Mile 243 - Wecoma Beach, Lincoln City - December 25, 2021 | Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition

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Christmas Day, 2021, quiet, partly cloudy with rain promised. Signficant amount of styrofoad packing pieces, easily enough for a couple of large trash bags, lots of plastic, bottles, caps, wrappers, mystery pieces of plastic. This has been apparent the last couple of weeks and continues. Large dead sea lion next to cliff between Nordic Inn and NW 15th street, there more than 10 days. Significantly more dead birds than usual these last couple of weeks. Easily 20 or more on the mile today. No fresh bodies.

Conditions

Temperature: 41 F. Cloud Cover: Cloudy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: 4.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 67. Number of dogs: 19. Walking or running: 67.

Concerns

Litter

Apparent violations: Significantly more trash, plastics and foam packing pieces than usual..

Vehicles

Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 7.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 20.

Driftline Content

Wood pieces, Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam.

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Wecoma Beach, Lincoln City

April 7, 2024

Significant changes specifically at NW 30th Street in front of Surftides Motel with exposed slabs, large rocks, gravel fields and huge boulders where only flat sand was before.

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