Tami Wagner, a wildlife biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, died in a vehicle accident on October 25, 2010. While driving a state vehicle on Highway 20 near Toledo, Oregon another vehicle crossed the highway median and was struck by a large truck which flipped over and hit the pickup truck driven by Ms. Wagner.
Originally from South Norwalk, CT she earned a bachelors degree in wildlife biology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 1980. After working for the Idaho Department of Fish and Game she moved to Oregon in 1989. She had been an Assistant District Wildlife Biologist at the office in Newport for 21 years.
A 141 acre wildlife area along the Yachats River was named in her honor in 2011.
Sources: Newport (OR) News-Times October 29, 2010. Oregonlive.com