Mile 340 Dispatch
October 18, 2019
by edjoyce
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Taken from near So. Columbia River Jetty looking northeast.Taken from near So. Columbia River Jetty looking northeast.October 18, 2019
Looking NE from approx. 1/2 mile from So. Columbia River Jetty.Looking NE from approx. 1/2 mile from So. Columbia River Jetty.October 18, 2019
Looking west. Photo taken from 1 mile from So. Columbia River Jetty.Looking west. Photo taken from 1 mile from So. Columbia River Jetty.October 18, 2019
Other Mile 340 Reports (17)
2022
October 26, 2022 - edjoyce
Have not done this walk in a long time due to work being done on south jetty. Looks the same.
September 16, 2022 - edjoyce
There's a tree stump that is gradually being progressively exposed (see photo). I marked this with red paint. This should be an excellent opportunity to measure the rate of dune retreat. Wish I...
2020
2019
July 1, 2019 - Merce and Michael
Lots of Grey Whales spouting, as seen from the tower at Parking Lot C. Apparently some were there the night before, too.
May 15, 2019 - edjoyce
All looks about the same. Much marine debris including plastic bottles, shoes, large hunks of mfg. wood, shell casings and much more.
March 12, 2019 - edjoyce
Not much going on. No new apparently erosional issues. Except for some tire tracks little evidence of human activity. As always, I cleaned the beach as I walked.
January 19, 2019 - Merce and Michael
King tide photos taken at a few locations (note photo captions).
2018
June 22, 2018 - edjoyce
Vehicles have obviously been entering an area closed for nesting birds that extends from the So. Jetty for approx. 1 miles. I left a message for the ranger alerting him of the issue.
2017
October 5, 2017 - edjoyce
No pictures of dead crabs at shoreline.
2015
February 28, 2015 - daveincamas
This was actually taken up the Columbia at the Julia Butler Hansen NWR but I thought it would be of interest to folks here.There were hundreds of sea lions in the river. I believe they were following...
