Grant Mcomie

Each year, coho salmon from the North Fork Nehalem hatchery are caught, processed and packaged by the community for Tillamook County food banks.

Fick shows how to turn fresh salmon and other local seafood into simple, flavorful dishes including the Captain's Platter and peanut butter tuna.

The new courthouse in Oregon City features a six-story pair of murals from Forest Grove artist Shari Erickson.

The Robert Aufderheide Scenic Byway offers spectacular views of the McKenzie River and other Cascades waterways along the 60-mile drive.

Tillamook County offers more than just "cheese, trees and ocean breeze" — the Dahlia Man, for example, has fields of flowers that are out of this world.

The old “Wharf and Warehouse Brick Building" proved the high water mark of Astoria's 1922 fire. Now it's home to Pacifick Distillery, full of nods to the past.

The landscape of Baker County still holds scars from when giant gold mining dredges turned the Powder River and greater Sumpter area upside down for miles around.

The secluded central Oregon landmark is an ancient volcanic eruption in the middle of what was, at the time, a freshwater sea caused by melting glaciers.

With a knowledgeable guide, sea kayaks are well-equipped to let visitors explore the 250 miles of nationally designated water trail in Tillamook County.

Fort Clatsop trails offer a scenic trek with historical insights into Lewis and Clark's journey.

From cherry blossoms at Salem’s Capitol Mall to kayaking across Netarts Bay, poke around western Oregon from the valley to the coast this spring break.

From a hot spring and covered bridges to trails that lead to waterfalls, there's plenty of fun and beauty to take in along the McKenzie River Scenic Byway.

Along Highway 30 between Portland and Astoria are some spectacular places to take in wildlife, including the "B-52s of the waterfowl world."

Just a short drive from Salem, the Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge is easy to reach from I-5 and serves as a home or migratory stopover for more than 200 species.

Jim Skaar and Josiah Darr fish the Wilson River for winter steelhead, sending to the fish on to a hatchery where they'll produce future generations for the river.

Kelly Warren, a photographer and wildlife biologist, likes to be where the flocks are.

Paul Hoelscher visits a wildlife refuge north of Baker City to sketch Rocky Mountain Elk for his next paintings.

Photographer Don Backman specializes in capturing Oregon's coastal scenery and wildlife, as well as fisherman braving the waves on the way out of Tillamook Bay.

Each year, coho salmon from the North Fork Nehalem hatchery are caught, processed and packaged by the community for Tillamook County food banks.

Dean Crouser has criss-crossed the state committing nature's beauty to canvas. Now he's taken his talent and bound it up to share with future generations.