In 1907 President Theodore Roosevelt made the sea stacks a half-mile offshore from Oceanside the first national wildlife refuge west of the Mississippi River. Called Three Arch Rocks, ...

Doug Beghtel/The OregonianThree Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge, half a mile off Oceanside, provides critical habitat for a dozen types of seabirds, as well as for Steller sea lions. Three ...

Sometimes the best vacation to-do list holds next to nothing — and the funky little towns that break up the staggering views of Oregon’s ancient forests falling off into moody Pacific beaches ...

Bring your binoculars and spend some time at Three Arch Rocks National Wildlife Refuge, just off the coast near Tillamook. Flocks of seabirds, harbor seals and sea lions, which sun on the rocks ...

Sep. 28—When conservationist and photographer William L. Finley, along with friend and fellow outdoorsman Herman Bohlman, rowed a dory in 1903 to Shag Rock, near Oceanside, they hoped to bring ...