Report Details

Partial tour of Southern part of 168. Sunny, mostly calm and peaceful. Several lines of Velella Velella on shore line. Medium amount of people debris, one larger box of furniture.Yellow plants on hill from parking lot and some purple/blue buds which looked like a kind of vetch, still working on identifying.

Conditions

Temperature: 56 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 5. Walking or running: 4. Playing in sand: 1. People strolling on beach, one child playing insand

Concerns

Litter

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Notable Wildlife

1 Eurasian Collered Dove in parking lot, 4 crows.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

Velella Velella, 3 rows - fresh in the tide line, recent now drying high tide and a larger older line starting to dry higher on the beach.

Driftline Content

Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Shells, Styrofoam. pop bottles, beer cans

Actions & Comments

One large package, looked like a piece of furniture, sent email to Fawn, she contacted ranger.

Report Images

Report Images

Share this post

All Mile 168 Reports

Showing 8 of 33 reports

Mile 168

March 8, 2022

A jeep with two occupants was driving on the beach.

GasiorowskiM

Mile 168

December 18, 2015

South Jetty Siuslaw mile 168.

PhotoJim

Mile 168

November 25, 2015

Fairly high tide, lots of plastic, wrack line had a lot of bull kelp.

PhotoJim

Mile 168

August 15, 2015

Casual trails from parking lot and top of beach access trails developing.

PhotoJim

Mile 168

August 5, 2015

Sunny, great day, very clean beach.

PhotoJim

Mile 168

May 7, 2015

Northern part of mile 168, not much activity.

PhotoJim

Mile 168

April 30, 2015

Partial tour of Southern part of 168.

PhotoJim

Mile 168

February 15, 2015

A lot less trash in the south section.

PhotoJim