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Beautiful day. Most of the people that far down on the beach were older men, like me, fishing, clamming, poking around in the driftwood looking for treasure. I felt, as always, so grateful to live in Oregon.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -1.4 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 8. Fishing: 3. Other Activities: clamming. People on the beach today were mostly men in their 60s or 70s. One guy, watching his 50ish son dig sandworms for bait told him if he dug up a mermaid it belonged to him, the older man, because, at his age,75, the top half was all he could handle. Another guy was digging razor clams and showed me about 8 that he'd dug up. These activities were right near the jetty. The others were wandering around through the driftwood looking for beach booty.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 4. ATVs/OHVs on beach, allowed: 1.

Notable Wildlife

I saw a committee of about 6 vultures convening atop a sea lion carcass. The happiest among them was eating the sea lion's eye. The best parts always go first.

Beached Birds

none

Stranded Marine Mammals

none

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

a few crabs, nautiluses, and clamshells, but nothing in numbers more than ordinary.

Driftline Content

Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Small rocks, Wood pieces.

Actions & Comments

No development on miles 147 or 148. Nothing seems to change there, but of concern if farther north at the entrance to the beach off Sparrow Park Road where human encampment has made the place look like a homeless camp beneath one of Eugene's bridges. Toilet paper proliferates. It's pretty disgusting. I talked to a man who said he first came to that beach 64 years ago when he was eleven. He was pretty upset at the kind of litter and crap that he found at the entrance, suggested digging trenches across the road so the trailers couldn't get that far into the forest.

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All Mile 147 Reports

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Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

June 6, 2023

Mile 147 exhibited a lot of sand being deposited against the bluff and jetty.

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

September 13, 2022

Beach appeared to be normal.

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

February 10, 2022

Miles 141-147 did not have any die offs or concentrations of dead marine or invertebrate animals.

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

April 27, 2021

Beach did not display any abnormalities as far as erosion or die offs of sealife.

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

September 28, 2020

Mile 147 looked clean with the build up of blowing summer sands.

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

December 16, 2019

Coastline along Mile 147 and the preceding Mile 144-146 were clean of major garbage and trash.

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

November 16, 2018

Lyndell

Mile 147

Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay

March 11, 2018

Since my last visit in June 2017 there were noticable difference to the bluff on the southern end of mile 147 before the Jetty.

Lyndell