Mile 247 Report
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
August 13, 2022
Today was a CoastWatch orientation walk with CoastWatch Program Manager, staff from Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (who adopted this mile) and nearby neighbors.
Report Details
Today was a CoastWatch orientation walk with CoastWatch Program Manager, staff from Sitka Center for Art and Ecology (who adopted this mile) and nearby neighbors. A negative tide made for great intertidal viewing and access to the beach beyond the keyhole. There were dozens of healthy ochre sea stars, chitons, blue mussels, sponge, anemone and so much more. Gorgeous healthy habitat. We found a small amount of trash including an abandoned or discarded crab trap, which we took with us. Three beached birds, not identified, were found. We spent about 3 hours and the temperature increased about 10 degrees in that time. We reached this beach by rowing across the Salmon River. We also set up a 100 meter marine debris survey site, to be monitored by volunteers at Sitka.
Conditions
Temperature: 62 F. Cloud Cover: Partly Cloudy. Tide Level: -1.4 feet.
Human Activities
Number of people: 16. Number of dogs: 1. Walking or running: 9. Tidepooling: 4. Kayaking: 8. Fishing: 2.
Beached Birds
Total dead birds: 2. unknown
Driftline Content
Seaweeds and seagrass, Shells, Animal casings (e.g., crab, shrimp molt), Ocean-based debris (from fishing boats, ship trash, etc.).
Yellow dorid nudibranch
North entrance of cave
Tire tracks in sand looking north
Report Images
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
Sitka Center team member Nancy and Sitka Center artists in residence Evan, Rose, Katrina, Tim, Maria and M accessed the site via kayak.
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
Sitka Team members and Sitka Center artists in residence accessed Mile 247 via kayak, walked south taking observations of the beach mile and met Camp Westwind Team members near Mile 247's rocky habitat.
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology team members Nancy and Alison conducted this CoastWatch survey.
Nancy Newman
Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
During this survey there were no visible Ochre Sea Stars in the rocky habitat at the south end of Mile 247.
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
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Mile 247
South Spit Salmon River, Tillamook/Lincoln county line
The site was accessed by kayak and the survey team walked around the north end of the sand spit to the ocean side of the monitored mile.
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