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Can you hear me now? Birds could be at risk

In the last few weeks we have learned that birds are speaking to us with an urgency like…

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Birding: Leave summer’s aftermath where it is as a gift to birds

A few weeks ago a friend was lamenting the fact that she had to get busy and put…

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White sturgeon retention opens Saturday only from Wauna to Bonneville

The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife announced this decision Tuesday morning: Action: Allows a limited sturgeon retention…

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Birding: Offshore birds: The thrill of a lifetime

A few Saturdays ago, I was up at the crack of dawn so I could board the SeaBreeze…

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Nature Matters kicks off season Oct. 10

ASTORIA — Sea Star Wasting Syndrome (SSWS) has been recognized as one of the most widespread disease outbreaks…

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Bringing back the butterflies: Project aims to restore vanished ‘coastal prairie’

SANDRIDGE ROAD — A rare butterfly species disappeared from the Long Beach Peninsula in 1990. Now, restoration of…

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Buoy 10 coho continues but other Columbia salmon seasons end

COLUMBIA RIVER — Recreational anglers this year over-harvested upriver bright fall Chinook, the stock of fish that can…

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Birding: Sabine gull — rarity on migration from the Arctic tundra stopped by!

There was excitement on the beach this past week. Thousands of sanderlings, a few Caspian terns, flocks of…

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Buoy 10 coho season will continue but Columbia otherwise closing to salmon fishing

OLYMPIA — Most of the Columbia River will close to all recreational salmon and steelhead fishing beginning Thursday,…

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First fall razor clam digs are good to go

LONG BEACH and OCEAN PARK — Razor clam diggers can return to Long Beach-Ocean Park for a three-day…

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