Oregon Wildlife Foundation

🚫 Fireworks Are Illegal in Cannon Beach 🚫

As we head towards the 4th of July holiday weekend in a few weeks, please remember that all fireworks are strictly prohibited in Cannon Beach — this includes on the beach, in parks, and throughout the city.

This law helps protect our beautiful environment, wildlife, and community from fire danger and noise disturbances. Let’s all do our part to keep Cannon Beach safe and peaceful.

Thank you for respecting our town and its rules! 🌊🌲

SUBMIT YOUR ENTRIES BY SUNDAY, JUNE 14!

Oregon Youth: Name Our New Fish & Wildlife K-9
🐕 Entry form: https://bit.ly/OSP_K-9Contest

Paws up for OSP’s newest K‑9 recruit! This one-year-old red Lab is training to join K‑9 Scout and K‑9 Drake in protecting Oregon’s natural resources. But before he hits the field, he needs an official name — and Oregon youth ages 9–17 get to choose it!

Submit your wildlife, fish, or outdoors‑inspired name idea by June 14, 2026, using the OSP online form. One entry per youth. Finalists will be chosen for statewide voting, and the winner will get to meet the new K‑9 and receive special recognition.

Think you’ve got the perfect name? Send it in and help welcome OSP’s newest conservation K‑9, soon to be stationed in La Grande! See less

Oregon State Police are looking for whoever shot and killed a river otter at a popular Lincoln County trout fishing pond. The otter was likely killed between late April and early May.

READ MORE: https://www.centraloregondaily.com/news/pets-animals-nature/osp-river-otter-shot-lincoln-county-thissel-pond/article_b48f86ef-7c52-4e22-807a-75793c75834e.html

The Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Division is asking for tips in locating the person who unlawfully shot a male river otter in Lincoln County. See link below ⬇️

📸 Kathryn Farley, Getty Images

We’re celebrating Pacific lamprey all week by exploring some of their amazing features! Lamprey have seven gills.

Unlike most modern fish that have a single gill covering, lamprey have seven simple structures, called gill pores. Most cartilaginous fish, like lamprey and sharks, have multiple gill slits (vs. a single operculum, or gill covering, which is found on fish with bones, like salmon and trout). These seven gills are a sign that lamprey have been on the planet for a VERY long time!

Their gills work in both fresh and salt water and serve different roles during different stages of their life cycle:
🌊 During their larval, river stage – Gills allow them to breathe, as well as act as filter feeders, pulling water in through their open, jawless mouth and out through their gills.
🌊 During their Juvenile and Adult Stages – Gills are used to breathe in fresh and salt water. When their mouth is sealed on a host, they switch to what is called tidal ventilation. This involves muscular contractions which compress and expand, drawing water in and expelling it back out through the same external gill slits in a back-and-forth, or tidal-like, motion. This allows them to stay attached to their host while still breathing.



Photo Credit: Wild Fish Conservancy, CGowell-20220718-08309

🎉🐟 It’s time to celebrate Oregon’s favorite fish celebrity — Herman the Sturgeon! 🐟🎉

Join us for Herman’s Birthday Celebration at Bonneville Fish Hatchery on Sunday, June 21, from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. for a FREE, family-friendly day of fun in the Columbia River Gorge!

🎂 Cupcakes
🎶 Birthday sing-alongs with Herman
🔍 Activities & hatchery exploration

At nearly 10 feet long, 500+ pounds, and in his 80/early 90s, Herman is more than a local icon — he’s an ambassador for one of Oregon’s most ancient fish species.

🐟 PARTY #1
10:00–10:45 a.m. Activities
10:45 a.m. Birthday Sing-Along 🎶
11:30 a.m. Cupcakes 🧁

🐟 PARTY #2
12:30–1:15 p.m. Activities
1:15 p.m. Birthday Sing-Along 🎶
1:30 p.m. Cupcakes 🧁
1:45 p.m. Raffle Drawing 🎟️

📍 Bonneville Fish Hatchery
🗓 Sunday, June 21 | 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
70543 NE Herman Loop, Cascade Locks

Come celebrate a truly legendary fish. Because not every Oregon celebrity gets a birthday party… but Herman deserves one. 💙

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