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Sea Lion Count Reveals Pup-ulation Boom Off Coast

posted on 02-21-1978

The West Coast has more seals and sea lions than was thought.

Earlier estimates were based on observations t only a few places. The new figures come from a comprehensive count made by Bruce Mate, Oregon...

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A Story of sea lions and stubborn men

posted on 12-12-1976

High on a rocky, windswept bluff 11 miles north of Florence stands a small white building. It perches on the edge of the slope, which drops off abruptly to the Pacific Ocean below. A large...

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Cliff Dwellers on the Oregon Coast

posted on 03-05-1972

The most exciting season of the year on the Oregon Coast is fast approaching. Early in April the cliffs fill with great rafts of oceanic birds. The towering rocks that stud the coast from Brookings...

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The Oregon Journal

posted on 11-13-1949

Have you seen the sea lions? One of Oregon's premier attractions rated with Mount Hood, Carter Lake and Oregon Caves are the Sea Lion Caves, located on the Oregon coast, 13 miles north of Florence....

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Sea Lion Wins Applause

posted on 01-01-1882

The wind-blown fog was cold and damp, but the praise for Ken Scott's huge bronze sea lion sculpture and the people who founded and developed the Sea LIon Caves as warm and effusive at ...

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Sixty-eight Years of Conservation

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Oregon is home to one of the most successful examples of private wildlife conservation in the country. A familiar family stop on Route 101 between Newport and Florence, the Sea Lion Caves has been operated...

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Sea and Shore

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Why is a sea lion called that? It certainly does not look like a lion. In fact is looks more like a bear than any other land animal I can think of. E.S. Astoria.

Origin of...

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