Mile 340 Report

October 5, 2017
by edjoyce

Location:
Clatsop
South Jetty Columbia River, Fort Stevens SP
Conditions:
Thursday 2:00 PM
60° F
Wind:
Calm/Light from the N
Tide Level:
7.0 ft
Humans / Pets:
People:
0
Dogs:
0
Activities:
Walking / Running:
0
Playing in surf:
0
Playing in sand:
0
Sitting:
0
Rockhunting:
0
Tidepooling:
0
Surfing:
0
Windsurfing:
0
Kayaking:
0
Fishing:
0
no people
Concerns:
Disturbances:
Vehicles:
Cars/Trucks parking:
0
Activity Comments:
no vehicles
Notable Wildlife:
Dead Birds:
Total:
0
Signs of oil:
0
Entanglement:
0
Species/names:
none
Stranded:
Total:
0
none
Fish & Invertebrates:
many large what looked like dead Dungeness crabs washed up at the shore line.
Driftline:
Animal casings (e.g. crab, shrimp molt)
New Development:
none
Modifications:
none
Natural Changes:
none
Comments:
Summary:

No pictures of dead crabs at shoreline.

Other Mile 340 Reports (15)

2020

January 18, 2020 - edjoyce
Nothing unusual.
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  • Looking east from the So. Columbia River Jetty.
  • Looking west toward So. Columbia River Jetty.

2019

October 18, 2019 - edjoyce
All looked the same.
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  • Taken from near So. Columbia River Jetty looking northeast.
  • Looking NE from approx. 1/2 mile from So. Columbia River Jetty.
  • Looking west. Photo taken from 1 mile from So. Columbia River Jetty.
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.
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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.
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  • Looking NE from inside the Columbia River South Jetty.
  • Looking west toward Columbia River South Jetty
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.
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  • Photo taken from So. Jetty looking NE
  • Photo taken from about 100 yards from So. Jetty looking NE
  • Photo taken from about 100 yards from So. Jetty looking NE
  • Photo taken from about 200 yards from So. Jetty looking NE
  • Photo taken approx. 1 mile from So. Jetty looking east.
  • Photo looking west taken approx 100 yds. from So. Jetty
January 19, 2019 - Merce and Michael
King tide photos taken at a few locations (note photo captions).
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2018

December 22, 2018 - Merce and Michael
King Tide Photos, December 2018
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September 3, 2018 - edjoyce
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  • Looking west toward So. Jetty
  • Looking toward Washington across river.
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.
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  • Illegal entry
  • Looking toward estuary.
April 7, 2018 - edjoyce
Nothing unusual
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  • No changes
February 28, 2018 - edjoyce
Dead harbor seal (see photo)
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  • Dead harbor seal.
January 27, 2018 - edjoyce
Nothing special.
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2017

December 26, 2017 - edjoyce
Significant eroision of dunes --  See Pictures.
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  • Pyrosomes
  • Dune erosion
  • Dune Erosion
June 20, 2017 - edjoyce
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  • South jetty looking west.
  • Eagle with So. Jetty.

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...
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  • Go to https://www.facebook.com/RefugeStewards/videos and watch the videos in order (1, 2, 3) to watch them swim up the river.