Mile 157 - Oregon Dunes NRA, west of Perkins Lake - December 10, 2007

Report Details

Surprisingly little debris on the beach, despite big storms a few days prior. Lots of beach grass in the driftline, but mostly at north end; seems to be more from the earth moving on Mile 158 than from storm erosion. It was my birthday, and a beautiful day: mild, sunny. Walked to the creek mouth (on Mile 156) hoping to see salmon at high tide but didn't.

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: N. Tide Level: 5.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 2. Walking or running: 2. Saw tire tracks in the sand. Heavy equipment was doing snowy plover habitat restoration on the next mile north (see Mile 158 reports); probably related to that.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 1.

Notable Wildlife

Seals in the surf

Driftline Content

Shells. Not much debris on the beach, despite recent storm activity. Lots of beach grass clumps in wrack line at north end.

Natural Changes

Erosion of vegetated foredune. Less sand erosion than I expected, given recent storms.

Actions & Comments

Sand volume was still quite high (no sign of fishing boat). Recent storms didn't leave too much of interest on the beach (or it had all been washed out since then).

bzenderson

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