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A beautiful day for this time of year! No activity of birds or humans on our mile. Smooth beach, with driftwood and dunes almost all covered up with sand.New signs at the Tahkenitch trail and on the beach at the north end of our Mile 153 denoting beginning of protected area for nesting Plovers. Saw protective netting in the area last report. This is a new southern addition of space for the plovers.

Conditions

Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NE. Tide Level: -0.6 feet.

Human Activities

Some people walking on the south end of Mile 152.

Concerns

Apparent violations: None.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

1 seagull, no other activity

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

None

Driftline Content

Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.), Shells, Small rocks. 3 Japanese water bottles, clean no barnacles

Natural Changes

Sand further up the foredune than last report

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 22, 2019

Mild day on the beach, amazing amount of log debris near the dunes.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

March 23, 2019

A very quiet beautiful spring day on the beach!

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

July 14, 2018

Very foggy start to the walk, by the time we left the beach it was clear at 10:49am.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 2, 2018

A beautiful sunny, windy day for a walk on the beach. Disturbing to see that an ATV had driven from past the north of our mile down to the bottom 1/4 of our mile in the Plover Nesting Protection zone.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

May 14, 2017

Quiet day on the beach.

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

March 18, 2017

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

August 3, 2016

Lovely day for beach walk!

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Mile 153

Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake

June 25, 2016

Beautiful sunny windy day at the beach.

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