Jamie Hale

Outdoors and travel reporter for @Oregonian / Northwest adventurer

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

I’m planning on hanging around here a little longer, but for folks who use Threads, you can also find me there at the same handle. https://t.co/mLqi7UpW6S

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

@SteveDHoops Might have to get ‘em on DVD. My library has at least one season available.

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

Hard to be so concerned about AI when it currently can't tell the difference between Washington, D.C. and Washington state🧅

[Jessica Sidman @jsidman]

Amazon is flooded with AI-generated DC travel guides (written by fake authors) full of garbage information like this:
https://t.co/2iDaB7M8Op

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

We got in so much trouble for that lol

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

I remember my high school’s teacher strike fondly. It lasted 21 days, and because nobody was telling us anything or talking to us, we spent that time putting together an unauthorized issue of the school paper that we handed out when kids came back.

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

Peak Northwest is a finalist in the @signalawards! If you feel like signing up with them and voting for us, please feel free – but more importantly, just give us a listen sometime! https://t.co/S7O698je78

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

@YellowstoneNPS For context, that's the sixth busiest August on record. https://t.co/sBW32ROhDw

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

Love this idea.

[WillametteNatlForest @willametteNF]

The closure area for the #LookoutFire area was reduced on Sept. 7, 2023. Blue Pool, Sahalie Falls, & the McKenzie River Trail & trailheads remain closed. Rec sites along Highway 242 remain inaccessible due to a temporary road closure by @OregonDOT.
ℹ https://t.co/bHZEvxK3By

[Casey Holdahl @CHold]

I walked past a float while hauling out my crabbing gear a few months ago, a woman walking five steps behind me found it. I've thought about it every day since.

[Central OR Fire Info @CentralORFire]

🟢Cottonwood Canyon State Park has reopened.

[Central OR Fire Info @CentralORFire]

🚨⛔️Heads up for folks traveling to/from Central Oregon over the Cascades. Hwy 126 is closed at the jct. with US 20 to jct. w/ Hwy 242 due to fire activity on the Lookout Fire burning on the @willametteNF.
ℹ️ Stay up-to-date on road statuses by visiting https://t.co/kBy6sgbqE2.

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

This fire appears to be burning right at Cottonwood Canyon, just across the river from the state park campground. It's not super clear, but it sounds like fire is staying up on the hills and skirting the southern end of the park.

[Central OR Fire Info @CentralORFire]

🔥Resources responding to Inc. 748 located 17 miles SE of Wasco adjacent to Hwy 206 in the John Day River drainage. Fire is est. at 500 acres & moving east. Firefighters on the ground are supported by aerial resources, including 4 single-engine airtankers & 2 large airtankers.

[Oregon State Parks @ORStateParks]

Cottonwood Canyon State Park is closed because of a fire. Campers and visitors are being evacuated. Campers with reservations for the coming days will be notified of the closure and will receive refunds. We don’t know how long the park or campground will be closed.

[OregonDOT @OregonDOT]

I-84 WB at Biggs Junction, MP 103, is closed this morning to recover two semi-trucks that crashed and went into the Columbia River over the weekend. We'll share pictures throughout the day. https://t.co/SsqxkwGpZQ for detours. More info on the closure: https://t.co/Cxm0vnGbF2

[BLM Oregon & Washington @BLMOregon]

Listen to the cobbles as the tide comes in! 🔊

Cobble Beach is located within our Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area under the bright beacon of a beautiful lighthouse. Come visit!

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

@RogueDew Of the cities included here, Dayton’s numbers seemed to be the closest to Portland’s.

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

Overdose rates in Portland are surprisingly low compared to other cites. Per capita numbers here are more comparable to Dayton than to San Francisco.

[San Francisco Chronicle @sfchronicle]

The Chronicle launched a tracker allowing users to monitor drug overdose trends in their county and state. Here's what it tells us about San Francisco. https://t.co/dkWh6Sk26l

[NWS Portland @NWSPortland]

This animation shows that the wildfire smoke will be moving eastward over the Cascades and out of the area today as onshore flow increases. Anyone else happy about that? We certainly are! :) #orwx #wawx

[OregonDOT @OregonDOT]

Get a sneak peek at the #MitchellPointTunnel! Opening in 2024 as part of the #HistoricHighway State Trail, this behind-the-scenes moment with Region 1 ACT members and local elected officials in #HoodRiver is just a taste of what's to come. Stay tuned for more exciting updates!

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

Don't want to assume any intention here, but this does play into the misguided "parks are only getting more crowded!" narrative.

[Jamie Hale @HaleJamesB]

Eh, this is a weird way to frame the data. Yellowstone says it's not comparing visitor counts to '20 and '21 because of COVID, essentially ignoring the record crowds in July 2021. The news release also says '22 doesn't count (floods), but here they note the increase.

[Yellowstone National Park @YellowstoneNPS]

(News Release) Yellowstone National Park hosted 969,692 recreation visits in July 2023. This is a 63% increase from July 2022 (596,562 recreational visits) and a 4% increase from July 2019* (936,062 recreation visits). Learn more: https://t.co/5iIbJvq7Sp