Report Details

Not much out of the ordinary for this stretch of beach. The summer winds had blown sand back onto the beach and filled in along the base of the foredune, covering a lot of the more permanent old driftwood stumps and logs as well as other debris. The only evidence of humans were the tire tracks of the Forest Service truck that the biologists use to monitor the Snowy Plover nesting area on the sand spit north of the mouth of Tahkenitch Creek.

Conditions

Temperature: 63 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: S. Tide Level: 8.7 feet.

Human Activities

Mile 156 is a somewhat remote stretch of beach, so on a weekday it is rare to find people here.

Concerns

Apparent violations: None.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Notable Wildlife

5 Sea Gulls; a large crab walking along the top of the surf line (it eventually dug itself down into the sand, I didn't know they did that!); 15 to 20 Sanderlings.

Stranded Marine Mammals

Total stranded mammals: 1. Medium sized dead seal carcass, mostly devoured at this point, lying in the sand just above the recent high tide line.

Dead Fish or Invertebrates

2 jellyfish, just below the recent high tide line.

Driftline Content

Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Land-based debris (picnics, etc.), Shells, Small rocks. several plastic bottles, very large plastic survey stakes, a peeled wooden pole, 3 foam floats.

Actions & Comments

Not much out of the ordinary for this stretch of beach. The summer winds had blown sand back onto the beach and filled in along the base of the foredune, covering a lot of the more permanent old driftwood stumps and logs as well as other debris. The only evidence of humans were the tire tracks of the Forest Service truck that the biologists use to monitor the Snowy Plover nesting area on the sand spit north of the mouth of Tachenitch Creek.

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Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

August 21, 2023

Conditions here are much the same as at Mile 157.

GasiorowskiM

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Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

February 22, 2015

I had been wondering how I could get all the trash off my mile of beach since it is relatively remote in an area where vehicles are not normally permitted.

Radioguy

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Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

January 22, 2015

I cross Mile 157 to get to mile 156.

Radioguy

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Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

August 19, 2014

My first trip to mile 156.

Radioguy

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Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

June 20, 2012

The entire length of mile 156 is now a protected nesting zone for Snowy Plovers.

JELong

Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

October 8, 2010

Due to the nice weather, I hiked the entire 4.

oldMGguy

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Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

September 8, 2010

Not much out of the ordinary for this stretch of beach.

JELong

Mile 156

Oregon Dunes NRA, over dunes from Tahkenitch Creek

March 23, 2010

What a great March day on the Oregon Coast!

JELong