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MILE 335 on 4/11/12   -   MANDFWHITE LOCATION Clatsop  •  Columbia Beach, Coffenbury Lake, Fort Stevens SP CONDITIONS Wednesday 10:00 AM  •  Cloudy  •  50° F  •  Wind: Calm/Light from the NW  •  Tide: -0.3 ft HUMANS People: 14  •  Dogs: 2 ACTIVITIES Walking/running: 1  •  13 CONCERNS DISTURBANCES VEHICLES Cars/Trucks parking: 7  •  Cars/Trucks on beach, allowed: 20 ACTIV.COMMENTS 13 people clamming NOTABLE WILDLIFE DEAD BIRDS Total: 0 STRANDED Total: 0 FISH & INVERTS DRIFTLINE Shells NEW DEVELOPMENT MODIFICATIONS NATURAL CHANGES Erosion of dunes to the point they are cliffs COMMENTS SUMMARY Pleasant morning at the beach. Minus tide, with 13 people clamming, plus 1 person walking (total of 14 people on the mile). There were 7 cars parked at the access area, and 20 cars driving or parked in allowable areas on the beach. There was a heavy deposit of shells, sand dollars, and crab bodies along our mile. Storms had eroded the dunes to such an extent that they were unclimbable cliffs. We saw some unfamiliar shapes of plastic bottles on the wrack line --- not sure if they were from Japan. OBSERVER mandfwhite EMAIL   •  REPORT PUBLISHED 4/16/12 9:34 PM PHOTOS PRINTER-FRIENDLY ©2013 Oregon Shores •  CONTACT US