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A lively interview with popular central coast clamming instructor, Mike Bones. Mike shares do’s, do-not's and how-to’s about clamming on the Central Oregon Coast. 

Experienced hiker Kevin Mittge discusses some of the best and least crowded hiking trails on the Central Oregon Coast. Kevin has hiked over 100 trails in Oregon and shares about his experiences regularly on social media. 

In 1998, Newport Oregon's Kent Gibson found a brown rock while agate hunting. He tried to toss it aside, but his Labrador retriever kept bringing it back, so Kent tossed it into the back of his truck for the dog. The rock turned out to be a fossilized porpoise skull over 20 million years old and it changed the trajectory of Kent's life. More info...

At 9 years of age, Josh McInnes witnessed a "killer whale event" that changed his life. Fast forward to 2023 and Josh is now a marine ecologist specializing in the research of killer whales along the Pacific Northwest Coast for the University of British Columbia's Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Marine Mammal Research Unit.

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Photo: Courtesy of Josh McInnes.

MUSHROOM SEASON! It's a BIG topic on the Oregon Coast! Over 30 years ago, Anna Moore went on a hike and saw wild mushrooms everywhere and realized she wanted to know more. Fast forward to 2022 and Anna is now a go-to person on the Oregon Coast when it comes to mushrooms! More info...

Author, linguist and botanist Patricia Whereat-Phillips shares about the historical and cultural uses of plants among indigenous peoples of the Oregon Coast. Her book, "Ethnobotany of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians," is a true labor of love as well as an important record. 

Photo: Sagittaria latifolia (Wapato); courtesy of Hugues Tinguy, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons.

Prepare to be scared! 

Join us as we tell Ghostly Tales of the Oregon Coast with author Mike Helm. Mike is the author of “Oregon’s Ghosts & Monsters.” You'll hear haunted stories from eyewitnesses and also from the author himself who went through a terrifying ordeal one dark and stormy night in Cannon Beach.

Wondering what was life like as a lighthouse keeper in 1894? Well, it wasn't for the faint of heart, that's for sure! Keepers of Heceta Head Lightstation historians Mary Nulty and Terry Hankins answer this question and more on this interesting and exciting show.

White Wolves and Historic Trains features White Wolf Sanctuary Senior Volunteer Tour Guide, Nichola Chudzik and Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Executive Director, Rachael Aldridge. More info...