Mile 147 Report
Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
June 5, 2017
Mile 147 was relatively free from human generated garbage like campfire rings.
Report Details
Mile 147 was relatively free from human generated garbage like campfire rings. We did pick up plastic bottles and small pieces of debris that had washed ashore. In addition we piled garbage along miles 146 and 145 and will send the GPS locations to the Park personnel to remove when they patrol.
Conditions
Temperature: 64 F. Wind Velocity: Moderate. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 2.6 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2. Very quiet
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 2.
Notable Wildlife
seals, sea gulls
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 1.
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt).
Actions & Comments
Beach and fordune stable.
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Mile 147
Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Mile 147 exhibited a lot of sand being deposited against the bluff and jetty.
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Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Beach appeared to be normal.
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Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Miles 141-147 did not have any die offs or concentrations of dead marine or invertebrate animals.
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Mile 147
Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Beach did not display any abnormalities as far as erosion or die offs of sealife.
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Mile 147
Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Mile 147 looked clean with the build up of blowing summer sands.
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Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Coastline along Mile 147 and the preceding Mile 144-146 were clean of major garbage and trash.
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Oregon Dunes NRA, North Spit Umpqua River, Winchester Bay
Since my last visit in June 2017 there were noticable difference to the bluff on the southern end of mile 147 before the Jetty.
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