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Sunny, warm day at mile 301 on Monday. Relatively little debris on the sand, with some driftwood high up on the boulders. One enormous stump is still up on high-tide line. We have been observing this stump and taking coordinates since 12/31/2020; it has moved 300 meters southeast in 2021, about 7 meters since 8/7/21. Driftline content: eel grass, small rocks, a few broken sand dollars, and remnants of jellies - I believe a few Aequorea victoria (water jelly) and many, perhaps hundreds, of dime-sized Sea Gooseberry (comb jelly) on the sand. Some boulders nearest the surf have a light coverage of barnacles and seaweed. Five gulls rested on boulders around the halfway mark. Six pelicans observed flying south around Neahkahnie. One disarticulated Dungeness crab being eaten by a seagull on the shore, and about a dozen other gulls hanging out on the sand along the southern quarter-mile. Minimal signs of trash including one plastic bottle cap and a plastic trash bag. In the hour I was observing mile 301, 17 people and 6 dogs (5 off-leash) were viewed walking in the area.

Conditions

Temperature: 67 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny.

Human Activities

Number of people: 17. Number of dogs: 6. Walking or running: 15. Sitting: 2.

Concerns

Apparent violations: none.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 6. RVs/Buses parking: 1.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

remnants of jellies - I believe a few Aequorea victoria (water jelly) and many dozens, possibly hundreds, of dime-sized Sea Gooseberry (comb jelly) on the sand

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Wood pieces.

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Mile 301

February 6, 2024

The tide was quite low so I walked up on the rocks at the northern most end of Neahkahnie Beach. This area is always full of large marine debris from fishing boats and whatever washes in.

Michelle Schwegmann

Mile 301

December 12, 2023

December 12 was a surprisingly warm day!

Michelle Schwegmann

Mile 301

January 24, 2022

It was a gorgeous day at Mile 301 on January 24, 2022.

kbrookscopony

Mile 301

September 20, 2021

Sunny, warm day at mile 301 on Monday.

kbrookscopony

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Mile 301

December 1, 2017

Expected seasonal detritus and velella.

beachmike

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Mile 301

December 16, 2016

Modest quantities of washed-ashore kelp.

beachmike

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Mile 301

June 13, 2016

Velella velella debris the only thing of note.

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Mile 301

March 4, 2016

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