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Explore recent news stories covering the Elakha Alliance and sea otter restoration!
- 6/1/25: High Country News: Sea otters to get another chance in Oregon and Northern California
- 5/29/25: Portland Tribune: What’s this new ‘Portland Aquarium’ opening in June? Think art, creativity and education.
- 4/3/25: Portland Tribune: You otter check this out: Oregon Otter Beer Festival coming to OMSI
- 3/24/25: Jefferson Public Radio: What happened to Oregon's sea otters?
- 2/28/25: Living Earth Radio: Bringing Sea Otters Back
- 2/22/25: KATU News: Elakha Alliance leads charge to restore sea otters to Oregon coast
- 2/15/25: The Oregonian: The push is on to return sea otters to Oregon, Northern California coasts
- 1/29/25: Axios: Grant gets tribes closer to otter reintroduction in Oregon
- 1/27/25: Siletz Tribe gets $1.56 million to reintroduce sea otters to coastal waters
- 12/19/24: PERC Online Magazine: A Coastal Comeback
- 11/25/24: Environment America: Youth ocean activism is surging in the Pacific Northwest
- 10/25/24: Bella105 Portland Radio: Chanel from Elakha as this week's Guest Bella!
- 10/23/24: Tillamook County Pioneer: Oregon Coast Visitors Association Launches Kind Traveler’s Every Stay Gives Back Program
- 9/25/24: The World: Coos Library hosting 'Sea Otters in Oregon: The Road to Return'
- 9/23/24: Newport News Times: Artists unite to support sea otter reintroduction event is Sept 28
- 9/20/24: KOIN Portland: Oregon Zoo to celebrate Sea Otter Awareness Week
- 9/20/24: Oregon ArtsWatch: Elakha Alliance's art auction raises funds to bring sea otters back to Oregon
- 8/15/24: The Double R Show Podcast: Replenishing the Ranks
- 8/1/24: The Cool Down: Researchers capture first-of-its-kind sighting of 'rare' otter species that vanished over a century ago: 'Underscores the importance of ongoing conservation efforts'
- 7/26/24: KGW8 News: Sea otter sighting on Oregon Coast inspires redoubled efforts for species' reintroduction
- 7/8/24: Eugene NPR - KLCC: Returning a native: Looking to return sea otters to the coast
- 7/8/24: Our Coast Weekend: A look at sea otters after recent sighting
- 7/6/24: Lincoln County Leader: Tribal leaders on the coast call for action to return sea otters to Oregon
- 7/3/24: OPB: Sea otters spotted off Oregon coast, a rare sight after a century of near-extinction
- 7/2/24: KMUN: 'I thought maybe I was seeing things': Rare sea otter sighting off Oregon Coast
- 6/29/24: The Oregonian: Rare wildlife sighting on the northern Oregon coast thrills environmental group
- 6/28/24: KGW8: Rare sea otters spotted in Cannon Beach
- 6/10/24: Atmos Magazine: Sea Otter Reintroduction Could Mend Ecological and Colonial Scars
- 4/21/24: The World Link: 7 Devils Creates Seasonal Brews for a Good Cause
- 3/21/2024: KOIN6 Everyday Northwest: Drinking for Otters!
- 2/6/2024: PDX Today: Want to see wild sea otters return to Oregon? Then float over to the Oregon Otter Beer Festival
- 1/3/2024: Ruralite: Reviving a Coastal Species
- 11/17/2023: KOIN: Oregon Zoo's otter hoops team add two new members to its roster
- 09/21/2023: Portland Mercury: Good Morning, News: Portland Police Chief Outgoing, Sea Otter Awareness Week Incoming, Biden Admin Free COVID Tests are Back
- 09/13/2023: Oregon Coast Beach Connection: Otter Awareness Week Celebrates Hope for Its Return, Events in Portland, Oregon Coast
- 08/24/2023: PSU Vangaurd: Sea otters - the protectors of kelp forests
- 08/02/2023: OPB Think Out Loud: Could sea otters be reintroduced to Oregon?
- 06/23/2023: Yachats News: Federal agency considering sea otter re-introduction on the Oregon coast wraps up eight public open houses
- 06/26/2023: The Mendocino Voice: Otter we bring back sea otters? US Fish & Wildlife seek input at Fort Bragg open house June 26
- 06/19/2023: Statesman Journal: Oregon takes next step toward sea otter reintroduction with meets at Coast towns
- 03/01/2023: NPR: 'Help the Kelp' Northwest groups try to aid struggling kelp forests
- 01/26/2023: Salem Statesman Journal Nature Podcast: Momentum grows to return sea otters to Oregon Coast. Here's why.
- 01/20/2023: Group files petition pushing for faster sea otter reintroduction on Oregon Coast
- 01/13/2023: Oregon Zoo: Oregon Zoo surpasses 2 million followers on TikTok
- 01/11/2023: National Geographic Magazine: Sea otters are rebounding from near extinction. Not everyone is happy.
- 12/08/2022: Indigenous Aquaculture: Sea Otters: A Complex Social, Ecological and Cultural Endeavor
- 10/21/2022: North Coast News TV : North Coast News’ Sophie Lincoln reports on some local organizations that are working on plans to reintroduce sea otters to the North Pacific Coast.
- 10/21/2022: KRCR : Redwood Region Audubon Society discusses reintroducing sea otters to Southern Oregon coast
- 8/25/2022: The Log : It Could be a Cuddle Party: Feasibility report for reintroduction of southern sea otters looks positive
- 8/20/2022: The Atlantic : Oregon Has Mixed Feelings about the Return of Sea Otters
- 8/17/2022: High Country News : Returning sea otters to Oregon could revive kelp forests
- 8/11/2022: Siuslaw News : The feasibility of otters
- 8/5/2022: OPB : Yes, sea otters can be reintroduced to Oregon coast, but it must be done carefully, report says
- 8/4/2022: Del Norte Triplicate : Elakha Alliance praises new sea otter report
- 7/31/2022: Animal Rescue Site : US Agency Says Reintroducing Sea Otters to Oregon is Doable and Could Improve Ecosystem
- 7/31/2022: Statesman Journal : Sea otters take ‘important step’ toward reintroduction on Oregon Coast with study
- 7/30/2022: LA Times : Sea otters were hunted to near-extinction. Can they be reintroduced to former habitat?
- 7/28/2022: Fox 13 : Study - Reintroducing sea otters to the Pacific Coast is feasible, now to the next steps.
- 7/8/2022: Newport News Times: ‘Art on the Beach’ Events in Lincoln City
- 3/31/2022: Oregon Zoo: Zoo awards $60,000 in grants for Oregon conservation
- 2/7/2022: EcoWatch: Should Sea Otters Be Brought Back to the Oregon Coast?
- 2/2/2022: News Lincoln County: Oregon Otter Beer Challenge
- 2/2/2022: Bay Nature Magazine: Sea Otters in San Francisco?
- 12/2/2021: KGW News: Gov. Brown wants offshore wind farms, otters and heat pumps to help fight global warming
- 11/13/2021: NPR: Coastal tribes in Oregon hope to bring sea otters back to their community
- 11/12/2021: Rewilding Magazine: What will it take to bring back Oregon’s kelp forests?
- 10/21/2021: Sierra Club: Oregon Needs Otters!
- 9/24/2021: The Other Oregon: Bull Kelp Defenders Along the Oregon Coast
- 9/2/2021: Jacobsen Salt Co Blog: 9 Course Spiel: The Elakha Alliance’s Chanel Hason & Peter Hatch
- 8/30/2021: Oregon Zoo Blog: Bringing Back Oregon’s Sea Otters
- 9/1/2021: Newport News Times: Could Otters Come Back?
- 7/30/2021: Oregon Humanities: Bringing Otters Back to Otter Rock
- 5/13/2021: Coast Range Radio: Bringing Back Sea Otters to the Oregon Coast
- 4/13/2021: Coos Bay World: Oregon Zoo Foundation awards $40,000 For Conservation
- 1/26/2021: Former OSU graduate student and marine biologist Dominique Kone publishes his research evaluating a prospective sea otter reintroduction on the Oregon coast.
- 1/7/2021: Register Guard: Pacific sea otter reintroduction gets a nudge from Congress Democratic U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley for Oregon added the paragraph to the federal budget bill that directs the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to study the feasibility and cost of reestablishing the marine mammals where they were once hunted to near-extinction along the Pacific coast in Oregon and Washington, the Northwest News Network reported.
- 12/14/2020: Marin Independent: Study Exonerates Sea Otters as Major Dungeness Threat: Despite concerns from fishing groups, a new study finds crab catch increasing, even as sea otter population expands.
- 12/3/2020: New York Times: Archaeologists Could Help Bring Otters Back From the Dead: The sea mammals vanished from Oregon’s coast long ago, but a technique from human archaeology offers a clue to restoring them.
- 11/10/2020: KQED: Sea Slugs Scrub Sea Grass by the Seashore
- 11/2/2020: Oregon Public Broadcasting: Will Oregon See Sea Otters Again: Biologists Consider Reintroducing Sea Otters to the Orgon Coast
- 11/2/2020: Willamette Week: Oregon’s Cutest Marine Mammal Has Been Extinct in the Wild for Almost Two Centuries. The Elakha Alliance Wants to Change That. In Oregon, the adorable sea otter can only be found in captivity.
- 9/10/2020: New York Times: When Sea Otters Vanished, Everything Else Started to Crumble
- 8/18/2020: BBC: The Sea Otter Rescue Plan that Worked Too Well
- 6/12/2020: Smithsonian Magazine: Bringing Back Sea Otters Benefits People, Too: These predators compete with fisheries for shellfish along the Pacific coast, but an economic analysis explains the positives of reintroduction
- 6/2/2020: University of Oregon: UO research explores how Native Americans used sea otters
- 6/17/2020: KUOW/NPR: Does Cuteness Count? A Cost Benefit Analysis of the Sea Otter Return to Oregon
- 6/23/2020: Oregon Public Broadcasting: Good News for Sea Otter Fans: A Cost Benefit Analysis Encourages Oregon Return
- 6/24/2020: Corvallis Advocate: Economic Benefits of Reintroducing Sea Otters to the Oregon Coast
- 6/11/2020: NPR: What Happens When Sea Otters Eat 15lbs of Shellfish a Day
