORT — Oregon State University researcher John Chapman is knee-deep in mud and sinking deeper by the minute.…

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He’s one speedy spokes-man

‘As long as you are driven, you can do it!’ — Jim Noonan 1964 IHS graduate describing his…

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Birdwatching: Buff-breasted sandpiper: A rarity in our midst

It’s time to get out on the beach to birdwatch! Shorebird migration has begun in earnest during the…

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Buoy 10 is back and the fishing is fine

The Buoy 10 recreational retention fishery on the Columbia River got off to a strong start Tuesday morning.…

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Birdwatching Where have the brown pelicans gone?

The brown pelican is a large bird that is common on our coastline in summer and fall. It…

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Fall fishing opens to lower than usual Chinook returns

Tribes, commercial gillnetters and sports anglers all begin fishing in August as the two-state Columbia River Compact met…

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Refuge friends make annual visit to sentinels of Long Island

LONG ISLAND — Somewhere near the center of south Long Island stand ancient cedars, sentinels and guardians of…

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