Bay clamming is open statewide and mussel harvesting is open from the Coos Bay north jetty to the California border after an almost monthlong closure. The Oregon Department of Agriculture and the ...

Recreational clam digging has reopened in all Oregon bays north of Cascade Head following an historic closure due to sea-borne toxins. Popular reopened bays include Nehalem, Tillamook, Netarts and ...

Lawmakers in the three towns on the Great South Bay are considering new restrictions on clamming in local waters, drawing on the recommendations of a recent Suffolk County report that found the bay's ...

A 2017 file photo of razor clams. Oregon has reopened razor clam harvesting from the Yachats River up to the Washington state border, but other shellfish harvesting remains restricted. Courtesy of ...

Fifty years ago this week, Congress adopted the Clean Water Act, a landmark in environmental legislation aimed at cleaning up many of the nation’s waterways that had become too polluted for people to ...