Kitsap County plans to begin replacing a culvert that blocks fish passage with a new bridge at Harper Estuary in June 2026.

Newport is the first city on the Oregon Coast to adopt a new estuary management plan in more than 40 years. The city jointly manages the Yaquina Bay Estuary with Lincoln County and the city of Toledo.

While most commercial fishing occurs at sea, the seafood on our plates does not often start in the big blue ocean - it starts where the rivers meet the sea. The special places where freshwater rivers ...

Sure, all natural habitats are important. But some have a special power – for both nature and people. That’s the case for the estuary, that place where the world’s three most dominant natural realms ...

ELKHORN SLOUGH >> Visitors focus on the sloughs and otters and other beautiful things. Then they think about how to preserve them. But we tend to forget what was there in the past, says Moss Landing ...

Todd LaVelle strung holiday lights on the Baywood Park Pier on Thursday, pausing every so often to chat with passerby and admire the back bay sparkling behind him. He said he appreciates the bay’s ...

A typically foggy and cold “June gloom” morning gave way to a blindingly bright sunny afternoon at the Tijuana Estuary as Mike McCoy and I walked down a path bordered by bright yellow goldenbush. The ...

Editor’s Note: This letter was also sent to the Laguna Beach Recreation Committeeand City Council. After many years of efforts by Laguna Beach and its citizens to restore Aliso Creek’s Estuary, a ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - People and pets are urged to stay out of the Oakland Estuary and away from Alameda’s shoreline after potentially harmful algae blooms were discovered, following several water tests.

Crowds line the streets of downtown Olympia for the return of the Procession of the Species celebration in 2024. Tony Overman [email protected] The Procession of the Species on April 26 will ...