Report Details

We have had some high tides and the beach was unusually clean, only found three plastic bags to remove, usually much more. Campground closed now but very little human activity

Conditions

Temperature: 68 F. Cloud Cover: Sunny. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Wind Direction: NW. Tide Level: 0.0 feet.

Human Activities

Number of people: 4. Number of dogs: 2. Walking or running: 4. Just walking the dog on a peaceful sunny day

Vehicles

Cars/trucks parking: 3.

Beached Birds

Total dead birds: 2.

Man-made Modifications

rather unchanged since last visit

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Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

November 17, 2023

Heavy equipment removing beach grass and sand from dune.

DeniseH

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

August 12, 2021

Snowy plover fencing intact and no one violating that rule.

mbbsmile

Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

March 29, 2021

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

mbbsmile

Mile 160

Oregon Dunes NRA just south of Siltcoos River

November 10, 2020

It was a beautiful cold windy day.

mbbsmile

Mile 160

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.

lightbug

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 160

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.

lightbug

decorative elemnt for a coastwatch report.

Mile 160

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

lightbug

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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