Final, Dramatic Round of King Tides for Oregon / Washington Coast: Photogs Needed
Published 01/08/21 at 4:41 PM PDT - Updated 01/08/21 at 4:48 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Cannon Beach, Oregon) – The final set of king tides for the Oregon coast and the Washington coast are coming up on January 11 – 13, bringing massive waves to just about every beach and harbor in the region. From Brookings, Gold Beach, Coos Bay, Florence to Lincoln City, Seaside and up through Westport and La Push, it means an army of volunteers help document the highest point reached by these highest of tides.
(Above: king tides at Yachats, courtesy Rena Olson)
This winter’s final series of “king tides” is coming up Jan. 11-13, which means that this will be the final round for the 2020-21 edition of the Oregon King Tides Project.
On Tuesday, Dec. 22, Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) overturned Coos County’s permits for the construction of Jordan Cove LNG, adding another chapter to the controversial project. The company constructing the pipeline, Pembina, has to work with the county for further review.
“LUBA first overturned this permit in 2017. We won again, and we won’t stop fighting. The longer this battle goes on, the more it becomes clear that this project is bad for Coos Bay communities and ecosystems,” Courtney Johnson of Crag Law Center said in a statement.
One problem in the permit applications, LUBA noted, is that LNG tankers accessing the estuary could have a bottleneck effect, affecting fishing boat movement “during the critical window of high tide.”