MECHANICAL PONIES HAVE largely disappeared from supermarkets, but one Depoe Bay couple is reviving dozens of the ponies for a good cause. The ponies are being refurbished to raise money for the Wade J. Woodmark Foundation (WJWF) to provide relief, support, and healing to families who have lost a child […]
Author: Emily Kolkemo
Wave Energy on the Oregon Coast
Oregon State University is set to begin construction this summer on a wave energy testing facility to be located off the coast of Seal Rock. STORY BY MICHELLE KLAMPE/OSU PacWave South will be the first commercial-scale, utility grid-connected wave energy test site in the United States. The approximately $80 million […]
Purple Sea Urchins
The good, the bad, and the ugly about purple sea urchins. STORY & PHOTOS BY JOANNE CARROLL-HUEMOELLER Would the term consequential describe a day in the life of a simple purple sea urchin? Probably not. This prickly invertebrate is nothing more than a round test (hard shell) covered with spines, […]