Mile 292 Report
February 24, 2021
by highamm
Other Mile 292 Reports (25)
2022
March 11, 2022 - highamm
Noticed what seem to be an elk carcass but mostly just the hide or pelt maybe some bones mid size.
2020
December 6, 2020 - highamm
Overall good conditions no violations. Groups of people and dogs on the beach. Noted a couple dead fish and 1 bird. Photo's attached.
November 2, 2020 - highamm
Beach and shoreline were clean with little activity. No apparent violations to report.
2019
2018
May 4, 2018 - tillamookcountydemocrats
April 23, 2018 - tillamookcountydemocrats
Groups of people were playing ball and picnicking. This was the spring break for some schools.
March 19, 2018 - tillamookcountydemocrats
There is a beach front house at 6th street that has a back deck sliding down the grass dune due to dune erosion.
2015
May 14, 2015 - Shalom
Longnose Lancetfish beached near Saltair creek, discovered near high tide line, about 2 hours after low tide.
April 9, 2015 - Shalom
A couple of hours before high tide, between Saltair Creek and the Rockaway wayside. Clear sunny day. Millions of Velella velella. Also a lot of things on the beach that had been out at sea for quite...
March 14, 2015 - [email protected]
Salmon on the beach at Twin Rocks at Heitmiller Creek 45.594989, -123.948490.One dead. One alive in a few inches of water struggling upstream towards a logjam.
March 8, 2015 - Shalom
An application has been filed to construct riprap at a property where the house should never have been allowed to be built in 2008.I hope we can get a hearing and stop the installation of riprap for...
2014
December 3, 2014 - Shalom
Two hours after high tide -- there are DOZENS of dead birds on the beach today. I lost count. (See photos.)The wrack line contained lots of tiny bits of plastic, as well as larger, more-recent...
February 7, 2014 - Shalom
Outgoing tide (2.5 hrs before low tide). No breeze, ocean sounds muffled. About 5" snow on the beach above tide line. More snow on its way.
February 6, 2014 - Shalom
During snowstorm. About 5" snow on the beach. Slush where waves met the snow.
January 13, 2014 - Shalom
About an hour before high tide this morning, lots of storm debris mostly included logs and twigs, eel grass, some bull kelp, a few jellyfish, one dying fish. One big jumble of rope with 3 floats with...
2013
July 4, 2013 - Shalom
Egg case, I think from a "big skate," just after high tide, about a foot long.
July 1, 2013 - Shalom
Barnacle tree update, one day later, at high tide: Witnessed gulls picking at remains of barnacles on tree. It's entirely stripped of barnacles. Broken barnacle shells along tide line.
June 30, 2013 - Shalom
One hour before low tide, near Twin Rocks. Near tideline was a 45-foot-long tree, branches and roots long-since cut off. It was covered on one side, top to bottom, with live gooseneck barnacles. The...
2009
January 3, 2009 - [email protected]
First sunny day in a while. Nice kite flying weather. 9 people and 5 dogs on the beach. A few people sorting through the exposed stones. Lots of seaweed and kelp at the driftline. Lots of new...
January 2, 2009 - [email protected]
Bull Whip kelp on the beach. Lots of exposed shells and stones at the beach. New timber washed up here and there. A lonely looking pelican standing watch over a dead pelican.
2008
November 23, 2008 - [email protected]
A beautiful day at the coast in November. Lots of new timber has drifted in and been exposed.Sandpipers at the surf line.One dead pelican and a few jellyfish.
November 1, 2008 - [email protected]
Approximately 300 brown pelicans on the beach on a windy cloudy day. New riprap/shoreline protection below house immediately north of trailer park at Mile 291, with application posted for permanent...