Mile 153 Report
Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake
June 18, 2015
A foggy mild day, by the time we completed the mile fog was all but gone.
Report Details
A foggy mild day, by the time we completed the mile fog was all but gone. Very clean beach which was quite wide due to low tide. A little algae in high tide line. Lots of small jumping sand fleas. Very few broken shells and couple of crab shells. Large rows of almost buried bleached dead salps. The plover fencing is on our entire mile and extended down to about 1/4 mile past our south border which is more south than last year.An eagle and an osprey as well as 3 seagulls flying up and down the coast.4 people with 1 dog and 2 trucks were fishing successfully.
Conditions
Temperature: 60 F. Cloud Cover: Foggy. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: -1.2 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 4. Number of dogs: 1. Fishing: 4. Fishing folks were catching many fish and enjoying the day. Dog was very obedient and stayed close to the folks.
Vehicles
Notable Wildlife
An eagle and osprey and 3 seagulls flying up and down the coast. Lots of jumping sand fleas (?).
Dead Fish or Invertebrates
A few large crab shells.Loads of dead and bleached salps all but buried in the sand at the high tide line.
Driftline Content
Shells.
Man-made Modifications
None
Natural Changes
None
Actions & Comments
None needed




Report Images
All Mile 153 Reports
Mile 153
Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake
Mild day on the beach, amazing amount of log debris near the dunes.
bebdhm
Mile 153
Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake
A very quiet beautiful spring day on the beach!
bebdhm
Mile 153
Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake
Very foggy start to the walk, by the time we left the beach it was clear at 10:49am.
bebdhm
Mile 153
Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake
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.
bebdhm
Mile 153
Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake
Beautiful sunny windy day at the beach.
bebdhm