Mile 220 Report
Yaquina Head north, Schooner Creek south
January 29, 2022
Beautiful day but sad to see the path to the beach widened significantly with the creek changing path due to the back hoe that was in the process of rip rapping the property just to the north of Mile 220.
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Beautiful day but sad to see the path to the beach widened significantly with the creek changing path due to the back hoe that was in the process of rip rapping the property just to the north of Mile 220.
Conditions
Temperature: 53 F. Wind Velocity: Calm/Light. Tide Level: -0.3 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 10. Number of dogs: 3. Walking or running: 6. Tidepooling: 4. A huge backhoe was on the beach putting new and old riprap (huge rocks) just to the north of Schooner South creek, their travel path down to the beach has actually changed the flow of the creek . The parking area and access was closed off with signs and their working truck and vehicles as well.
Vehicles
Cars/trucks parking: 2. Cars/trucks on beach, prohibited: 1.
Notable Wildlife
Lots of sea stars!!!
Driftline Content
Small rocks, Seaweeds and seagrass, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Styrofoam.
New Development
See comment under vehicles : backhoe/truck
Man-made Modifications
New riprap or shoreline protection structures. See attached photos.
Natural Changes
Landslides/major boulder falls, Major cracks appearing in bluffs, Newly exposed roots/trees falling, Visible retreat of solid bluff.
Signs saying closed to access mile 220
Signs stating Beach access was closed.
Back hoe moving large rocks to rip rap just north of Schooner Creek
Another photo of the rip rapping of beach by back hoe.
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