
Outdoors
Low coho returns likely to constrain state’s fisheries
OLYMPIA — Returns of hatchery Chinook and coho salmon to Washington’s rivers and ocean waters are expected to…

Outdoors
Birdwatching Sparkling clean homes free for the right bird!
A few weeks ago, a friend and I cleaned out the bird boxes at the Tarlatt Unit of…

Outdoors
‘Black swan’ events strike animal populations
SEATTLE — Black swan events are rare and surprising occurrences that happen without notice and often wreak havoc…

Outdoors
Whale washes up near Iredale
WARRENTON — A 36-foot sperm whale carcass washed ashore Monday morning near the Peter Iredale shipwreck in Fort…

Outdoors
Birdwatching Spring has sprung: The robins are back
The America robin is common throughout North America. Many people think that spring begins when they see their…

Local
Sea lion-salmon predation task force mulls ways to reduce impacts on endangered fish
PORTLAND — NOAA Fisheries’ Pinniped-Fishery Interactive Task Force met last week for the fifth time since 2008 to…
Outdoors
Moratorium continuing on sturgeon retention
Nearly a quarter million harvest-size white sturgeon were estimated to live in the Lower Columbia last year, a…

History
North Head Lighthouse repairs continue
CAPE DISAPPOINTMENT — Exterior renovations continue as weather permits this winter at North Head Lighthouse in Cape Disappointment…

Outdoors
Birdwatching: Time to observe our most iconic blackbird
By Dr. Madeline Kalbach For the Observer Spring is wending its way to the Long Beach Peninsula. Blackbirds…