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MILE 298 on 2/11/12   -   NKN PETE LOCATION Tillamook  •  Nehalem Beach, Nehalem Bay SP CONDITIONS Saturday 10:00 AM  •  Cloudy  •  45° F  •  Wind: Moderate from the SW  •  Tide: 0.9 ft HUMANS People: 3  •  Dogs: 1 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 3 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 1 ACTIV.COMMENTS NOTABLE WILDLIFE DEAD BIRDS Total: 4  •  Species/names: 1 puffin, 1 ancient murrelet, 1 Rhinoceros Auklet, 1 Crested Cormorant STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Visible retreat of solid bluff beach face steep due to high surf recently COMMENTS No-natural activity SUMMARY There were 17 members of the NKN Nat'l Resource/Envir. Club to help with the beach cleanup and coastal monitoring. We collected 3.5 SOLV bags of debris (mostly all plastic and styrofoam) & one 30' plastic fishing rope. No evidence of tsunami debris. Monitored bird mortality, and checked beach for other natural & man made changes. Not much in the driftline. We cut Scotch Broom in Nehalem Bay State Park during the rest of our field trip. OBSERVER nkn pete EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 2/12/12 8:29 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US