Outdoors

2024 Columbia River spring Chinook fishing seasons announced

OLYMPIA — Fishery managers from Washington and Oregon on Feb. 21 approved this year’s recreational spring Chinook salmon…

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Birding: Grebes: Aquatic babes of the wetlands

Grebes are expert divers and lovers of wetland habitat. Here on the Long Beach Peninsula, we are lucky…

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Birding: Sightings from Chinook Observer readers

This week’s article focuses on the birds Observer readers are seeing. Thank you to those of you have…

Life

Adventures in the dark: Caving ropes in Ilwaco resident

Abigail Mack is excited to describe her sport. “It’s mountaineering in the dark,” she laughed, quoting an inside-joke.…

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Birding: Rare birds of the Port of Peninsula

The Port of Peninsula, Nahcotta, has been a great place for seeing uncommon, unusual, or rare birds of…

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Sign up soon for ‘Wildlife Tracking Journey: Willapa and Beyond’

Join the Friends of Willapa National Wildlife Refuge for two free educational and fun events celebrating nature on…

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Great Backyard Bird Count 2024

The Great Backyard Bird Count is a 4-day event that takes place annually in February. This year the…

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Birding: Our Peninsula’s January birds

In some ways, the depths of winter are an ideal time to appreciate Pacific County’s amazing abundance of…

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Birding: Spotlight on Oysterville

It is a stormy day. The wind is up, and the rain is coming down! There are white…

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Birding: December king tides: A gift from Willapa Bay

Stormy weather and king tides this December were a wonderful experience. The rain, and high winds worked together…

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