Mile 11 Report
Cape Ferrelo, Boardman SP, House Rock Creek
March 23, 2014
It was a calm, sunny day but my 3 family members and I were the only ones walking the rocky shore line of Mile 11.
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It was a calm, sunny day but my 3 family members and I were the only ones walking the rocky shore line of Mile 11. Once we came to the only stretch of sandy beach, we found a big wad of rope with 2 floats both bearing the numbers 18217 and a plastic tag reading 056 Instigator 96358 2010-11 ODFW. I'm trying to find someone at Fish and Wildlife to talk to about this. By the time we got to the south end of the sandy beach section before approaching the climb up and over Cape Ferrelo we found a dead sea lion. Flies were working clean up but it was fresh enough not to be attracting anyone else. Crows had gathered but they just hovered. I went back 2 days later and by then the smell had alerted plenty of vultures to the feast.
Conditions
Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 0.3 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 4. Walking or running: 4. Found debris from ODFW on beach just north of Cape Ferrelo.
Vehicles
Stranded Marine Mammals
Total stranded mammals: 1. Dead sea lion on sandy beach area of Mile 11 just north of Cape Ferrelo
Driftline Content
Wood pieces.
Actions & Comments
I'm trying to contact ODFW about the rope, floats, and tag I found but haven't reached anyone who knows anything yet. I expect Fawn will pass the dead sea lion info on to the Beached Marine Critters but I am sending it in to them also on the form I have.
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