Mile 153 - Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Threemile Lake - March 8, 2015

Report Details

Lovely day. Pretty clean beach except for small stones, crab molts. No jellies or star fish. No flying or wading birds - that is unusual. Small wood debris on fore dunes.

Conditions

Temperature: 55 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 1.2 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Fishing: 2. Other Activities: atv'ing. In the parking area 2 state vans that had been collecting debris. One collection debris van license plate OR E217067, the 2nd van is E251947.

Concerns

Apparent violations: None.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 2. Cars/trucks on beach, allowed: 2.

Notable Wildlife

Beach fairly clean, not one bird in flight ! !

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

More purple crab molts than we usually see.

Driftline Content

Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Shells, Small rocks.

Actions & Comments

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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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