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My mile was actually inaccessible the ponds on either side of the path had grown together and blocked the path at least a hundred yards before the normal little ford I always have to cross It will be a while before that goes down... So my comments are from the north side of the Siltcoos river instead of the south. Looking south, there is a little bluff just south of the river mouth and it was impossible to see what the high tides were doing down there. In short I doubt my mile will be accessible for quite a while, the river up stream was very high but barely over its banks

Conditions

Temperature: 50 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: SW. Tide Level: 8.5 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 12. Number of dogs: 4. Other Activities: ATVs.

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 5.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2. 2 badly decomposed seagulls

Driftline Content

Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Wood pieces, Marine debris (plastic, styrofoam, etc. washing in from the sea), Styrofoam.

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My mile was actually inaccessible the ponds on either side of the path had grown together and blocked the path at least a hundred yards before the normal little ford I always have to cross It will be a while before that goes down... So my comments are from the north side of the Siltcoos river instead of the south. Looking south, there is a little bluff just south of the river mouth and it was impossible to see what the high tides were doing down there

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

November 17, 2023

Heavy equipment removing beach grass and sand from dune.

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decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

August 12, 2021

Snowy plover fencing intact and no one violating that rule.

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

March 29, 2021

Very windy day and only saw one person on the beach.

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

November 10, 2020

It was a beautiful cold windy day.

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

December 26, 2015

My mile was actually inaccessible the ponds on either side of the path had grown together and blocked the path at least a hundred yards before the normal little ford I always have to cross It will be a while before that goes down.

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

October 3, 2015

My biggest surprise was the lack of trash, I nearly always bring three or four bags of trash off the beach, but not today.

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decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

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Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

February 22, 2015

With the effort of many volunteers we collected four heaping pickup loads of trash, including a hot water heater from a five mile stretch

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

January 20, 2015

My usual scenic walk along the Siltcoos River was under water today.

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