Beyond Your Front Door Northwest is a podcast featuring the stories and people the Pacific Northwest Coast (and sometimes beyond). Learn from local experts who live and work in this wild and rugged region. Listen on the radio or online.
The Elakha Alliance is a 501(c)3 non-profit in Oregon. The group was formed by tribal, nonprofit, and conservation leaders with a shared belief in a powerful vision: an Oregon coast 50 years from now where our children and grandchildren co-exist along with a thriving sea otter population and a robust and resilient marine ecosystem.
Their mission: To restore a healthy population of sea otters to the Oregon coast and to thereby make Oregon’s marine and coastal ecosystem more robust and resilient.
Join me in the studio with special guest Kyle Motley, the Coastal Community Coordinator with Elakha Alliance.
We'll discuss the progress they've made toward their goal, how the reintroduction of sea otters might impact Oregon's coastal environment and fisheries, and how you can get involved.
Learn more about Elakha Alliance at: https://www.elakhaalliance.org
Listen online or on the radio.
Finding reasons to be happy can take many forms. For author Barbara Ann Kipfer, keeping a list of reasons began in elementary school as a way to find happiness in spite of being bullied. That list continued to grow throughout her life and was eventually published as "14,000 things to be happy about" (Workman; 1.5 million+ copies sold). Read more...
It's Western Snowy Plover nesting season along the West Coast and this means that some beaches in Oregon are closed to certain types of activities. Not only are Western Snowy Plovers super cute, but they are super interesting, too! Read more...
Photo: Adam Kotaich. Chicks being banded with colored identification bands; photo courtesy of U.S. Forest Service, Siuslaw National Forest.
Scientists have uncovered a site along the Oregon coast inhabited between 8,000 to 3,000 years ago. The site is rare because many early Oregon coastal sites have been lost due to erosion and rising sea levels. In this case, the moving sand that forced inhabitants to leave the area also protected the site from erosion allowing archaeologists a rare glimpse into early life on the coast. Read more...
When Jack Scarbrough learned that the Devil's Staircase Waterfall was so remote and difficult to reach that it's believed only a few hundred people have seen it, he knew he wanted wanted to be one of those people! Read more...
Tufted puffins are disappearing from the Pacific Coast (dropping from over 6,500 birds to mere hundreds). At Haystack Rock, the population has declined from over 600 birds to less than 100 (counted in 2022). Scientists haven't been able to pinpoint the cause, but they've narrowed down the list to a handful of potential issues. Read more...
Photo credit: Elizabeth Labunski, USFWS
Some of Oregon's important native plants are in peril due to rising temperatures and the spread of non-native invasive plants that out-compete them for habitat. Join me this week with Portland State University's Botany Program Manager, Dr. Gabriel Campbell to learn about some of the work being done to save Oregon's most endangered plant species. Read more...
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